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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You can yeet goldfish. Carp are stupid tough. It's the tropical fish we often keep that are kinda wimpy. Also, they're not coming from a super healthy environment (the store) to our tanks.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I would watch carp throwing as a competitive sport, they aren't going to make it easy

[–] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

not the carp. they are my favourite fish to angle for :(

[–] Tryasimightalright@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I definitely have not, and now I have. I'm unsure if I should thank you for this or not.

I feel like it takes the sport out of it if the fish is dead though. The whole sport of the carp throwing is that a carp absolutely can kick a grown man's ass and flop to freedom if he isn't careful. You leave a carp alone long enough and those things turn into damn near coelacanths. They'll eat your dog. Manhandling one of those suckers into a parabolic arc is going to take skill, strength, planning, and luck.