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[Anonymous No.20864735]

Let me guess, the big fish gets away at the end and then whitey cries

[Anonymous No.20864980]

Ishmael basically spoils you the ending to the story a few times if you're paying any attention

[Anonymous No.20864983]

>>20864735
The big fish IS whitey.

[Anonymous No.20865217]

The great fish gets eaten by his mother, Maolin, over the course of six moons, and then it pulls him 600 km to the shores of the Kingdom of Heaven, that turns out to be a miniature vortex in the polar regions masquerading as a little town, where he sets down on the steps and weeps only to be reborn as a painting. Amen.

[Anonymous No.20865804]

>>20864735
Ishmael was his sled.

[Anonymous No.20865826]

>fish
Moby dick was a demon incarnate. Literally responsible for more than half the evil in the world

[Anonymous No.20865845]

>>20864735
>>20864735 >>20864980 >>20864983 >>20865217 >>20865804 >>20865826
i will never read a book about dicks

[Anonymous No.20866736]

>>20865845
uh it's actually a book about sperm

[Anonymous No.20866743]

Whales are NOT fish

[Anonymous No.20866748]

>>20866743
Ishmael disagrees with you

[Anonymous No.20866750]

>>20866743
sperm whales have a lot of cum in 'em
the whores of rich men used to pay a lot of money for sperm whale cum barrels back then, during the time of moby dick and ishmuyel

[Anonymous No.20866760]

>>20864735
the big fish were the friends we made along the way

[Anonymous No.20866786]

>>20866743
>he didn't read chapter 32
Not all fish are the same, starfish aren't like salmon. Trout aren't like sharks. Tuna aren't like jellyfish. Hagfish are not sardines. Yet all are fish. Why? Because they live in the water. Animals that live in the water are fish.

>but whales are mammals
Proving that fish are mammalian.

>but whales have lungs and spout
Whales are spouting fish.

>but whales have horizontal tails
Whales are horizontal tailed fish.

They live in the water, therefore they are fish.

[Anonymous No.20866789]

>>20866786
>>>but whales are mammals
>Proving that SOME fish are mammalian.

[Anonymous No.20866791]

>>20866786
If I went to live in the water would I become a fish?

[Anonymous No.20866792]

>>20866791
If the entire lifecycle of your species was in the water, then you would be a fish.

[Anonymous No.20866878]

>>20866786
What about seals, crabs, sea slugs, coral?

[Anonymous No.20866882]

>>20866878
Dog fish
Scuttle fish
Penis fish
Tree fish

WHAT ABOUT PENGUINS?

[Anonymous No.20866894]

>>20866878
>seals
Spend much of their life on land. Not fish.
>crabs
Most crabs live in the water. Shell FISH.
>sea slugs
Live in the water. Fish.
>coral
An animal that lives in the water, isn't it? Fish.

>>20866882
>dogfish
Fish.
>scuttle fish
Do you mean cuttlefish? They are fish.
>penis fish
>treefish
Who even claims these aren't fish?

>penguins
Spend too much of their life on land. Not fish.

[Anonymous No.20868070]

did you know this is Melville's only boat adventure book in which men don't get raped in the ass

[Anonymous No.20868139]

>>20865845
It's not about dicks, I swear.

[Anonymous No.20868154]

>>20868139
Not the wondrous cistern in the whale's huge head; not the prodigy of his unhinged lower jaw; not the miracle of his symmetrical tail; none of these would so surprise you, as half a glimpse of that unaccountable cone, longer than a Kentuckian is tall, nigh a foot in diameter at the base, and jet-black as Yojo, the ebony idol of Queequeg. And an idol, indeed, it is; or, rather, in old times, its likeness was. Such an idol as that found in the secret groves of Queen Maa chah in Judea; and for worshipping which, king Asa, her son, did depose her, and destroyed the idol, and burnt it for an abomination at the brook Kedron, as darkly set forth in the 15th chapter of the first book of Kings.

[Anonymous No.20868158]

>>20866786
“”””””fish””””””” do not exist. There is no such thing. All biologists and taxonomists are in agreement on this fact.

[Anonymous No.20868185]

>>20868158
You're wrong, "fish" is a folk taxonomy for animals that live in the water. Scientists are not the arbitrators of language.

[Anonymous No.20868248]

>>20868185
Crabs are not fish
Beavers are not fish
Otters are not fish
Frogs are not fish
Clams are not fish

[Anonymous No.20868253]

>>20868248
You are Kanye west

[Anonymous No.20868254]

>>20868248
>Crabs are not fish
Most crabs are, some crabs aren't though, I will grant you this.
>Beavers are not fish
>Otters are not fish
Both correct.
>Frogs are not fish
Yes, I believe most frogs are not fish. Axolotl are though.
>Clams are not fish
Of course they are. Shelled animals that live in the water are called shellfish. There is no doubt that clams are fish.

[Anonymous No.20868262]

>>20866791
It would be extremely painful.

[Anonymous No.20868273]

>>20868254
what about sea otters?

[Anonymous No.20868286]

>>20868262
You’re a big fish

[Anonymous No.20868307]

>>20868254
Checkmate

[Anonymous No.20868325]

>>20868273
As far as I'm aware, sea otters are capable of a fully aquatic lifestyle, from birth to death. If they actually follow through with that, they are fish. But if they choose to spend much time on land, as this one appears to be doing, then they aren't fish.

Sea otters seem like a genuine edge case, the first I've seen.

>>20868307
Platypus live in burrows above the water line. They're also known to travel on land fairly frequently. They aren't fish.

[Anonymous No.20868340]

>>20868325
Lungfish can live on land for 4 years at a time

[Anonymous No.20868350]

>>20868340
They do that by hiding in the mud and going into a coma until the water returns. This might be another edge case, but I'm inclined to call them fish.

[Anonymous No.20868363]

>>20866743
Read Moby-Dick and find out why you're wrong.

[Anonymous No.20868381]

>>20864980
That's implying he reads at all.

[Anonymous No.20868414]

>>20868363
This, Melville explains that whales are fish even though they have numerous distinct characteristics which make them whales. All whales are fish but not all fish are whales.

[Anonymous No.20868498]

>>20868158
maybe. Most accurate you can do is "vertebrates that live in water". Whales are fish.

[Anonymous No.20868623]

>>20868498
>jellyfish aren’t fish

[Anonymous No.20868630]

>>20868623
they aren't, I'm sorry anon

[Anonymous No.20869158]

>>20868325
otterchads rise up

[Anonymous No.20869181]

>>20868158

>We call that the "Dennis Miller Ratio"

[Anonymous No.20869199]

Yes that’s exactly how it goes

[Anonymous No.20869217]

>>20868325
>>20868254
>>20868185
Good posts anon you convinced fish exist and that scientists are gay