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-squareGooberEar@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 months agoI didn’t have to explain it, but I found myself in a situation where I was informing a grown woman that fish are indeed animals.
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-up14·1 month 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-up6·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoI mean, the bible lists bats as a kind of bird, so sure, why not.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago …the osprey, the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat. What’s a hoopoe?
minus-squarePofski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThat actually makes sense. I didn’t think about that. Thanks.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDid she respond saying your explanation sounded fishy?
I didn’t have to explain it, but I found myself in a situation where I was informing a grown woman that fish are indeed animals.
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.
Did she respond saying your explanation sounded fishy?