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Ok, but you are wrong. While biology means animal is a member of animalia, people usually mean an animal that is capable of higher functions, e.g. a dog, sheep etc.

Most fish don’t express themselves in an understandable way. Mussels barely have neurons.

You gotta relax. Any sane human being should have clearly understood where they draw the line.

You also do wrong stuff all the time because it is useful to be wrong.

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piccolo@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
You’re just jealous fish have more creative abilities than yourself.

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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I don’t think people “usually” mean that at all. And even if I did, why would I care what people mean by it if it’s wrong?

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samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Mussels aren’t fish.

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- TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Now that I think about it “shellfish” a misnomer
  
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  - SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Cuttlefish are molluscs. Smart mussels then!
    
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thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’ve only ever known Christians to think fish aren’t animals. I’m pretty sure that’s something random that the Vatican decided for bending lent rules or some shit.

at least in my life most people do not have a “reasonably underseood line” where they arbitrarily stop considering animals as animals due to their perceived lack of communication. they have a line where they stop caring about them, but that’s usually about how cute they are, not about how they communicate. if more people understood koalas better they’d be way less popular.

most people just don’t actually think that much about it. trivia is for the people that do think about things. and it certainly should at least have its answers checked on google.

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- prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  and it certainly should at least have its answers checked on google.
  
  Just not the LLM part since it’s often wrong
  
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Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
What the fuck are you on about???

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- samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yeah, that’s not what animal means.

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RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You’re somehow both wrong, and useless here. How did you manage to disprove yourself so thoroughly?

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stray@pawb.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I think you mean fish don’t express themselves in a way you understand. Some are lone hunters who have to rely on their wits to survive, while some have complex social interactions. Some even pass the mirror test.

I don’t think you should make excuses for why some things deserve life or kindness and others don’t. I think it’s better to just be honest with yourself about your personal biases and say you like dogs too much to hurt them, but that you don’t care as much about fish.

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SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I don’t understand your nonsense… you must be a fish.

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