>>27890593I don't want to be "one of those" vegans, but if you're interested in finding out more about what it takes to get the meat on your plate watch "Earthlings."
I can understand why people eat meat, eggs and dairy from a cultural and society point of view so I try not to be too much of an asshole about it.
But yeah. I don't know for sure if people in the Pokeverse eat meat as often as people today do. But I'm pretty sure the milk and eggs (Miltank, Chansey) get consumed almost daily. If they do consume pokemon regularly I can understand why they don't put in the anime or games. It can be quite shocking for kids.
Honestly, if you ask a kid what they're eating on their plate they'll say "chicken nuggets" or "nuggets" without making the connection that it's actually from a chicken. If you ask them what it's made out of they may or may not be able to make the connection.
>>27890836I don't think it's as common as the anime make's it seem. In some psychic/fairy pokemon dex entries it specificall states they can understand human speech as it's an individual and rare thing for a pokemon to do. Most legendary's can understand and in some way communicate back with humans as well.
It seems like it's more of a rare and "god-like" ability.
