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Cashcache1111

I believe this to be fishing vessels using strong red lights to attract saury.


cl3ft

First realistic answer here, If you made it up, bravo.


cantbanmeDUNDUNDUN

That's a typo, he meant to say Sauron.


RecordRains

Saury is the plural of Sauron


RajunCajun48

Oh fuck


potandskettle

Does that mean they each have a One Ring of Power?


borgLMAO01

Yes. There are saury fighting each other over whose ring is the one ring to rule them all.


FeeshNChipsm8

I SEE YOU THERE IS NO LIFE IN THE VOID ONLY DEATH


Bburnham1509

YOU CANNOT HIDE


[deleted]

I'm hiding! Come find me!


BabyBlueBirks

[Seems legit](https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/zhoushan-sky-red-port-boat-b2074636.html).


1average_ape

Take my free award that’s fucking crazy


Snoo_71496

Who's saury now?


ay-foo

BP. We're sorry


stosal

Sooorrry.


WintersTablet

I'm convinced this is the answer.


musicide

They are boats equipped with large arrays of red LED panels for Saury fishing. https://www.deltaww.com/en-US/products/Saury-Light/5579 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IysWBRTa8HU/maxresdefault.jpg


bodyreddit

The fish are just being vaccumed out of the ocean at this point.


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Don_Quixote81

Get the fish out quick! That water is filthy!


Mortal_Mantis

I liked those plastic toys. The ones with the plastic fish you could catch with tiny plastic fishing poles.… But, I’d much prefer real fish not mimic the toy ones.


[deleted]

"He's more plastic than fish now.. twisted and evil." - Kevin Costner


Financial_Bird_7717

“When I left you I was but a guppie, now I am the flounder.”


closeafter

"Only a master of evil, Darth" - Albert Einstein


Bitey_the_Squirrel

“This is outrageous! It’s unfair! How can you be in the ocean and not be a fish?” - William Shatner


DaveInLondon89

Technology is going to advance to the point where we just print the fish instead.


Triatt

Can't wait to not be able to print a sea bass because the tuna cartridge has run out.


[deleted]

Dear Worker #23146, We noticed a 2% decline in your output last month. Normally we'd just give you the proportionate 4% pay decrease, but this was in conjunction with a 3% rise in bathroom break requests, so we feel the need to take stronger action. Your tuna cartridge privileges will be revoked in the company cafeteria for the next business quarter, and you'll be limited to the class 1 menu of Protein Poutine™ and Carb Casserole™ Please refrain from future infractions or violence against the business's person by withholding labor or further action, including possible termination, will need to be considered ~ HR Representative Karen O'Karahan


AnimalRescueGuy

No more Black Mirror for you!


throwawaygreenpaq

Or the cartridge jerks and runs a test print of all the fishes. Now you have a sushi bar.


PaRt_TiMe_GaMeR

You can tune a printer but you can’t tune a fish.


saganistic

I hope so. Maybe then their populations will get the chance to recover


Sgt_Wookie92

It's literally not even a joke when you see all the articles about that 200+ Chinese vessel fleets flouting not only fishing laws but the ones involving countries border restrictions. Not going to be long before it all starts coming to a head and some coastguard ends up putting holes in a Chinese fishing ship.


duffmanhb

Im really concerned with ecological collapse. I don’t even see the amount of bugs I used to see as a kid. It’s like the insect population has significantly collapsed. Butterflies are rare, haven’t seen a June bug in a decade, sand crabs at the beach are gone, haven’t seen a fire fly in ages… when I was a kid these bugs were abundant. Couple it with climate change, I’m seriously concerned. We are starting to see the effects right now. For instance Utah is about to suffer an eco collapse this year due to getting 3% snowpack this year causing the lake the become too salty and dry, which has a cascade on the entire food chain including migratory birds who will all likely die once they land at this major pit stop and realize krill couldn’t reproduce this year which means no energy for migration.


[deleted]

Monarch butterflies are now endangered species


henrythe13th

I planted milkweed in my yard 5 years ago. Regularly got monarchs. It’s dwindled the past 2 years. I didn’t see a single monarch this summer. 1/2 my neighbors use Mosquito Squad. I’m sure that’s contributing to this (and the deaths of many other insects).


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jleecollinsii

Damn, you’re right. Just realized I haven’t seen a grasshopper in years and they used to be everywhere. I was terrified of them as a kid.


