Poll: Why do people think fish isn't a meat?

[Maze1125]

Words describe things. Couches, benches, stools, thrones, sofas, ottomans, recliners and other similar words all describe specific forms of chairs, but you would not use the word "stool" to describe a "couch"; your partner in communication would feel confused.

Meat describes something other than fish. When people in general use the word meat, they mean the flesh of mammals; the flesh of fish is part of another definition. Thus, in general communication, "meat" and "fish" are a specific, mutually exclusive types of edible flesh.

Sometimes people use the words to communicate specific attributes of a diet, sometimes they use the words to rationalize personal preferences. Either way, fish is not a type of meat because contemporary English differentiates between the two types of flesh.

meat
-noun
1.
the flesh of animals as used for food.
2.
the edible part of anything, as a fruit or nut: Crack the walnuts and remove the meats.
3.
the essential point or part of an argument, literary work, etc.; gist; crux: The meat of the play is the jealousy between the two brothers.
4.
solid food: meat and drink.
5.
solid or substantial content; pith: The article was full of meat, with few wasted words.
6.
a favorite occupation, activity, etc.: Chess is his meat.
7.
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pork, esp. bacon.
8.
Slang: Vulgar . penis.
9.
Archaic . the principal meal: to say grace before meat.

Which definition exactly means that fish flesh isn't meat but all other animal flesh is?

 

[The DSM]

It IS meat, just diffrent from normal meat.

Its still from a creature and its still mostly just protien, its just from a fish.

 

[Horben]

Words describe things. Couches, benches, stools, thrones, sofas, ottomans, recliners and other similar words all describe specific forms of chairs, but you would not use the word "stool" to describe a "couch"; your partner in communication would feel confused.

Meat describes something other than fish. When people in general use the word meat, they mean the flesh of mammals; the flesh of fish is part of another definition. Thus, in general communication, "meat" and "fish" are a specific, mutually exclusive types of edible flesh.

Sometimes people use the words to communicate specific attributes of a diet, sometimes they use the words to rationalize personal preferences. Either way, fish is not a type of meat because contemporary English differentiates between the two types of flesh.

meat
-noun
1.
the flesh of animals as used for food.
2.
the edible part of anything, as a fruit or nut: Crack the walnuts and remove the meats.


Which definition exactly means that fish flesh isn't meat but all other animal flesh is?

Heh, I just looked it up too. I was about to link it before I saw yours. I'm reading also that the restrictive definition comes from the meat packing industry to describe their operations- ie, they pack the flesh of mammals, not that of chicken or fish.

 

[teisjm]

I honestly don't care, that it doesn't make sense, as long as they leave all the tasty steaks to me.

 

[WrongSprite]

My dad is a pescatarian like this, he obviously knows it's meat, he's not fucking stupid, but he's a vegetarian for economic reasons.

 

[Stuntcrab]

Because... they're not at all smart

 

[CrazyGirl17]

You know, I've always wondered this myself... Maybe because fish is part of a different food group? I honestly have no idea.

 

[Communist partisan]

Beacose they probably don't know fish is a animal they think it's some whater fruit

 

[HitsWithStyxx]

It's not meat because the physical attributes are totally different. Meat is chewy, has veins of fat and gristle, and is incredibly bloody when raw. Fish, on the other hand, tends to be flaky, and largely fat-free with a minuscule amount of blood.

Quite an easy distinction to make.

 

[Private Custard]

Looks like meat to me.

If you disagree, you're a fucking idiot.

And yes, the two fish pictured above were very very tasty!

 

[nuba km]

Words describe things. Couches, benches, stools, thrones, sofas, ottomans, recliners and other similar words all describe specific forms of chairs, but you would not use the word "stool" to describe a "couch"; your partner in communication would feel confused.

Meat describes something other than fish. When people in general use the word meat, they mean the flesh of mammals; the flesh of fish is part of another definition. Thus, in general communication, "meat" and "fish" are a specific, mutually exclusive types of edible flesh.

Sometimes people use the words to communicate specific attributes of a diet, sometimes they use the words to rationalize personal preferences. Either way, fish is not a type of meat because contemporary English differentiates between the two types of flesh.

meat
-noun
1.
the flesh of animals as used for food.
2.
the edible part of anything, as a fruit or nut: Crack the walnuts and remove the meats.


Which definition exactly means that fish flesh isn't meat but all other animal flesh is?

Heh, I just looked it up too. I was about to link it before I saw yours. I'm reading also that the restrictive definition comes from the meat packing industry to describe their operations- ie, they pack the flesh of mammals, not that of chicken or fish.

meat is a category of meat confusing right but meat is the flesh of an animal but when it comes to diets you talk about groups of food in nutritional contend so meat is split into three groups red meat (or just meat)(mostly from mammals), white meat(mostly from birds(poultry)) and fish (from fish) so I think your getting things confused because the meat industry needs to be precise with what they are transporting they call meat flesh from a mammal but the dictionary definition is flesh from an animal.

 

[eggy32]

It's not meat because the physical attributes are totally different. Meat is chewy, has veins of fat and gristle, and is incredibly bloody when raw. Fish, on the other hand, tends to be flaky, and largely fat-free with a minuscule amount of blood.

Quite an easy distinction to make.

Please please tell me you're not being serious.
That's like saying a plastic bag isn't made of plastic because it's soft and thing while my pen is made of plastic because it is hard and thick. They're both plastic and fish and chicken and pigs and so on are all meat.

 

[PoliceBox63]

It's a leftover thing from christianity/catholicism. The whole no meat on a friday.
It's a meat.

look up why there is no meat one fridays....its....from what i know..has nothing to do with religion and more with economics

No. Canon law says that all Fridays of the year Catholics can't eat meat.

 

[Drexlor]

Fish is a meat!

 

[Withall]

There is a saying (which I have only encountered in the film "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence") that goes along the lines of "Cry for bird's blood, but not for fish's blood".

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Of course fish meat is meat. What else can it be? I mean, when you cut open a fish you don't say "and this is the fish's vegetable" do you?

 

[cerebus23]

veggies run all stripes some are strict i only eat leaves and grass types, some eat chicken and or fish, but avoid all red meat.

its not like veggietarainaism is a cult or religion or has some strict code of conduct it is whatever a person wants it to be much like any silly religion.

if primates had not been eating meat and fish and complex proteins in the first place their brains would not have evolved and we would all be speaking in grunts and flinging poo at each other. but 50,000 years later some idiots decide eating meat is bad.....ok.

 

[Carlston]

Many vegies think not eatting "red" meat still makes them vegetarians.

My sister acted that way. But if you really think fish is not a meat your a moron. Just like my sister thought chicken and the like was still ok and she could keep the vegetarian title.

BTW the whole Bible thing? Ever notice pork was outlawed by many religous nuts because their people were fisher men and sheep herders? wonder why.....

Hey buy my fish and ship!

Nah I like Pork...

You can't eat that...

Why not?

Ummm God says it's bad...

What? Bullshit it's because you sell sheep and fish!

-scribble scribble- No says so right here!

You just wrote that!

 

[_Cake_]

Cause they wanna say they don't eat meat, but they wanna eat meat.