As far back as the C16th the herring has been a comic fish. (opens in new tab)

Never before have I been sent a link and so quickly come to the conclusion that I needed to share it with MetaFilter. This is like an old-school web passion project about herring, but it is so, so, so much more than that. My point of entry was the entirely hilarious yet fascinating entry on .Yes, this entire post is editorializing, but I don't care, because you need to understand how much joy the mere existence of this site is bringing me right now.