Will some Mystus mysticetus fit with this stocking?

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thebiggerthebetter said:
but I'd hate for MTS's feelings to be hurt
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Thank you for this!

I'll be honest, I am really no fan of all that stuff. Being joked about for a legitimate superior understanding of the metric system and for a view on tank sizes for pictus catfish that my experience tells me is the way to go does not help at all, and is something I find somewhat offensive. I can't tell you how much I appreciate that you consider the recipient may find the joke offensive.

As for this thread, I found via observing the store fish that Mystus mysticetus has a surprisingly small mouth. It's not the wide mouth of pictus catfish like I would have expected, more like 1/2-2/3 as big.
Just thought I'd share this interesting observation.
 
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I make a joke about the ridiculous use of precision metric measurements in an application where this precision is unwieldy and inappropriate...and Viktor immediately leaps to a connection with a specific person, as I am certain others did as well. I wonder why he made that connection with such certainty?

Then that person jumps up and bemoans the hurtfulness and venom of this dastardly opinion; its as though the metric system is a personal invention of theirs and I am denigrating it, which is taken as a personal insult.

Unbelievable. These must be the "consequences" to which Viktor alluded...i.e. reading this.

MTS, your "legitimate superior understanding" of the metric system is not evident here at all. You are comfortable working within its confines, as are many (most?) people in the word today. Perhaps, like many of those folk, you actually think in metric, rather than mentally translating as many others among us do. That's great; what isn't so great is your smug certainty that this makes you superior.

When you read a post in which metric is the system of measurement used, you cheer...you thank them for using the system. IMHO, that's merely a bit odd; one might almost swear that you earn a commission every time metric is used.

But when you enter into a thread in which the poster has described his/her tank in gallons, and then you immediately reply with something like "In your 473 liter tank, you should do such-and-such..." you are not demonstrating some vast depth of knowledge or perception. You are simply being condescending and rude.

Enjoy and admire metric? Absolutely! Use it exclusively in your own threads? Sure. Ram it down the throat of someone who asked a question in...gasp!...the Imperial system? That is too far. It's not a "legitimate superior knowledge" of anything; it's simply bad manners. And when you demonstrate bad manners, it is wise to have a reasonably thick skin in case something bounces back and splashes you.
 
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jjohnwm said:
I make a joke about the ridiculous use of precision metric measurements in an application where this precision is unwieldy and inappropriate...and Viktor immediately leaps to a connection with a specific person, as I am certain others did as well. I wonder why he made that connection with such certainty?

Then that person jumps up and bemoans the hurtfulness and venom of this dastardly opinion; its as though the metric system is a personal invention of theirs and I am denigrating it, which is taken as a personal insult.
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JJ, this is MTS's thread. He is the OP. :) There was no need for me to make connections :)
 
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I make a joke about the ridiculous use of precision metric measurements in an application where this precision is unwieldy and inappropriate...and Viktor immediately leaps to a connection with a specific person, as I am certain others did as well. I wonder why he made that connection with such certainty?

Then that person jumps up and bemoans the hurtfulness and venom of this dastardly opinion; its as though the metric system is a personal invention of theirs and I am denigrating it, which is taken as a personal insult.

Unbelievable. These must be the "consequences" to which Viktor alluded...i.e. reading this.

MTS, your "legitimate superior understanding" of the metric system is not evident here at all. You are comfortable working within its confines, as are many (most?) people in the word today. Perhaps, like many of those folk, you actually think in metric, rather than mentally translating as many others among us do. That's great; what isn't so great is your smug certainty that this makes you superior.

When you read a post in which metric is the system of measurement used, you cheer...you thank them for using the system. IMHO, that's merely a bit odd; one might almost swear that you earn a commission every time metric is used.

But when you enter into a thread in which the poster has described his/her tank in gallons, and then you immediately reply with something like "In your 473 liter tank, you should do such-and-such..." you are not demonstrating some vast depth of knowledge or perception. You are simply being condescending and rude.

Enjoy and admire metric? Absolutely! Use it exclusively in your own threads? Sure. Ram it down the throat of someone who asked a question in...gasp!...the Imperial system? That is too far. It's not a "legitimate superior knowledge" of anything; it's simply bad manners. And when you demonstrate bad manners, it is wise to have a reasonably thick skin in case something bounces back and splashes you.
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Shockingly, In Australia, we use dimensions rather than volume when talking about tanks! A 4ft is used instead of a 120g or 454 litres!
 
thebiggerthebetter said:
I'd hate for MTS's feelings to be hurt...
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The only thing that's gonna hurt M MultipleTankSyndrome is his damn fingers when he keeps punching in those conversion calculations on his calculator!

I have never known anyone in the history of fishkeeping to be so anal about tank measurements and water volumes. Lol.
 
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