Call a Human a Meatbag: Difference between revisions

* Short story "[[They're Made Out of Meat|Theyre Made Out of Meat]]" by Terry Bisson is an amusing example that is played with. A spaceship crew is studying a new planet and has found that the dominant species is "made of meat" and that they "talk by flapping their meat at each other." As the story continues, {{spoiler|it becomes clear that the protagonists are aliens studying Earth and humans. They decide that no being made entirely of meat could possibly be worth studying and decide to sweep their results under the rug without letting the brass know. Differs slightly in that calling humans meat isn't so much derogatory to the characters as it is novel.}}