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    needs to be required reading tbh

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    1. Radiant-Gas4165 on

      I don’t get the meme but I loved the sparkly bits of the fish on the cover as kid

    2. Great_gatzzzby on

      Rainbow fish pisses me off cus the message is literally to give away the scales so people would like you, instead of giving them away to make others happy. It’s such an easy fix.

    6. Guilty_Meringue5317 on

      I remember seeing this cover as a kid but I don’t remember my mom reading this for me or even reading this myself

    7. The_Best_Guesst on

      Reading rainbow fish as a kid gave the same message as the giving tree, which to me said that you must give up some of yourself for the sake of others until you have nothing left to give, and I hated it both books so so much

    10. hrynn on

      I hate this fucking book
      Oh yeah rip off pieces of your body and give them to people so that they’ll like you. Great message….

    11. ItsEirbear on

      I know someone “fixed” this book and changed the ending. I just can’t find a link to it. Was pretty good

    15. DarkEcstatic8863 on

      I remember someone reading it to me faintly but I forgot the whole plot.

    16. KonaKumo on

      Controversial book in my house. My wife loves it. I despise it. She sees it as a book about sharing. I see it as a book about body mutilation to please other fish that don’t deserve your friendship.

    17. MansaMusaKervill on

      I know I’ve read the book, no recollection of what happens in it though

    19. MrBroke420 on

      children’s version of the Communist Manifesto planted by the government btw

    20. AxoE_e on

      That book had a horrible message for kids the only good thing about it was how sparkly the scales were

    21. TheTickledPickle_ on

      This book is absolute dog shit. Reread it as an adult and try to coherently explain why the message isn’t terrible.

    22. BaronGreywatch on

      I only vaguely remember the book. What is the meme creator sulking about?

    23. Savings-Complex9734 on

      Awful book, just like The Giving Tree. Teaching kids to let people use and exploit them without drawing boundaries. Another fish comes up to him and asks him for something special of his, he says no, and the fish leaves? Clearly, this isn’t a friend. He just wants something from you.

    25. kbeks on

      “Give away what makes you unique and special, otherwise no one will like you. Bribery: It’s the only way to make friends.”

      Some of you never revisited this book as an adult and it shows. There’s much better ways to demonstrate sharing.

    26. CravenSapphire on

      While I loved this book as a kid (mostly because it was pretty) I do think the message is quite shit as an adult. 

    28. AnalysisParalysis85 on

      I did read it but I barely remember anything other than its cover.

    31. swizzymcbane on

      I read this book to my kids once and then threw it away in disgust. Absolutely horrible message. If people don’t like you give them things until they do? Even parts of your own body!? Hell no. Fuck that book.

    33. underwaterknifefight on

      No, that book is shit. I read it to my kid for the first time and was shocked at the themes of harming or destroying yourself to make selfish people around you happy.

      This meme sucks as much as the book

    34. Rev3_ on

      Bleeding away all that makes you special to make your bullies happy… Great lesson. /s

    35. No_Vermicelli4753 on

      It’s a story about how giving in to someone that’s repeatedly begging your for valuables will lead to you buying friends.

      Great.

    36. GhostOfSagan on

      When I read this to my son I emphasize the lines that describe how the rainbow fish initially thinks he’s too beautiful to play with other fish, then he’s sad because he’s lonely, then he learns that giving things to other fish makes /him/ happy and how having friends makes /him/ happy.

      I definitely see why people might not like this book, but there are some useful lessons in there.

    38. Mount_Pessimistic on

      Still less problematic than the pout pout fish which glorifies verbal abuse and sexual assault.

    40. Nimyron on

      I’ve read both books and played the video game. Which was pretty good from what I remember.

      Edit : I’m starting to think most people here read it as adults because I did read it as a kid and it was just a cool book. I wasn’t looking much into it because, you know, I was a kid.

    41. Starrin1ght on

      Hey op, can I have a bit of your skin? Like, you have so much of your skin, I don’t have any of your skin. It’s only fair!

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