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Written by Creator/TerryBisson, it was originally published in ''Omni'' magazine in April 1991 and nominated for a UsefulNotes/NebulaAward. Can be read [[http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/ here]]. Enjoy a short film adaptation of it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFZTAOb7IE here]].
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Written by Creator/TerryBisson, it was originally published in ''Omni'' magazine in April 1991 and nominated for a UsefulNotes/NebulaAward. Can be read [[http://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20190501130711/http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/ here]]. Enjoy a short film adaptation of it here]].
Fans have produced [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFZTAOb7IEhere]].short film]] and [[https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/studio/segments/233997-theyre-made-out-meat radio play]] adaptations.
Fans have produced [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFZTAOb7IE
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Written by Terry Bisson, it was originally published in ''Omni'' magazine in April 1991 and nominated for a UsefulNotes/NebulaAward. Can be read [[http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/ here]]. Enjoy a short film adaptation of it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFZTAOb7IE here]].
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Written by Terry Bisson, Creator/TerryBisson, it was originally published in ''Omni'' magazine in April 1991 and nominated for a UsefulNotes/NebulaAward. Can be read [[http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/ here]]. Enjoy a short film adaptation of it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFZTAOb7IE here]].
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* DownerEnding: The aliens ''could'' (and are supposed to) contact humanity, but they decide not to because they think it'd be weird to interact with meat. The closing line highlights just how cruel it is to do that.
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* DownerEnding: The aliens ''could'' (and are supposed to) contact humanity, but they decide not to because they think it'd be weird to interact with meat. It's also made it clear that humans contacting another life form by themselves is impossible, so they've essentially doomed humanity to eternal cosmic isolation. The closing line even highlights just how cruel it is to do that.
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* DownerEnding: The aliens ''could'' (and are supposed to) contact humanity, but they decide not to because they think it'd be weird to interact with meat. The closing line highlights just how cruel it is to do that.
-->''Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the universe would be if one were all alone.''
-->''Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the universe would be if one were all alone.''
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: The second speaker just cannot wrap their head around the fact that this species is really, truly made of meat. They insist there must at least be a brain made out of plasma or something. When they learn that humans are truly made out of meat, to the point where their ''brain'' is also made out of meat, they still don't get it and are confused as to what does the thinking, simply not being able to comprehend that ''meat'' can do the thinking.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: The second speaker just cannot wrap their head around the fact that this species is really, truly made of meat. They insist there must at least be a brain made out of plasma or something. When they learn that humans are truly made out of meat, to the point where their ''brain'' is also made out of meat, they still don't get it and are confused as to what does the thinking, simply not being able to comprehend that ''meat'' can do the thinking.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: The second speaker just cannot wrap their head around the fact that this species is really, truly made of meat. They insist there must at least be a brain made out of plasma or something. When they learn that humans are truly made out of meat, to the point where their ''brain'' is also made out of meat, they still don't get it and are confused as to what does the thinking, simply not being able to comprehend that ''meat'' can do the thinking.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The explorers go on and on about how bizarre it is that humans are made of meat, but what exactly ''they'' are is left deliberately unclear to the reader. All we know is that they live significantly longer than humans and for presumably hundreds upon millions of years[[note]]They refer to "two galactic rotations" in common passing. Two galactic rotations are approximately 400 million years.[[/note]], they're in contact with several other lifeforms and have documented several other species, and exist in some sort of society that legally requires them to document all sapient species. But all this is ultimately just implied. The only thing we know about them for sure is that they certainly aren't made out of meat.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The explorers go on and on about how bizarre it is that humans are made of meat, but what exactly ''they'' are is left deliberately unclear to the reader. All we know is that they live significantly longer than humans and for presumably hundreds upon millions of years[[note]]They years at least[[note]]They refer to "two galactic rotations" in common passing. Two galactic rotations are approximately 400 million years.[[/note]], they're in contact with several other lifeforms and have documented several other numerous species, and exist in some sort of society that legally requires them to document all sapient species. life. But all most of this is ultimately just implied. The only thing we know about them for sure is that they certainly aren't made out of meat.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The explorers go on and on about how bizarre it is that humans are made of meat, but what exactly ''they'' are is left deliberately unclear to the reader. All we know is that they live significantly longer than humans and for presumably hundreds upon millions of years[[note]]They refer to "two galactic rotations" in common passing. Two galactic rotations are approximately 400 million years.[[/note]], they're in contact with several other lifeforms and have documented several other species, and exist in some sort of society that legally requires them to document all sapient species. But all this is ultimately just implied. The only thing we know about them for sure is that they certainly aren't made out of meat.
