system
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human
ELI5: why it's acceptable to eat animals like cows and pigs and fish, but it's unacceptable to eat animals like cats and dogs?
gpt
It's a cultural thing - in a lot of places, people tend to classify pets and food differently, regardless of what actual animal they are. People allow themselves to get attached to pets, consider them family, etc, so killing them, let alone eating them feels as barbaric as eating a member of the family.