T-Rex: Folks say things like "Apples are a delicious gift from Mother Nature", or talk about how we can use things in the way Mother Nature intended.
T-Rex: That's WEIRD, you guys!
T-Rex: We have this "Mother Nature" metaphor that we all share but rarely consider critically, and it has all these connotations that are sublimated into our lives and thinking! It suggests the planet tries to care for us as a mother would, sure, but it also suggests that plants and animals are provided by this mother with the intent of our nourishment, and that nature can carry parental authority!
T-Rex: I say we adopt some new metaphors, cats and kittens!!
Utahraptor: Like what? "Father B. Planet"?
T-Rex: No, that's the worst name I've ever heard.
T-Rex: I was thinking more like Brother Entropy or Uncle Everybodydies! You know? "Apples are a delicious gift from Aunt Thestrongwilleattheweak."
Utahraptor: "Let's restore the beach to the way Sister Therearediseasesyoucantevensee intended."
T-Rex: "Climate change hurts Cousin Theplanetwontnoticeifwealldietomorrow"!
