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

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

It's the flesh of a once-living being, of course it's meat.

 

[Snarky Username]

I wouldn't mind being pescovegetarian (vegetarians that eat fish) because I don't think fish are intelligent beings. I still think they're meat, but they're not as intelligent as mammals. Also, most fish are caught, so at least they have a chance, not raised in terrible conditions to be slaughtered later in their life.

That would be my justification for eating fish as a vegetarian.

 

[kickyourass]

Hell if I know, I mean a fish is an animal, meat comes from animals, therefore, fish is meat. It's not like it's rocket science.

 

[SpaceGhostPoncherello]

I always thought they were vegetables.

They're not?

I hope they are. They're the only veggies I like.

 

[nuba km]

According to Catholic law/mythos...God said so.

I'm surprised as to how long it took for someone to give the proper answer.

But yeah, it's that, God said you could it eat on some Friday or something, meaning it wasn't meat (makes no sense to me, but whatever).

OK why would God think that fish isn't meat (or in my few why did the people that wrote the bible think fish isn't meat)

Because God has bipolar disorder (aka Maniac Depression). The clue is in the sudden and massive change in personally between the old and new testment...

Of course, you know what this means...

Stephen Fry is God!

So God is a gay atheist wow. He must hate himself or the church has some bad phone connections.

 

[Rakkana]

It's a meat. Definition wise.

 

[Chunko]

It doesn't taste like meat, it's good for you, and it comes from the water. I don't get why anyone would think that it is meat.

 

[spinFX]

This is news to me. I bet I could ask 100 people and they'd all call fish meat.

It doesn't taste like meat, it's good for you, and it comes from the water. I don't get why anyone would think that it is meat.

I can't tell if this is serious. Is this a joke?

 

[Aeshi]

Fish aren't "cute" in the mind of the public so it's okay to eat them

 

[NathLines]

Fish are monsters living in another dimension. I would have trouble between choosing to eat fish or eating aliens if aliens didn't have concentrated acid for blood. Not that I eat fish anyway.

 

[Chunko]

This is news to me. I bet I could ask 100 people and they'd all call fish meat.

It doesn't taste like meat, it's good for you, and it comes from the water. I don't get why anyone would think that it is meat.

I can't tell if this is serious. Is this a joke?

That last bit "I don't get why anyone would think that it is meat." was an exaggeration, but I'm serious, in a culinary sense it's not meat.

 

[MikailCaboose]

No clue. Once I got into an argument that went on for damn near ten minutes to no avail.

 

[dontcallmemuffin]

fish is a white meat, and some fish are smarter then some mammals and birds.
the cuttle fish and octopuss are considered very intelligent for fish and you can even teach goldfish to do tricks.
its strange that people naturaly dont think of fish as meat.

 

[DeASplode]

"I'm a vegetarian, except for fish .. and the occasional steak, I love steak"
Cookie for reference.

Fish is meat, as it is / was an animal

Penny from The Big Bang Theory. I'll take that cookie now please.

OT: Fish is just fish to me. I do find it stupid when someone chooses fish as part of their vegetarian lifestyle though.

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

We dont "live with" fish as we do with land animals and birds. So they are generaly accepted by vegitarians.

 

[Keava]

Essentially fish flesh is meat, however the term meat in most common meaning usually is only associated to mammalian (and in some cases amphibian) tissue because of the meat packing industry. Pretty much they decided what can be called meat and what cannot based on their idea of earning money.

Now as for vegetarians. The real ones (the ones who made it their ideology rather than just fancy diet) don't eat any form of animal flesh, that includes fishes. Vegans practice more extreme form and don't even eat eggs, also refusing the use anything made of animals. Vegetarians that east fish meat are usually just vege because of supposed health factors, and fish meat is considered healthier than red meat.

 

[wester.will]

From a culinary perspective however, it can certainly make sense to differentiate between fish, foul and "meat". As they all have different tastes, textures and nutritional content.

Good answer.

I did a little research, and there are two likely answers that I came across. The first is that it's the religious proscription against meat on Friday thing, but the reason behind that is interesting. As far as I've been able to find, the aquatic nature of fish makes it sort of the opposite of pork, in terms of the whole "things that are probably riddled with disease and bad to eat when you live in the desert" thing.

The second is that all indications are that people easily identify with their fellow mammals, but not as much with other animals. It's the same reason why many people will smash a spider without hesitation, but killing a mouse will give them pause.

 

[King of the N00bs]

its okay to eat fish cause they don't have any feelings....something in the way mmmmmhhmmmmm yeah there's something in the way

that was off topic but I usually define meat as an edible part of a creatures body

 

[King of the N00bs]

Essentially fish flesh is meat, however the term meat in most common meaning usually is only associated to mammalian (and in some cases amphibian) tissue because of the meat packing industry. Pretty much they decided what can be called meat and what cannot based on their idea of earning money.

Now as for vegetarians. The real ones (the ones who made it their ideology rather than just fancy diet) don't eat any form of animal flesh, that includes fishes. Vegans practice more extreme form and don't even eat eggs, also refusing the use anything made of animals. Vegetarians that east fish meat are usually just vege because of supposed health factors, and fish meat is considered healthier than red meat.

ohhhhhh thats the difference...huh now i feel pant-on-head retarded

 

[tehroc]

I wouldn't mind being pescovegetarian (vegetarians that eat fish) because I don't think fish are intelligent beings. I still think they're meat, but they're not as intelligent as mammals. Also, most fish are caught, so at least they have a chance, not raised in terrible conditions to be slaughtered later in their life.

That would be my justification for eating fish as a vegetarian.

You've never heard of a fish farm before. Many fish are harvested at such farms, where they had no choice, most likely raised in a pen similar to a chicken coop.