Or that mushrooms aren’t plants.
Not impressed
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Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 18 minutes ago
Wander@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
OMG in still confused at this.
“I don’t eat animals”
“Do you eat fish?” (My thinking people say they are vegetarian but are actually pescaterian but don’t like saying it for some reason)
“Yea but thats not an animal”
“Hahaha yea it is”
“No it isnt”
“Wait what? … If its not an animal what is it? A tree? Haha”
“It’s a fish!”
“Which is an animal”
“No! An animal is an animal, and a fish is a fish!”
“Fish are animal. Look we can look it up to check if you want”
“I’m not going to look it up because I know a fish isn’t an animal. I don’t need to look it up!”
“… … I guess I can’t argue with that”
This all took place during pre drinks which is why I thought I was getting fucked with at the start. But I never realised how so many people are walking around blindingly, confidently, unshakeably wrong. She got mad.
stray@pawb.social 2 minutes ago
I’m able to understand conceptually that “meat” doesn’t literally mean any animal’s muscle tissue in every language. Sometimes it’s a more vague concept of a large mammal’s meat and excludes fish, poultry, etc. And that’s okay. But I also hate it.
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 minutes ago
This is how I felt as a kid when my peers insisted the thumb is not a finger. Like what are you talking about bro? If I asked before this came up, you’d have said you have ten fingers, not eight.
Gladaed@feddit.org 1 hour ago
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.
remon@ani.social 1 hour ago
They are kind of right … there is no such thing as a fish.
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Podcast mentioned.
grue@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Of course there’s such a thing as a fish! A fish is any swimming vertebrate (or its descendant), such as a tuna, or a duck, or a human.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 hour ago
Still an animal though
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 hour ago
No such thing as birds.
saltesc@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I was at a trivia night and a question was, “Apart from humans, what’s the two highest populated species in the animal kingdom?”
Now, I’m not the smartest brain inhabiting a future corpse, but I did do basics in school.
I say to my group, “Maybe plankton? But I don’t know if there’s some technicality over that being a plant or something. If I were to guess, probably ants and then flies.” We agreed and went with that.
NOPE!!!
Cats and dogs apparently!!!
This didn’t even make sense to us if considering just the mammals.
I protested.
The quiz master said “The question is about the animal kingdom.”
“Well, if insects aren’t animals, what are they?”
He dug in his heels, we weren’t getting the points. And to make things even more bizarre, most other teams said cats and/or dogs to get 1 or 2 points.
We found a new trivia night.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 hours ago
Also isn’t there like 12 bazillion chickens per person? No fucking way could it be cats/dogs.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Rats? They are millions and millions of them. They breed rapidly.
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 1 hour ago
I would have guessed ants, but I think they’re just in the top 10? I wonder if humans are even in the top 1000, lol.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
The most annoying part of that is that cats and dogs both eat meat! He thinks there are more cats and dogs than the chickens and cows (etc) we feed them? What demented food web did they teach him in elementary school biology?
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2 hours ago
“What animal breathes through its butt”
I answered sea cucumber. They wanted sea turtle. But we complained and they accepted our answer too :)
yakko@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
Arson out of the question due to rain?
maniel@sopuli.xyz 5 hours ago
same with birds, like people don’t count them as animals where i live
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Today I learned about a whole new type of stupid I didn’t even know existed 😩
maniel@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
i’m guessing it’s some old kind of classification idea, where only furry things are counted as animals, so not stupid per se, just an outdated thing people were taught decades ago
ghost9@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Well, yeah. They are government drones. (/s just in case someone needs it)
psygod@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
You think these people know biology nowadays? Come on now, look around you. If anything, they’re trying to get rid of biology courses in schools
Gladaed@feddit.org 1 hour ago
Everyday language don’t care about biology. Language is about communicating concepts. Sometimes the evolution history may be of relevance. Sometimes it is a hindrance.
psygod@lemmy.world 48 minutes ago
Don’t worry ladies and gentlemen, language doesn’t matter anymore.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Really they’re trying to get rid of education as a whole in schools.
psygod@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Indeed, especially science that explains reality in any form
Rothe@piefed.social 4 hours ago
In the US, yes.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
I’m an animal too
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
You too!?
danekrae@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
notabot@piefed.social 5 hours ago
Heretic!
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
No matter how you feel about her, this is one of those pics that speak a thousand words.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
I think her face is always like that
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Are we supposed to know who this is?
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Big booba lady from Euphoria tv show and half a dozen flop movies.
expatriado@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
an animal for sure
ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Is there context to this picture?
thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 4 hours ago
It’s from an interview where she was offered a chance to comment and distance herself from the racist tone of the jeans ad she featured in, and wouldn’t.
TheBat@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
How?
mosspiglet@discuss.online 1 minute ago
When I was in third grade I had an argument with my teacher who told me that insects were not animals. I was really into nature documentaries and books at the time and I knew that insects were in the animal kingdom. I remember going home and being really mad about it. That really soured me on school for the rest of my life. I’m still bitter about it!