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polysexualstick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A lot of people appear to think that animal=mammal or animal=vertebrate. I remember when in history class we had to discuss differences between humans and other animals. The girl I had as my partner told me fish and dolphins weren’t animals.

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• Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  i envy you. i’ve met people who don’t thrnk birds are animals, including one veterinarian.

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  • JargonWagon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Do they also believe that birds aren’t real?

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  • ganryuu@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean, yeah, government drones are not animals, I don’t see the problem here.

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  • aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    birds must be a carrot. Surely?

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• Secret_Music@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean, considering that this is a successful meme on two different platforms and that there are multiple comments giving their own examples, I would assume that it’s a behaviour that a lot of people come across, regardless of your personal experience.

  We live in a world where people who believe in jewish space lazers and think they’re going to get 5G from vaccines exist, and you find this hard to believe?

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• ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Lots of people think that animal means mammal. They are animals, but they are not mammals.

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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    is that kinda like how beastkin aren’t monsters because they can speak?

    if that’s the case, are elves people or demons?

    further, dragons that talk, should they be considered beastkin or monsters?

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    • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I believe some people consider elves demons, but they aren’t really “people” or demons, they are their own classification of beings. I believe they are considered a type of humanoid.

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