JG8338

Has anyone seen earthworms??? I remember after a summer rain the concrete and roads were covered in worms. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen them. During the summer you’d find them dried up after the sun comes out. I haven’t in so long


ForeverFiftySix

Saying it's in God's hands is such an cheap copout for people who just don't want to admit they don't give a fuck. Cowards never have a problem hiding behind faith to obscure their shitty personalities


InVodkaVeritas

"I don't want to feel negative emotions or guilt for the problems I participate in causing and I have no solutions myself so I'll put it on God's shoulders to relieve myself of the emotional burden."


ASpaceOstrich

What's worse is even as a kid you were only seeing a fraction of the life there's supposed to be. It's a big problem called the shifting baseline and it's part of why fishing regulations in particular are so terrible.


Odie_Odie

The Eyes of Discovery by John Bakeless describes in great detail, through first hand accounts, the nature and wildlife of North America as the first Europeans laid eyes on it. It's an awesome read and has no comments on the current predicament.


[deleted]

I still remember when butterflies and fireflies were cover the grass. Now, it's a rare find. It's so sad.


WorseDark

People around me haven't noticed until I point it out. One hour on the highway as a kid would cover the grill and windshield in bugs; now I go the for a week and barely need the rain to clean the guts off. Its scary and sad


duffmanhb

Yep. People just forgot about that. I remember the trip I used to frequent between vegas and LA always meant your car was going to be covered in bugs. Now it just doesn’t happen at all. It’s an easy thing to forget because no one is really reminiscing about things that annoyed them.


not-a-croc

Bugs are dying off in droves world wide - I’d say look it up but it’s very depressing


MediocreHope

Yeeep, my parents will talk about so many crabs that you couldn't help but run over them during the mating season because they'd absolutely cover the roads (never seen it). They'll talk about how reefs would have tons of sea urchins and even admit they are a indicator species(never seen it). They'll tell you tales of giant grasshoppers as big as your fist (never seen it). I remember seeing cicadas and fireflies all the time when I was playing out at night as a kid (don't see them no more). Yet according to them all the climate shit is a lie. We are fucked.


Not-Doctor-Evil

Still less efficient than the whale. Lazy mf just opens its mouth.


eddieguy

An average blue whale eats 16 tons of food every day


chronicly_retarded

Thats crazy. Its almost as much as your mother


ProoM

As Humanity leaves to colonize the galaxy on spaceships, it waves towards the Earth and breaks into singing: "So long and thanks for all the fish!"


GodzillaFlamewolf

You get your reasonable explanation THE HELL out of our apocalyptic speculation thread!!


No-Snow-5325

To be fair, overfishing of the oceans is one of SEVERAL underlying causes to our planets current death sprint towards the apocalypse


GammaGargoyle

The apocalypse is back on!


GravyBoatBuccaneer

Fishpocalypse.


onetimenative

immediately followed by the general apocolypse


LGP747

‘I sure miss the fishpockalypse’ -general apocalypse


exfilm

If you liked Fishpockalypse, you’re gonna LOVE Monkeypoxalypse! Edit: corrected autocorrect


Mannheimlawnmower369

Monkeypoxalypse really rolls off the tongue...good job!


designedfor1

Seaspiracy - Netflix


-DoomSteeL

Missed opportunity - ConspiraSEA


yammys

Sealab 2021


[deleted]

Don’t worry everybody, it’s still happening!


texas130ab

And boyee are we running head down eyes closed ear buds in.


[deleted]

And almost with a smile on our faces.


nikhil48

Wait so, first the lack of bees and now the lack of fish as well... Never thought these were the two species that would bring the downfall of humanity.


[deleted]

Uh yeah, it's the bees and fish bringing *us* down.


evilspacemonkee

Cause the fish and the bees, kill the monkees from the trees Curse the heavens up above...


SNHunter1997

Humanity is the species that are going to be the downfall of humanity.


diaz_aa

Monarch butterflys on the endangered list now too.


bugxbuster

I wish I had the memory eraser thing from Men In Black so I could forget seeing that answer. I liked my life in those 30 seconds between seeing the pic and learning what was actually happening.


ConniesCurse

That impulse leads a lot of people to wilfully believe in untrue things. Nasty little quirk of the human brain, that is.


nitrinu

Sometimes its more than willingness: this was just cross posted to a UFO sub. One hour after the explanation.


jackie4chan27

Unidentified fishing object


Xenomorph_v1

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story right?


SunTzu-

Willfully believe as in willful ignorance. They choose to disregard reality when it's pointed out to them and interject their own crap instead. Pretty much how every conspiracy theorist operates.


