Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Ask@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agoWhat was your "I can't believe I have to explain this to an adult" moment?message-squaremessage-square261linkfedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down11
arrow-up1180arrow-down1message-squareWhat was your "I can't believe I have to explain this to an adult" moment?Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Ask@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square261linkfedilink
minus-squarePofski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoOh, that reminds me of when I had to explain to my mother that my then girlfriend was vegetarian and that, no, chicken do count as meat.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoThat sounds like a vestige from the Catholic habit of not eating meat at times, so the definition of “what’s meat” got really specific and excluded things like fish and chicken.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months ago the Catholic habit of not eating meat at times, so the definition of “what’s meat” got really specific “Beavers are fish, right? And fish aren’t meat, so…”
minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI mean, the bible lists bats as a kind of bird, so sure, why not.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago …the osprey, the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat. What’s a hoopoe?
minus-squarePofski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThat actually makes sense. I didn’t think about that. Thanks.
Oh, that reminds me of when I had to explain to my mother that my then girlfriend was vegetarian and that, no, chicken do count as meat.
That sounds like a vestige from the Catholic habit of not eating meat at times, so the definition of “what’s meat” got really specific and excluded things like fish and chicken.
“Beavers are fish, right? And fish aren’t meat, so…”
I mean, the bible lists bats as a kind of bird, so sure, why not.
What’s a hoopoe?
That actually makes sense. I didn’t think about that. Thanks.