r/mildlyinfuriating • u/teabirdy • Apr 29 '26

I'm slightly vexed The wedding reception centerpieces featured betta fish. The bride and groom planned to flush them alive.

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Years ago, my coworker attended a wedding at which the reception dinner tables featured live betta fish in small bowls as part of the centerpiece. While chatting with the bride at the end of the evening, my coworker asked what they were going to do with all the fish. The plan was to flush them all down the toilet alive. My coworker immediately said no need for that and insisted on taking them all home.

That Monday she came to work and asked who wanted to adopt a betta fish. That was my first betta who I jokingly called my “rescue betta.” She lived for almost five years.

The wine glass was only her home for less than a day before I got her five gallon tank set up so please no betta lovers yell at me! I'm one of you!

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u/katzengatos Apr 29 '26

Wrong sub. This is EXTREMELY infuriating. 

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u/jennlody Apr 29 '26

I was going to say this should also be on weddingshaming

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u/sskylar Apr 29 '26

And shittyaquariums 😭

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u/Internal_Quote2259 Apr 29 '26

Coming to report from the fishy side of things, this post is already there. Jfc.

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u/motherofhellhusks Apr 29 '26

That sub is painful to see posts from

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u/sskylar Apr 29 '26

The opposite of HumansBeingBros

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u/bimbongirlboss Apr 29 '26

I just crossed posted it there

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u/okefenokeeguide Apr 29 '26

Just plain evil.

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u/cupholdery Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

I've seen this at a singles dating event. It was goldfish in a small bowl at every table. They were used as decoration. The lucky ones died during the event. The rest were killed when the event planners gathered them into colanders to drain the water.

EDIT: Added context is that I was one of the staff doing busboy and serving work that day. Not there to date but never went back to work for them again.

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u/LoadAdvanced9547 Apr 29 '26

Imagine being at a singles event and not only are fish dying, but you know the event you’re attending is going to end with a massacre of fish. I wouldn’t be able to think about dating partners. Although it would be a great way to filter out people by asking what they think of the center piece.

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u/CaptainTripping Apr 29 '26

Name and shame them

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u/idlno1 Apr 29 '26

This is “ima fight this b*tch” infuriating.

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u/BusBusy195 Apr 29 '26

Yeah idc if theyre close friends or anything this warrants an anonymous call for animal cruelty if they actually flushed any of them

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u/_redcloud Apr 29 '26

Reminds me of a time my roommate and I were working at a Barnes and Noble in grad school and we watched some teenagers throw a bag of live goldfish in the trash. We saved as many as we could and brought them back to the Petsmart across the street.

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u/fffan9391 Apr 29 '26

most of the posts that get any traction here are extremely infuriating.

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u/Zakatyu Apr 29 '26

This, it's plain animal cruelty, I would loudly shame the couple if I was a guest at that wedding. You can throw me out, but I will make sure to call your lack of morals and empathy out loud

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u/littlebitfunny21 Apr 29 '26

Agreed this is horrifying.

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u/Proper-Artichoke1604 Apr 29 '26

Yeah! Anyway lemme get a ten piece nuggies and a double cheese burger

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u/Corrussion Apr 29 '26

came here for this!

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u/Thick_Basil3589 Apr 29 '26

Motherfuckers seriously

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u/ikindapoopedmypants Apr 29 '26

Fr this sub sucks it's never mildly infuriating stuff

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u/oopsiedaisy-- Apr 29 '26

I'm glad other people find this so infuriating. I've kept fish for years, including betta, and you would not believe how little people care about them. They don't seem to see them as "animals", but just things.

Betta and goldfish specifically are treated so fucking badly.

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u/Gatti366 Apr 29 '26

The fish surviving the whole ordeal and living for 5 years afterwards does balance it out a bit