Does anyone else get slightly creeped out by this statement?

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Coming from a rabbitkeeper I know: "herpy derp rabbits are such great pets, they're so pretty and bwoy are they delicious for eating"

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They are as well:

That sounds creepy.

The guy was pretty normal on every other aspect though. Amazingly friendly too.

Hell, I'd try that.

Substitute "rabbit" for "children," then it would sound slightly creepy

I would rather eat children than rabbits.

Are you on Cloud Nine by any chance?

They're probably more nutritionally complete.

It doesn't creep me out but it's not uncommon in my area for people to talk about eating rabbits & other animals

Last edited by nick007 on 28 Jun 2012, 5:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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That's a much creepier statement than the one that the OP posted. I find nothing wrong with eating rabbits. In fact, I've happily eaten deer that my brother shot himself.

That's kind of creepy, but my Uncle's joked about eating rabbits before.

Not very creepy..but kind of weird and annoying that they used "herpy derp" in a sentence.

I don't know the complete context of the situation, but it sounds to me since he was raising rabbits to eat them, that he acknowledged per the urban slang "herpy derp", that the statement he was going to make after that urban slang phrase was going to sound off kilter. Which it does because people usually don't talk about rabbits as pets and a source of food in the same sentence.

That said, pigs make excellent pets, but there is usually less of an averse reaction when someone talks about eating them.

I didn't associate rabbits as pets when I was young. I dated a girl whose family raised rabbits when I was young. And, have tried squirrel when I was very young. I remember the rabbit tasting better than chicken, and didn't care too much for the taste of squirrel. That said, I wouldn't eat them now, because I have seen them depicted as pets so many times in my adult life. Nor would I eat squirrel, because I've enjoyed watching them in my yard, too many times.

I haven't heard anyone talking about eating rabbit in a long time, and the topic brought back memories of how good it tasted. Amazing how different one looks at a situation per our relationship with animals, per the different ones we associate as pets in culture vs. the ones we don't.

The thought of eating dog or cat, disgusts me, and would probably make me sick, no matter how good it tasted, if it was provided to me without my knowledge. But, obviously some people look at it the same as eating pigs or cows in other cultures.

Funny too how eating cows in a way can sound a little creepy to some compared to T-bone or sirloin steak. Per a statement like Cows are beautiful and peaceful, but boy they sure are delicious, when one is driving through the country side, and sees them peacefully grazing in green meadows. It would upset my wife if I said something like that, but she has a case of the extreme empathy for even an ant, but not a flea. I guess everyone has their limits.