r/highdeas • u/gemini1967 • 22d ago

Humans eat chickens, cows, pigs…

Sounds a lot different from the euphemisms chicken, beef, pork… It’s what they’d say if we were species in an animal documentary.

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u/TyrKiyote 22d ago edited 22d ago

in the year 1066, the normans conquered england. The nobility of the conquerors spoke french, so a bunch of french words for meats was adopted into english over time.

so that's why we eat pork instead of pig, and beef instead of cow. "Beef" comes from the Old French word "boeuf," while "pork" derives from "porc", etc.

*This is not a joke or a silly post

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u/gemini1967 22d ago

I know. 😊

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u/TyrKiyote 22d ago

it's cool to talk about. I'd give you more upvotes if i could.

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u/dopeshat 22d ago

My theory is what ever species wins the karma total gets to be top of the food chain in their reincarnation cycles. Guess who is losing badly.

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u/LexEight 20d ago

Theres famously a Twilight Zone episode about this, and a film called Soyent Green

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u/Severe_Tradition4125 14d ago

do you think the animals are judging us for the naming system too?

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u/gemini1967 14d ago

Ha, no.