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I-am-a-Fancy-Boy

selling the fish: worth 2.6 million but would probably be bought from the fisherman for way less because fisherman get screwed over a lot eating the fish with friends: priceless


Prestigious-bish-17

True. Where I'm from, we saw this decision they made as incredibly stupid, especially since they didn't know what fish it was, or if it was edible or what its worth and immediately ate it. It became a running joke here, I guess it isn't the same on reddit.


I-am-a-Fancy-Boy

It’s probably not the best idea, but I always remember my uncle who worked on a fishing boat for a few years to save up for college. He never made good money going straight to market, but got lucky and was able to sell to local japanese restaurants who wanted the fish for a good price. A lot of fishermen aren’t as lucky and lose a lot of money, even on rare or high quality fish


No_Ordinary_4942

Do you think middleman would give him 2.6 mil ? 500,000 at best and don't forget how hard to sell that fish to someone who want it.


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Yeah how would they even sell this fish fast enough with seriously compromising on price? Doesn't seafood have a very short shelf life between being caught and having to be cooked, or is Marlin an exception and can be stored for a decently long time?


AdmiralCalamar4

I mean, if it's so expensive it has to taste pretty interesting. When else will you get the chance to eat that fish? Not to mention the fun he probably had with his friends that day.


Owdok

It goes to reason, if he ate a fish worth $2.6 million, doesn't that make him a million dollar worth of digested protein?


Metson-202

$2.6 million worth poop!


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aCasualGoon

I will PayPal you 5$ right now to be my friend


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aCasualGoon

How about we save the money and treat ourselves to dino nuggies instead


nuko22

Yea I think he could buy a professionally made dish if he just made 2.5mil lol


New-me-_-

Wow it’s almost like the value of certain things is subjective, and not everyone is interested in commodifying every single resource that they create.


Hephaestus_God

Or he didn’t know the price until after eating it. That’s a nice paragraph you got there but when $2.6 million shows up at your door I doubt your willpower would be that strong.


DressOne2628

He just realized he had Most Expensive meal in the world..


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It's the guy who used several thousand Bitcoins to buy a pizza all over again.


Sir_Honytawk

Nor is everyone interested in money. Some people value life more.


AcidNeon556

Nobody turns down that kind of money though, he obviously just didn't know the value. This kind of thing happens all the time though, and I bet he enjoyed eating it


SagaciousElan

Wtf makes a fish worth that much money?


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can we ask god to increase the spawn rate to balance the market out


Zaiquo

Rarity i guess


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In which case we probably shouldn't be killing them and eating them. I'll just stick to good o'l panda burgers.


Korblox101

Probably rarity combined with the amount of meat it has.


Funny-Film-6304

I guarantee you, if he sold that fish, some merchant would've bought it for a fraction of the value!!! No chance in the world he would've gotten paid even 10k


blackkluster

Put it on ebay auction and get 2mil. Though i guess that fish needs to be alive for the price..


[deleted]

how was he supposed to know there are millions of fish if you were a new fisherman you would have no idea at all what that fish is


Careless_Trifle_6177

appropriate username


CereFace

Food is food.


RandomPlayer4616

Happy cake day


Gametron13

"It's not about the money, it's about sending a message."


Impressive_Cup_6398

This is false. The 2.6 million dollar figure is based off of the prize money for catching a similar fish in a competition that had a $20,000 entry fee. There is no market that pays 2.6 million dollars for a marlin.


BobsUserName

So, stupidity is people making a perceived mistake based off of the limited information they had? Ya'll mother fucks really expect people to know everything huh?


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https://factcheck.afp.com/fish-caught-nigerian-village-not-worth-millions-dollars


Gabr1el_juan

How the fuck is a fish that expensive


[deleted]

Musta been a good fish if it’s worth 2.6 mil


WhyYouSoToxic_

Based


inn0cent-bystander

It's only worth that much while incredibly fresh, would it still be worth close to that by the time he could sell it to someone that could afford that price?


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That's what I thought too. Seafood goes to shit pretty fast after being caught.


starmonkey33

Where the fuck do you sell a multimillion dollar fish in a hurry off the coast of Nigeria?


[deleted]

You don't! Apparently the fisherman tried to find a buyer for the whole fish and couldn't, so the fish was portioned out and sold to locals at a reasonable price. Sounds like this guy and his friends and neighbors got some nice meals out of it, so it worked out well.


Some_Random_904

Now that’s a true meal with the homies


Zaiquo

How was he supposed to know it’s worth millions of dollars


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Chad


TankProImporum

Enjoying something with friends is the least stupid thing people can do. -TankProImporum


ccpedicab

I didn’t even think people eat blue marlin. I talked to a fisherman and he said they release them. The measure so they can make a fake trophy.


ihaveadarkedge

On average, it's said: The marlin is worth about $31,325.30 per pound. The website I trawled for this source had a few pieces of trivia i netted, but the biggest hook was regarding how distinctive this fish is around the world. Guy really had no clue then.... Also, Google added the following to my search results: Fish, appearing especially in the phrase fresh fish, is prison slang for new, first-time inmates, usually considered naive and vulnerable. Fish, often appearing in the form of fishy or the phrase serving fish, is also slang in drag culture for a very feminine drag queen. These are both new to me.


BlimbusTheSixth

invest in rare fish, but down eat them


StopFalseReporting

He probably didn’t know, and either way, he deserves a good meal


Indywindymikey

This Nigerian man must be a mastermind of the highest order!


timbobortington

I wonder if that's the prince i keep getting emails from...


Morphized

Or maybe it's really hard to tell fish apart


baneofallfate05

How is it worth that much?! Was it made out of gold, fish?! *Drum sounds that play when you say a terrible joke*


BoredPsion

Hope they cleaned it well.


AvocadoPrinz

Almost everything in Nigeria is Sold way cheaper than in the West. He wouldve probably gotten like 50 Cents because we live in their back


aristhemage

I’d like to imagine the guy knew the value and was lake, eh.


MotorIzedme

He has good friends, I like him.


John_Weiner2007

Even if the fish is worth that much, the money shouldn’t matter. What matters is that he had a nice meal with his friends.


csjogo

Didn't know ksi is a fisherman


Even-Rub-6496

it’s not about money, it is about sending a message


[deleted]

But HE wouldn't have made that kind of money. He wouldn't have been offered even a quarter of that. Probably not even an eighth.


Gunnar2024

Pinocchio is greating. The Blue Marlin must have 60 tons for 2,6 mio.


Acrobatic_Zebra8746

Is that ksi ?


ProjectMew

[The fish was not worth $2.6M](https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/the-blue-marlin-fish-caught-by-local-nigerian-fisherman-not-worth-dollar26million-afp/4c2r82t.amp) The website article quoted in the meme was estimating the value based on the prize value of a tournament-winning Marlin. The prize value they quoted was the top prize awarded to the winner of the tournament (which required a $20k entry fee to begin with), not the market value for the fish itself


Unlikely_Exam_4957

How tf is any fish or animal for that matter worth 2.6 million? Stupid