Memes

OMG in still confused at this.

"I don't eat animals"

"Do you eat fish?" (My thinking people say they are vegetarian but are actually pescaterian but don't like saying it for some reason)

"Yea but thats not an animal"

"Hahaha yea it is"

"No it isnt"

"Wait what? .. If its not an animal what is it? A tree? Haha"

"It's a fish!"

"Which is an animal"

"No! An animal is an animal, and a fish is a fish!"

"Fish are animals. Look, we can look it up to check if you want"

"I'm not going to look it up because I know a fish isn't an animal. I don't need to look it up!"

"... ... I guess I can't argue with that"

This all took place during pre drinks which is why I thought I was getting fucked with at the start. But I never realised how so many people are walking around blindingly, confidently, unshakeably wrong. She got mad.

When I was in third grade I had an argument with my teacher who told me that insects were not animals. I was really into nature documentaries and books at the time and I knew that insects were in the animal kingdom. I remember going home and being really mad about it. That really soured me on school for the rest of my life. I'm still bitter about it!

I was at a trivia night and a question was, "Apart from humans, what's the two highest populated species in the animal kingdom?"

Now, I'm not the smartest brain inhabiting a future corpse, but I did do basics in school.

I say to my group, "Maybe plankton? But I don't know if there's some technicality over that being a plant or something. If I were to guess, probably ants and then flies." We agreed and went with that.

NOPE!!!

Cats and dogs apparently!!!

This didn't even make sense to us if considering just the mammals.

I protested.

The quiz master said "The question is about the animal kingdom."

"Well, if insects aren't animals, what are they?"

He dug in his heels, we weren't getting the points. And to make things even more bizarre, most other teams said cats and/or dogs to get 1 or 2 points.

We found a new trivia night.

And imagine telling someone that Sun is a star...

I'm impressed how common these "sightings" are given how rare I would have assumed this type of person would be. But lo and behold...

I was visiting the aquarium some years ago and there was an expert at one of the exhibits talking about "these animals this and these animals that" when suddenly I heard a woman who had several children with her exclaim "Fish are animals?"

I don't recall at the moment how the staff member responded, other than I remember being impressed because it was a very non-judgmental and informative reply to her.

Admittedly, my partner in crime and I were struggling with the darker elements of our animal nature -- beet red from holding back our laughter and our eyes-only conversation wasn't helping.

~~Correct me if I’m wrong but like isn’t every living thing an animal? Like trees and fungi too? Or is there something I’m missing?~~

I was wrong yall

And they get mad when you tell them humans are, too.