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If some higher being kept humans as pets how would their treats be marketed? (pawb.social)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Humans, unlike the animals that human keep as pets, are capable of complex speech, so I'd bet that treats would be marketed towards the humans themselves, so that the humans then push their keeper to buy those treats. Sorta like how lots of ads for toys are marketed towards kids, because advertising works better on them and then they'll go and push their parents to buy them.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

We can speak, but can our insectoid overlords understand our speech

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Probably, if they hang around us and study us that often

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If we are separated from our parents shortly after birth, and grow up in isolation from other humans - then we would not learn to talk anyway. Note that that's what happens with most pets that humans keep. Maybe we get to walk past some other humans in the park a couple of times a week, but that's it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I’m so sorry, he’s a humper. We haven’t had him castrated yet. (translated from insectoid chirping noises.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They just like the male's milky secretion's taste, the annoying meat flapping noises and whistles, not so much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

This human horn isn’t working!