Is this written by a sea bass?
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N... No? Why. ππ
They don't have formal education. I'm not sure they can write. At least not English, that's for sure.
I think I've seen a few sea bass sing.
The seabass were too strong for the British to colonise
That's a stigma based in slave owning colonial thinking you fish hater
I will not stand for this fish propaganda! Filet them all!
Personally, I'm fine with it
Finally, the scales are tipping in the right direction. And while we're on the subject, can you go ahead and stop using "crappy" to imply any sort of negative connotation? Crappie are beautiful, vivacious, and gregarious fish who have fascinating behaviors and are important members of their native aquatic ecosystem. That they also taste delicious, well, maybe that's a different discussion for another time when we're not talking about how there's nothing crappy about crappies. If anything, it should be a tremendous compliment to have a crappy day or make a crappy meatloaf or watch a crappy movie.
the scales are tipping
Please refrain from using the word "scales", it's cultural appropriation of bony fish. Instead, use phrasing like the tables are turning
We're all bony fish on this blessed day.
Could you stop implying that tables like to turn? Tables take pride in being stationary load bearing fixtures.
What do you call a fish without an eye?
Partially blind. And there is nothing funny about visual impairment.
good life is all about the bass and no trouble
ghoti
What would seabass do?
Their Seabest
Seabasstian
Destroy the planet through an industrial capitalist hellscape
What color has the european seabass on the prideflag?
Seabass? Yeah I've seen it
The problem is that the proposed alternative changes the intent of the original, unless heavy sarcasm is implied but in that case Iβd argue that itβs even more anti-fish than the original
I always do what my cichlid says.