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matter / | \ meat wood ... / \ \ human cow ... Humans are not wood, though wood and humans are both matter. Humans are however
by jlgreco 14y ago
matter
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meat wood ...
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human cow ...
Humans are not wood, though wood and humans are both matter. Humans are however "made of meat", just as any other animal is.
As far as I can tell, the point of describing humans as meat is not to make an assessment of worth, but rather to drive home the fragile and temporary nature of humans. I don't know why anyone would object to that.
- PavlovsCat 14y ago"is" != "is (mostly) made of"
- jlgreco 14y agoFair enough. I suspect the terminology "meat" is mostly a homage to Terry Bisson's short story "They're Made Out of Meat". That is why I like the word anyway. ;)
- PavlovsCat 14y agoAfter thinking about this for a while I propose "aggregates of stardust" instead of "meat bags" ^^
- mynameisvlad 14y agoBecause people like being pedantic in the worst possible way. The fragility angle was obvious in his post, but people clearly just needed to be butthurt over something.