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@Kate
Kate Matsuda · 9 answers · 11mo

In science and medicine pigs and humans are very closely related, much more related than meets the eye. So why does this feel like an insult?

I dunno

@Alanishya
Ripped Paper System · 11mo

Maybe because people tend to use the word "pig" to inslut 😂 but honestly from what I read pig is really clever and can understand routine and simple commands.

@justmebirdie
Birdie · 11mo

Pigs are smarter 🐖

@CrustyD
Dingus · 11mo

😂 I can guess what kind of people are insulted

@CloudBurst07
cLOUD · 11mo

It feels like an insult to the pigs.

@Kabus
Kabus · 11mo

I don't see it as an insult

@Shannon
Shan · 11mo

Pigs are seen as dirty (even though they're really not), I guess because they like to roll around in the mud.

@ColorStorm
inhahe · 11mo

Pigs are pretty clean, honestly.

@LaDamaX
LaDamaX · 11mo

It's the anarchists and their acab ideologies, but it all started with Orwell.

@fizzyarthur
Arthur · 11mo

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