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[โ€“] Sas@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think in a lot of ways this already happens. A lot of port parents understand their pets as people. I certainly see my cat as a person. She has her own personality that is probably fairly unique to her

[โ€“] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, I absolutely agree, and I really did consider saying that humans are the only *uncontroversial examples of people that we have, but I decided not to bog my comment down with too many unnecessary disclaimers. I guess I gave people too much credit there.