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[โ€“] gibmiser@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Admittedly it is a bit silly and we are anthropomorphizing them a bit, but it's helps keep us from being monsters in how we treat the animals, which in turn helps people sleep at night.

That is assuming people take it a little seriously and not just use the term as an excuse to justify being cold and ruthless in how we work with animals.