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Delicious, delicious fish (media.piefed.social)

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Explanation: As Catholics (and some other Christian denominations) abstain from meat at certain intervals through the year, but not fish, there have been some... curious historical definitions regarding what is and is-not a fish, including from the first bishop appointed to Quebec. One might suggest a bit of motivated thinking, even...

But beavers swim and spend most of their time in the water, so who am I to question the very hungry looking clergyman?

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

You can't prove that his goal wasn't just to ensure a steady supply of fur caps to hide his baldness.