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[–] maniel@sopuli.xyz 37 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (21 children)

same with birds, like some (old) people don't count them as animals where i live

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is historically the case in Japan (birds and fish/seafood not being considered "meat"/animals when it comes to eating them). It started with Buddhism proscribing a meat-free diet, with that being impractical for the vast majority of the population unless some animals were still okay to eat.

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

That's suspiciously specific.

[–] psygod@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (5 children)

You think these people know biology nowadays? Come on now, look around you. If anything, they're trying to get rid of biology courses in schools

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