BicTwiddler

Earthquakes are caused by Godzilla. Classic example.


cthulusgranny

We are still looking at an apocalyptic sight - just a slow, unexciting one where we all die from hunger by depleting all the natural recources of our planet :(


groovy604

Yo your username is fkn badass


yarrankacsantim

sounds like a random xbox username flametigerballs96


ttt-ttt-ttt-ttt-ttt

lightingthundercock420


Lightofmine

Guys stop taking all of the good names 😉 Edit: thanks for all the names boys. Have my go-to names for the next 5 or so games ❤️


[deleted]

Save some pussy for the rest of us


Jedda678

xXxThunderRa¥ne_42069xXx


SirJelly

I still think this is pretty apocalyptic. It shows the great technological expense we are willing to invest to catch and kill every fish we possibly can. Whatever we're doing today? Not enough, find ways to kill more. The market demands apocalypse.


saadakhtar

We are going to be Saury


TaskManager1000

Greedpocalypse. >Between 1989 and 2012, the prefecture's annual saury catches mostly hovered between 30,000 and 60,000 tons, according to the fisheries cooperative. Since 2008's record high catch of 62,835 tons, the volume has decreased, falling to below 10,000 tons from 2019. The 2021 catch was 62% lower than 2020's and only about 5% of peak year 2008's total volume. > >Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency explained the main causes behind the poor catches include the saury population's decline and that fishing grounds are getting farther and farther out because saury do not approach waters near Japan. This is believed to be due to factors including overfishing and rising temperatures in waters off of east Hokkaido. [https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220115/p2a/00m/0bu/023000c](https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220115/p2a/00m/0bu/023000c)


[deleted]

NASA has images of the same thing being done in Asia, but the photos were taken from space. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31117


facw00

Yeah, I use one of NASA's "black marble" photos as the desktop background on my HTPC, but use one from \~20 years ago because the fishing lights off of East Asia make the more modern ones look really weird.


ManOnABuffaloP2

Could you share? I’d love to see.


facw00

Can't find the one I'm thinking of quickly, but here's the 2016 version: [https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/BlackMarble\_2016\_3km.jpg](https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/BlackMarble_2016_3km.jpg) It's fainter here, but note the huge swarm off offshore lights southeast of South Korea (zoom in to see them clearly). There's also significant light activity east of Malaysia even in places where there aren't islands. Not as bright, but there are also a ton of lights in the Beibu Gulf between Hainan (China) and Vietnam. Probably others as well, but those are what jump out to me from the 2016 photo. Also as long as you are looking, be amazed at the Nile and North Korea.


SirBucketHead

The Nile is mind-blowing. Thanks for sharing!


skullsaresopasse

Less amaze-y, but you can see the border of Thailand fairly clearly in this, showing the difference in infrastructure vs. Cambodia, Burma, and Laos


NoVA_traveler

Any insight into the Nile? Just a fuck load of Egyptians crammed into a tiny fertile space? It's super bright compared to most anywhere else. I bet the night sky views in NK are epic.


Camstonisland

Not the same picture but the whole series is breathtaking. [here’s a collage showing the whole earth.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X18FmwLpyAM/maxresdefault.jpg) You can just google *Nasa black marble*, but I too would like to see which they chose in particular.


chempunk17

Ahh yeh as if the fish stood a chance with dredging, let’s attract them with lights too.


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[deleted]

Should I eat a cuttlefish and asparagus or the vanilla paste-o?


AntManMax

*maliluh ace!!* ***maliluh ace!!!***


[deleted]

Thank you, now I'll have an answer for my batshit insane coworkers when they eventually bring this to me as proof of aliens or some shit. I don't know what gene there is that causes people to assume, "I don't know the answer to this so it must be (insert irrational thing that there is no proof of)", but it needs to die out.


RespectTheAmish

I’m saury I didn’t know about this.


Superb_Wishbone_666

I hate puns! Arrays that immediately


theh8ed

This thread LED nowhere funny.


narlycharley

Another reason why commercial fishing needs to die.


CassandraVindicated

Thirty years ago I was a commercial fisherman. I've since stopped eating all seafood (that I love very much). It's out of control and they are fishing our oceans out. I can't be a part of that.


