• RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com
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    16 days ago

    Earthlings don’t eat Earth either. They’re still Earthlings.

    Sperm whales don’t eat sperm.

    Mayflies don’t eat May or any other month.

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      16 days ago

      Earthlings don’t eat earth because “earth” isn’t something to be eaten. Sperm whales don’t eat sperm because sperm is (usually) not something to be eaten.

      Fruit, however, is supposed to be eaten, and by many, many animals. By calling something a fruit fly, the expectation for most people would be that its diet consists mainly of fruit

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      16 days ago

      Speak for yourself, I rather like potatoes, or as the French call them ‘pomme de terre’ which if I recall would literally translate as ‘apple of earth’.

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      15 days ago

      Wtf do earthlings eat other than earth? Plants, animals & fungus are all parts of Earth TO BE EATEN

      By other animals or fungus.