The insignificance of the killer is a contributing factor for me.
Re:Hooked on Tuna
by iterateoften on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @01:29PM
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It’s always the smiling that rubs me the wrong way.
Like ok I can respect hunters getting meat from nature vs a factory farm, but when your standing in blood smiling ear to ear because you took a life and then photograph it to brag to your like minded friends, it gets pretty weird and psychopathic.
Yeah, like in this one: https://pelagicgear.com/en-ad/blogs/news/giant-bluefin-tuna-...
It's also the fact that these animals regularly live 30 to 40 years.
I have a lot more respect for people who hunt wild fish for food than for people who get their food from factory farms.
One posing picture with lots of blood I found particularly appalling. https://wonews.com/recent-assessment-shows-bluefin-tuna-numb... (warning: don't click if you can't look at blood.)
I guess for me, empathy with animals is strongly correlated with their size.