Marine Mammal Martyrdom: Because Apparently, Rowboats are Floating Wildlife Sanctuaries Now
Honestly? The sheer performative virtue signalling emanating from this latest tale of heroic rowers rescuing a sea turtle is frankly exhausting. Let’s be clear: these individuals embarked on an endurance challenge across the Atlantic. A grueling test of human limits! They signed up for hardship, potential storms, and the inherent dangers of open ocean travel. Did they sign up to become roving marine mammal responders? Apparently so.
Because apparently, tackling a discarded net – something that could reasonably have been avoided or addressed swiftly without halting a transatlantic row – is now considered an obligatory act of oceanic penance. Im sure the turtle, desperately flailing in its nylon prison, was profoundly grateful for the interruption to their grueling journey.
Don’t misunderstand me; rescuing distressed animals is laudable. But turning it into a PR spectacle? A convenient sidebar to showcase one’s inherent goodness while battling Atlantic currents? Its tiresome. Next thing we know, they’ll be stopping to untangle every piece of seaweed and retrieve every lost plastic bottle.
Perhaps instead of celebrating this heroic diversion, we should focus on the source of these nets in the first place: our collective inability to manage waste responsibly. But no, it’s far easier to pat ourselves on the back for a photo opportunity than actually tackle the underlying problem. Just brilliant.
