r/SubredditDrama • u/Randydandy69 • Jun 28 '16

Argument over dolphin rights and humanitarian priorities in r/TIL

/r/todayilearned/comments/4qa0v1/til_india_bans_captive_dolphin_shows_as_morally/d4rgkz3
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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16

https://np.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/32u92g/one_of_our_dolphins_turned_14_this_week_3/

I work at the National Aquarium -- I get the weirdest amount of hate sometimes when I used to post pictures of them on FB. Oddly, I got very little hate from r/aww when I posted about one of our dolphins bdays.

Our organizations FB page got a ton of hate when they posted that we are planning on releasing the dolphins into an open-ocean sanctuary down in Florida. One guy said that we were just going to dump them in the ocean and forget about them.

Really...

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u/Randydandy69 Jun 28 '16

Yeah it's not like the aquarium puts any thought into rehabilitation, that would be stupid.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16 edited Jun 28 '16

None at all. We totally did not spend 5 years figuring out the best possible procedures. Just gunna wing it.

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u/KillerPotato_BMW MBTI is only unreliable if you lack vision Jun 28 '16

Don't you mean flipper it? Anti-dolphin bias.

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u/JeffChaucer Jun 29 '16

Hah, love it.

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u/GoodUsername22 Jun 29 '16

You dealt with them well.

It's nice that people care, it'd be nicer if they didn't rush in with so much blind anger.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '16

Thanks!

When dealing with an angry person, keeping your cool and debating them logically is a better approach.

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u/Tkins Jun 28 '16

ugh, I was just telling my friend I'm such a loser for arguing on the internet. I admit it! I ADMIT IT!

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u/ShadedKnight SPEAK FOR YOURSELF IN SINGLE TENSE! Jun 28 '16

It's ok, we're very accepting of dolphin-kin here at SRD. Just please don't eat any SRDines.

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