So Devilin has been playing a little farm game on his phone and now cannot be convinced of what a pigs relationship to bacon is. “Mom can we get a pig so it can make bacon for us all the time?” I told him that wouldn’t work because we wouldn’t have the pig anymore if we made bacon out of him, and that would make him sad for sure. He gives me a weird look and says “Ew mama I don’t want to turn HIM into bacon!!! I just want to have regular bacon like pigs make!” I explained to him that he was mistaken. That bacon IS pig and not a gift they make for people. He pulled out his game and showed me how he had a pig he could feed carrots to, and 20 minutes later there would be a pile of bacon outside it’s pen. The pig looked rather disturbed honestly, but once given another carrot was up and walking around it’s pen. I tried to explain that this was just a game for kids and unlikely to feature animal slaughter, but no. Pigs. Make. Bacon. Like chefs. Short, pink, chefs that lack the thumbs that would make this bacon making a much less astounding accomplishment. He knows chickens do not work at KFC. He understands even that cows DO make milk, but also ARE hamburger. Pigs for some reason are different. They are not food. They are gifted animals that have chosen to share the bacon, pork, ham, sausage and other wonderous concoctions they slave over making at the farm. Maybe that’s it. Maybe he just cannot fathom how so many meats can be made from one beast, and figured that he had gotten it wrong before and pigs are really the Keebler Elves of meat. I asked him what he thinks they make the bacon out of if it isn’t pig meat. He throws his hands up and says “Mom, I am just 4 and I’m not goo goo. Go ask goo goo if you don’t trust me and meow meow kitty farm” He means Google. And he is certain it will back him up on this. I am gonna be so sad when he gets tainted by reality…til then I think I’m just gonna let Dev win this one, and keep the pig chefs along with the rest of his beliefs about the world.

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