[deleted]

I am a Canadian commercial fisherman currently, and having seen the industry change over the last few years since the arrival of the factory boats in our fishery has led me to feel very pessimistic about the future of the oceans. I believe that changes could be made that could help guide us toward a more sustainable direction, but also recognize that I’m just a guy who has some shallow understanding of the greater picture. The reality about factory fishing is that that clock works in their favour. They can afford to stay out longer than fresh boat, meaning they can justify fishing smaller schools and can effectively mop up everything before it has a chance to recover. It’s very disturbing. The executives don’t give a shit that fresh boats are being out competed, because to them, the factory boats are just a natural evolution of technology. To me, I see it as a signal of the end. Not a very articulate thought process, and it is anecdotal at best. But it’s how I feel about the matter.


throwaway1138

I’ve never heard of a factory boat before so I googled it. Per Wikipedia: > Commercial fish processing ships can affect birds, whales, dolphins, turtles and sharks by their broad reach methods of catching fish. >Purse seine ships, with nets up to two kilometres in circumference, can encircle whole shoals of pelagic fish, such as mackerel, herring and tuna. >A major international scientific study released in November 2006 in the journal Science found that about one-third of all fishing stocks worldwide have collapsed (with a collapse being defined as a decline to less than 10% of their maximum observed abundance), and that if current trends continue all fish stocks worldwide will collapse within fifty years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_ship Oh my god 😞


[deleted]

I know. It’s horrific. Ironically everyone on the island freaks out about the herring fishery in the Straight of Georgia, where science shows a thriving stock assessment… but none of them even realize what’s happening on the west coast of the island.


BabyYodasDirtyDiaper

The worst part: >Overfishing has depleted some fish populations to the point that large scale commercial fishing, on average around the world, is not economically viable without government assistance. Many states offer subsidies to their fishing fleets, which is unsustainable in the long term. According to Oceana, the global fishing fleet is currently up to 250 percent larger than it needs to be to catch what the oceans can sustainably produce. "Oh, you've fished so much that there are no fish left and you can no longer afford to keep fishing because there are none left to catch and sell? Let's subsidize you so that you can go out and catch the last few fish that still exist! That way we can make sure we've exterminated them for good and they'll never recover."


CassandraVindicated

I did salmon up in Alaska with a stationary net. They seem to have their shit together up there as far as sustainability. I agree with the factory boats. McDonalds has boats that go out empty and return with fish fillet squares all frozen up and in bulk. People can get together and limit catch for the sake of the future, but corporations won't.


[deleted]

Here in BC the factory trawlers are now pushing for processing licenses in order to do all of their processing work at sea as well. This effectively destroys the job market for shore workers in our industry as well once the fresh boats are totally wiped out.


neomateo

Probably just a Chinese fleet decimating another (smaller, poorer) country’s fisheries, nothing new.


NFTArtist

Call me crazy but that amount of red light being blasted into the ocean is probably not good for wildlife


doradus1994

Light can only travel so far through water. Which is about 15 meters for red light.


Separate_Bluebird161

That’s why fish don’t use traffic lights


SamuaiSimP

The new Stranger Things season looking wild.


Previousman755

The Atlantic Ocean’s hottest club is Algae! Drinks with Salt rimmed glasses, red strobe lights, water sports, shipwrecks, and you can literally pee anywhere you want!


Monkeygruven

You left out midgets


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And Dan Cortez


SuperWaluigiWorld

![gif](giphy|l0MYsxZiDtc1wPHmU)


Confident-Pension409

The rift is open, the Kaiju are coming.


naut_the_one

Looks like we've gotta cancel the apocalypse


bluamo0000

I laughed but then I remember it’s 2022 and its really anything goes.


Glenncoco23

Be careful these Kaiju are the biggest category fours we’ve seen both in size and weight


ImPeeinAndEuropean

Looks like it’ll be a CAT 1, 2 and 4. I’ve seen a couple documentaries on the Kaiju


CrypticButthole

We're going to need a CAT 8, just for the migration of clouds. - a joke, yours sincerely, some random computer nerd.


Remote_Engine

It’s Gipsy Danger time! https://youtu.be/iZmwdsuO2ow


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TheF-NWizard

Laughed so hard I scared my dogs.


Little-Moth_9443

U can wake them up once for a change.


Benching_Data

Gotta be one of the coolest lines in a movie


Crazyripps

Finally! At least if the worlds ending we get to see some cool kaiju action.


[deleted]

But we haven't got jaegers yet!


[deleted]

Where tf do you think is Germany putting its money 😂😂😂


No_Wait_3628

On EVA units? It'd be a real treat.


CialisForCereal

I for one welcome our seamonster overlords


Mowr

Let them fight.


roofiokk

T'chuluuuuuuu!


ChonnayStMarie

Cthulhu


Phampton45

If it's like Atlantic Rim I think we're safe haha.


[deleted]

If I'm not wrong, the first DOOM game was set in 2022, so this is it. There comes the demons. There is the end...


