Classmate "Saves" Goldfish By Releasing Them Into Ocean, Gets Reality Checked

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mattstaff
Jul 3, 2021 4:00 PM EDT

Well, this is a pure and good old-fashioned fail right here, folks. Our hearts absolutely go out to the poor goldfish that were set "free" into the very body of water that they never wanted anything to do with in the first place. Was the classmate's heart in the right place? Sure. Sure, but that doesn't mean that what they ended up doing was nothing less than an absolute catastrophe. For some more drama from the aquatic realm, check out this story about a pet store employee who saved a starfish from being tortured by a Karen.

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    Font - 1 O 2 2 44 28 3 38 40 AITA my classmate "saved goldfish" by releasing them into the ocean, I called her a Not the A-hole My classmate recently made a tiktok and she showed a group of people at lunch time it. They were next to our table so I overheard the girl say "hey look at my tiktok I made come check it out" and in it she explains how she "rescued" goldfish from the pet store and released them into the ocean so they can live free.
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    Font - I was horrified upon hearing this, I love fish and have several aquariums so l'm fairly knowledgeable on them. I walk over and I ask her to show me the video and I face palmed, she asked me why and I said "you realize you're actually a dumbest things I've ever seen" her friend says "well that's just rude, why would you say that, because she cares?" to which I had to explain that goldfish are freshwater fish, they can't survive the ocean because its saltwater so all of those goldfish were
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    Font - 4 Awards ESH. I stand by what I said You need to learn how to say important things calmly and without insults. People are more likely to listen to you, and less likely to accuse you of being a bully. 6 Reply 4 5.6k 3
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    Font - ESH. This is... oh my god. Okay, yeah, your classmate sucks here for not realizing that her actions are less than intelligent and should inform herself about an animals needs before doing something like this. HOWEVER, insulting someone over this out of nowhere isn't good behaviour on your side either. Noone is going to listen to your reasons if you insult them. ETA: The "out of nowhere" phrasing was not referring to there being no reason to get heated - there was one. It was more that OP
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    Font - 19 Awards NTA! You're 100% right on BOTH counts! That would've been a pretty awful death for the gold fish AND yeah releasing captive bred animals into the wild usually either results in that animal dying OR local flora and fauna suddenly having to compete with an invasive species. She meant well but that stark reality check on your part was definitely warranted 5 Reply 4 29.7k 3 ...
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    Font - ESH. Factually, you are 100% correct and your classmates did nothing to help those animals. On the other hand, the way you told them that pretty much guaranteed that they wouldn't listen to what you said or have any chance of being convinced. Your heart may be in the right place, but your mouth is so very much in the wrong place. G Reply 4 790
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    Handwriting - Fracture1 · 3d YTA you were completely right but if you jusy said it without being an AH about it you wouldn't be in trouble and the girl would've been annoyed but understood. G Reply ...
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    Font - wrytit · 3d You should apologize for name calling. You were correct but calling people names is never appropriate. It's immature and hostile. ΥΤΑ. G Reply 4 13 3 ..
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    Rectangle - anananananotme · 3d YTA for correcting her in a rude, condescending way. Yes, she made a terrible mistake. However, you could've told her politely. G Reply ...
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    Font - tijori1772 · 3d You are technically right (I used to work in an aquarium as well). But your delivery of this information could have been gentler. She obviously cared. And l'd venture to say most people don't know as much about aquatic life as we do. Gentle YTA because of the delivery, not that you're wrong per se. G Reply
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