alt Hacker News>... since fishing whale is legal ...
The choice of verb is ironic given whales are mammals. I suppose that's why they call it whaling, although even that obscures the horror.
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meesles • 04/23/2025
Good point, honestly! Farming/whaling/harvesting/ranching all works, too. I guess my brain automatically went water=fish
I don't understand how "whaling" is more horrifying than "harvesting" beef.