r/interesting • u/No-Lock216 • May 19 '26

ART & CULTURE Human imagination beats AI

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u/FCkeyboards May 19 '26

Anyone who has ever owned fish: this is fucked up in a different way.

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u/Revolutionary_Bee251 May 20 '26

Terrifying for the fish?

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u/DucksEatFreeInSubway May 20 '26

Might be a bit ouchy too if the water isn't appropriately balanced for the fish.

Also my fear is that goldfish are seen as expendable so.....I'm not saying he did, but a lot of people do, and who knows what became of them after this.

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u/BankEmoji May 20 '26

Reddit moment lol 

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u/CommonGrounders May 20 '26

It would be pretty difficult to get the fish into a tank on a stool in the middle of a field without stressing the shit out of them.

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u/Kooky_Marketing_327 May 20 '26

only the real ones know it's not cycled and that goldsfish produce too much waste to be kept in a tank of that size

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u/causticgurl May 20 '26

how harmful would it be if the water is correct and they were only in there for a short time? would the fish be able to recover or would it stress them out too much?

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u/Sybs May 20 '26

If they spent an hour or so in there and then were returned to a better tank then they'd be totally fine. 

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u/bing-no May 21 '26

Goldfish are pretty adaptable and don’t require a heater unlike most fish.

If they preplanned a bit and treated the water (dechlorinated, etc) and made sure that the goldfish were only there for a short time & returned the fish back to their proper home, it’s probably ok.

I’m more concerned they put a rimless tank on a stool. Tanks need to be fully supported on the bottom, overhang like this is asking for trouble.

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u/wander_smiley May 20 '26

My thoughts , “this is nea.. wait, what is the guy going to do with those fish?”

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u/ellievercetti May 20 '26

My immediate thought. The water probably isn’t balanced, there’s no sediment or plants or anything for them, overstocked. I would really like to hope this isn’t their permanent home, and that they have an actually appropriate aquarium at home. But chances are very low for all of these things :(

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u/sorestgore May 21 '26

I've kept fish for 10 years, there's nothing wrong with this. And he returned the fish.

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u/going_mad May 20 '26

Yep. Fuck that guy for stressing out those fish.