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If you are what you eat, does eating a vegetarian make you a cannibal?
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Expert Answer
This is literalist humor. 'You are what you eat' means your body is built from food molecules, not that you become the food's identity. Eating plants doesn't make you a plant; eating meat doesn't make you that animal. The phrase is metaphorical, not literal.
Key Insight
This is literalist humor.
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