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On species names in Mass Effect (lemmy.nz)
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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not sure I see why we'd do that when we don't already draw the distinction that way between ourselves and other animals. The only way I see "Human" as a proper noun in English is if we wind up uniting under "the Human Federation" or something like that and it specifically becomes the demonym of the polity we belong to