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A replacement for "pets, not cattle" could be "goldfish, not trout" [0]. Due to certain beliefs around the latter. Has that come up for anyone? Maybe unique t
by turtleyacht 4y ago
A replacement for "pets, not cattle" could be "goldfish, not trout" [0]. Due to certain beliefs around the latter.
Has that come up for anyone?
Maybe unique to us?
[0] Not my idea. Source: a colleague.
- zenbit 4y agoI like to say "farmed, not gardened" as a veggie alternative to "cattle, not pets". As in "containers are farmed, not gardened". No idea if that sounds right to a native speaker, though.
- OJFord 4y agoMade sense to me until you said 'containers', which I immediately read as container plants (approximately always gardened, never farmed) instead of in the runtime sense.
- zenbit 4y agoAppreciate your feedback! I can totally see how you would read it that way. Maybe "servers should be farmed, not gardened" would be less ambiguous. Server farms have been a thing for a long time after all.
- turtleyacht 4y agoThank-you for the suggestion of vegetables. It makes sense to me as a native speaker. If I had to clarify with folks, I'd open with the idea of server "farms" (Microsoft IIS) and then talk about "gardens" as custom setups.
- sweetheart 4y agoThe alternative you provide is still speciesist to a degree. I like the suggestion in a sibling comment to this one which avoids referring to any animals, though.
- turtleyacht 4y agoI like the veggie idea, too. I'm adding it to my synonym phrase bank!