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		timeon on Nov 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: They're Made Out of Meat (1991) "Meat" here reminds particular mammals that other mammals, other animals, are sentient as well. For many it is just meat.

data_vault on Nov 26, 2023 [–]

Another great interpretation of the story would be via speciesism/anthropocentrism, we consider ourselves better than other animals, but for the aliens, we would all be "meat".

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