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License to fish? License to... RIDE A BIKE? License to... HAVE A DOG/CAT? License to USE A RADIO? (I'm talking about GMRS, AFIAK emergency services do not use GMRS frequencies)

Why is everything a license?

What next? License to exist?

Someday they are gonna require a license to get your own water, or filter your own air (due to pollution).

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (14 children)

Reasons for a license to fish (from a German perspective and with common sense):

  • You want people who fish to know when they can and cannot fish due to the fish’s [Edit: ~~re~~ pro]creation periods.
  • You want people to know which kinds of fish they should and should not catch, in general.
  • You want people to know how big a certain kind of fish needs to be before it can be extracted.
  • You want a general overview of the number of people fishing in a general area to monitor overfishing.

License to have a dog:

  • Costs a certain amount of money each month. This funds public cleaning of dog poop and free dog poop bags.

License for a GMRS radio:

  • To prevent too many people from crowding in the same channel.
  • To be able to identify assholes who jam a channel with their broadcasts.

License for biking:

  • To know the rules of the road
[–] stangel 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Upvote for thoughtful reply but I think you mean fish procreation periods. Nobody cares what season they go golfing 😆

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks for catching that. I’m sure there must be a fish-specific term that’s eluding me.

[–] stangel 5 points 1 day ago

Breeding / spawning

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