Fish are stupid

I don't understand why people keep fish as pets. Fish have no memories. They have no idea who you are. They're not even aware of your existence. But you still have to feed them and you still have to clean up with them. It's all the work of pets without any of the benefits of companionship or home security (unless you use your fish bowl in an over-complicated ineffective security system involving yarn, a spoon, and an alarm clock).

Fish are the only animals that can die by overeating. It takes a special kind of stupid to keep eating until you die. When you get an animal with as low a rung on the evolutionary ladder as a fish, the survival instinct is pretty much the only thing running the show. So you think it would be effective enough to stop the fish from eating everything it sees before it fucking dies.

I was responsible for the death of the family fish once. I never felt better about anything in my life.