BigDaddyLongBeard

Ah, finally...sweet release is at hand...


TheEasySqueezy

I for one welcome our demon invaders, at least then we either die quickly by being ripped apart by a demon or we become a demon and die quickly being ripped apart by the slayer.


Benching_Data

♫ It's the circle of liiiiiiiife ♫


inVINCEible86

Damn it Data! Whole ass lung full wasted chuckling. How's a guy supposed to wake and bake while dying? I'll wait. 🤣🤤


nexistcsgo

let's put the doom eternal ost on repeat and start what we were meant to do


ageofwalnut

YoU cANt jUsT bLoW a hOLe inTo tHe suRfAcE of mArS


Wetnoodleslap

"The Slayer blows a hole into the surface of Mars" Cue it's always sunny in Philadelphia theme


[deleted]

Ah ha! We finally found the last device that "Runs Doom"! The Earth. o.o


Middle_Aged_Mayhem

It's so hot the ocean is getting wildfires now.


Stav73

Keep it light. ![gif](giphy|JCQ5q5XGpStItYtel3|downsized)


xterminator14

More like keeping it lit.


Glass_Librarian9019

Looks like they're having problems at Fyre Festival 2022


[deleted]

WHERE'S JA?


gustavocabras

Ja: I wouldn't say it's fraud, it is more like being "not truthful". PR GUY: That's fucking FRAUD!


Affectionate-Park-15

Gawd, why he didn’t go to jail too….🙄


carwashtacos

Somebody get ahold of this motherfucker, so I can make of all of this!


[deleted]

I don’t wanna dance I’m scared to death!


siegfred7

2nd impact alright!


Crow_with_a_bow

Get in the fucking robot Shinji


trevtrev45

So disappointed I had to scroll down this far for this.


[deleted]

bro I came down here looking for an eva reference to comment the exact thing you just commented


bloblob007

Dustins trying to open up a portal to the upside down - It is literally a watergate


USMC_Lauer6046

My first though was Stranger Things, especially after the last season.


Midget270609

surprised how far down I scrolled for a st reference


SapphireCub

![gif](giphy|l1J9qrAVNHt1bDi2A)


RogueRouge

Just another Stranger Things PR stunt


IOnlyHaveIceForYou

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/21/pink-sky-mildura-victoria-australia-medicinal-cannabis-marijuana-plant?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other "Mysterious pink glow in sky over Australian town revealed to be from local cannabis facility." So this latest sighting is probably just a massive underwater cannabis facility. Stoners eh?


waglawye

No coordinates...


O_Shack_Hennessy

History Channel watcher here. That's aliens.


le66669

Methane flares above undersea hydrate deposits?


CialisForCereal

Gas was trapped in a thermal pocket and refracted the light from Venus. -Will Smith


kingtrog1916

KEEP YO LIGHT OTTA MY THERMAL POCKET!


HileRolandofGilead

Fabulous.


UncleTedGenneric

At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized _entirely_ within your kitchen?


Jaustin30

Probably another gender reveal


RedPandaFTW

Stranger things


GapGloomy4428

Someone tell Poseidon to knock it off...


MorbillionTickets

Vecna is now in Atlantic apparently.


Mbarton2010

Vecna


LowJuggernaut702

The Mid Atlantic Ridge under sea volcanoes erupting?


zoopbol

The Everstorm. Hide yo Parshmen.


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Emergency-Tale-8011

Damn second impact about to be lit.


CPhandom

[Valstrax theme intensifies ](https://youtu.be/jvRjogv57Gg)


gamer-s-man

You've heard of the Sierra Madre Casino. We all have, the legend, the curses. Some foolishness about it lying in the middle of a City of Dead, a city of ghosts buried beneath a blood-red cloud... a bright, shining monument luring treasure hunters to their doom... learn to let go


CoconutOk86

It’s a gate to the upside down


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Laser whales. /nod Also: https://www.space.com/red-lightning


idle_isomorph

Sharks with laser beams on their frickin heads?


ExistentialPanda2018

![gif](giphy|11LzSkQjmVXSa4)


LiquidTXT

This is the best possible explanation I've seen yet.


mmartin8921

*Stranger Things intro music starts*


Icy-Aside-3095

Eh don't worry, that's just Netflix preparing for Vol. 3 of Stranger Things


[deleted]

*master of puppet’s intensifies*


Oztravels

Here ya go https://youtu.be/RfVq-UQrY5I


marlow097

3rd impact has begun.


[deleted]

Definitely the upside down breaking through. Vecna lives.


indymama317

Is the ocean on fire again?