# People that refer to themselves as an animal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-refer-to-themselves-as-an-animal/3735>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 6, 1999, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-refer-to-themselves-as-an-animal/3735 "1999-12-06T19:08:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-refer-to-themselves-as-an-animal/3735/61 "2000-01-12T01:28:00Z")

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You’ve got lots of esteem?

Are you an esteem engine?  
(sorry–I just saw a Taco Bell/Chiuauaua commercial. IT’S A SICKNESS DAMMIT!)

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“Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.”----Jung

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**Author:** ![Nekosoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@Nekosoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekosoft)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-refer-to-themselves-as-an-animal/3735/62 "2000-01-14T04:56:00Z")

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## Hey, I just remembered Neko translates as “cat” from japanese and began to take umbrage…

When they came for the people with feline user-names, I didn’t act…

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