• Lophostemon
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    1 year ago

    Are people really so stupid to think that whales just blindly go wherever and would hurt themselves whacking into a new object out to sea?!?!

    • silence7@slrpnk.net
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      1 year ago

      Most people interact with content by seeing a brief blurb on social media. The norm on reddit was around 2-2.5% of people would click through the title to the article. Failing to do the very basics - checking to see if the article says what is claimed, and thinking about it critically - is what almost everybody is doing.

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      1 year ago

      I think the idea is that the noise or vibrations from them harm the whales. At least, that’s what someone I know believes.

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        1 year ago

        I think it’s petrochemical bullshit that people don’t really question.