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[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've met people who were certain that bugs weren't animals

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hell I've met people that don't think humans are animals

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 8 points 1 month ago

Interestingly people who don't understand they are animals are the least human

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I've met a lot more people who think people aren't animals than people who think bugs aren't.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd like to see your statistical records.

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Left them in my other pants, unfortunately.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

like everything else in this thread, doesn't it depend on the context? like I'm willing to bet that if you polled a ton of people to "draw an animal" the overwhelming majority would draw vertebrates

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That doesn't mean that the animals they don't draw aren't animals