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minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 days agoAh ok I thought fish was included, because I’ve known some who call themselves vegetarians who eat fish.
minus-squareSoulcreator@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoIt’s a common misunderstanding, not exactly sure where it stems from. When I was a vegetarian many years ago it wouldn’t be uncommon for people to offer me fish.
minus-squarebramkaandorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoMaybe it comes from the distinction between meat and fish that stems from fasting in Catholicism.
Ah ok I thought fish was included, because I’ve known some who call themselves vegetarians who eat fish.
It’s a common misunderstanding, not exactly sure where it stems from. When I was a vegetarian many years ago it wouldn’t be uncommon for people to offer me fish.
Maybe it comes from the distinction between meat and fish that stems from fasting in Catholicism.