I'll hear people call plant-based alternatives "fake burgers" and "fake hot dogs," but burgers and hot dogs, including both real and "fake" ones, are literally just manmade culinary creations.
Working within the carnist realm, what makes a dead cow hot dog equal in realness to a dead pig hot dog? What about dead bird hot dogs? How do they determine which of the flesh-based hot dogs is the benchmark for "realness?"
I'll hear people call plant-based alternatives "fake burgers" and "fake hot dogs," but burgers and hot dogs, including both real and "fake" ones, are literally just manmade culinary creations.
Working within the carnist realm, what makes a dead cow hot dog equal in realness to a dead pig hot dog? What about dead bird hot dogs? How do they determine which of the flesh-based hot dogs is the benchmark for "realness?"
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Are you arguing that the definition of a word has to be set in stone? Semantic pedantry isn't really the point you think it is.
No one is confused in 2024 by a vegan hot dog. You might have had a point 20 years ago but at this point no one is getting mislead.
Language changes all the fucking time.