writes:
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>The Trouble With Tuna: a A Lot of Millennials Dona t Even Own Can Openersa
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>StarKist, Bumble Bee and Chicken of the Sea deal with slumping market
>amid competition from fresher options
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>https://www.wsj.com/articles/tuna-ma...ers-1543766400
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>By Jesse Newman and
>Annie Gasparro
>Dec. 2, 2018 11:00 a.m. ET
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>Excerpts:
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>Canned tuna, a lunchbox staple from the 20th century, is fighting to
>keep its spot in American cupboards...
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>...Younger consumers are opting for fresh or frozen fish over canned
>items. Just 32% of consumers aged 18 to 34 recently bought canned fish
>or shellfish, compared with 45% of those 55 years old and older,
>according to market-research firm Mintel.
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>Tuna first made inroads into American cupboards following a sardine
>shortage in 1903 and grew in popularity during wartime protein shortages
>that followed and as new canning technologies took hold. Since the late
>1980s, its reputation has changed as consumers worried about potential
>mercury poisoning, the harm done to dolphins and its likeness to cat
>food.
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>Then there is the smell. a Ita s over and above fishy,a said Thomas
>Lane, a 54-year-old designer at Intel Corp...
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>...Timmy Mathew, a 26-year-old tax accountant in Chicago, said he was
>game to try the new tuna products but remained skeptical. a There are
>food trendsa quinoa and kale are hot. Canned tuna has never been
>hot.a
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>Lenona.



one of Jim Gaffigan's three actually funny jokes is about how people say
"it's not fishy" in praise of a fish dish - comparing it to, for example,
the absurdity of "it's not burger-y" for a hamburger


(btw I thought this post was going to be about mercury)