aren't people (and all living organisms) the quintessential example of a local decrease in entropy that results in greater overall entropy? Yes, but that's not

aren't people (and all living organisms) the quintessential example of a local decrease in entropy that results in greater overall entropy? Yes, but that's not what the person you replied to was saying. They were pointing out that there can be a global, absolute decrease in entropy, it's just statistically very unlikely.