History Main / YourNormalIsOurTaboo

Often a side effect of FetishFuelFuture, used as a way of highlighting its BlueAndOrangeMorality or sometimes BizarreAlienReproduction. A form of CultureClash. Can be a case of DeliberateValuesDissonance. Sometimes done by a PlanetOfHats. For romantic examples, see TrueLoveIsAKink. If different cultures object to food and beverages of another culture, see ForeignQueasine.

** ''ComicBook/RedLanterns'': Ratchet of the titular group was originally from a planet that practiced a religion that made it taboo for people to meet each other in person outside of special environmental suits. He was isolated and tortured for violating this taboo, and his anger is was attracted his Red Lantern Ring to him that him to join the Red Lanterns.

* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', having the hots for a GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe (or an armor-plated ProudWarriorRace guy, or the rasp of scales against your flesh, or wondering just what IS under that quarian environmental suit) is quite understandable, for the most part, though most permanent couples tend to be same-race for obvious reasons. Then we get the asari, who consider it a ''horrible'' taboo to actually get pregnant with another asari (not have sex, just a baby), and look down upon "purebloods", the children of such unions. During the first game and most of the second game, it seems like this is just a cultural thing, even having it explicitly stated that it's because they feel it "adds nothing to the mix" to not incorporate some alien DNA. Then you meet Morinth, an asari with a genetic defect that results in the death of anyone she has sex with, and it turns out that same-race breeding for them drastically ups the chances of things turning out ''very'' badly. In ancient times, the Ardat-Yakshi, asari with the aforementioned genetic defect, ruled Asari nations as god-queens, [[HumanSacrifice sacrifices and all.]]

* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the Pandaren in the third expansion, ''Mists of Pandaria'', are all rather... large. That isn't to say they're unhealthy, in fact, they're a race of {{Acrofatic}}s who are probably much healthier than the other races of Azeroth. And they seem to know! Upon reaching the village of Dawn's Blossom in the Jade Forest, a nearby noodle salesman will look at you and say, "That creature looks so thin, it must be starving!" Player Pandaren /silly jokes include similar, hilarious lines, like: "Hey! You look like you lost some weight! ... That's terrible. Have a dumpling!" and "Oh, I'm doing great! I mean, I could stand to gain a few pounds sure, but, who doesn't?" and finally, "Gotta store up some fat for the winter! ... I don't hibernate or nothin', I just like having it around." You can practically see the Pandaren holding his belly as he says that last one.
* ''VideoGame/CulpaInnata'':
** Nuptial contracts (i.e. marriages) are seen as perversions and are illegal in the World Union. Only [[WretchedHive rogue states]] follow such barbaric customs. As for being with the same sexual partner for long periods of time, most people consider that strange. Families also don't exist, as children are sent off to Child Development Centers until they are adults. This leaves adults to make as much money and get as much sex as possible. Oh, and it is women who are expected to hit on men, ask them out, pay for dates, and initiate sex. This is often a problem for men who immigrate from rogue states, who still follow the old traditions. Their advances often put World Union women off, so they tend to go after women who have also emigrated, who also have trouble with this. [[TheStoic Stoicism]] is also important to World Union citizens, and any candidate for citizenship must display a great degree of it. Anyone who panics or gets overly emotional during the interview is rejected.
* In ''VideoGame/KingOfDragonPass'', you play as a primeval ProudWarriorRace that has...odd...ideas about which parts of the body are sexy. One of their myths describes a successful seduction: "he showed her the soles of his feet, so she could not resist his sacred progenitive powers".
** [[VideoGame/SixAges The sequel]] isn't much different. The Rider people regularly break horses for all sorts of purposes, including war and religious sacrifice...but they consider the Wheel people's "caging" of horses to chariots weird and cruel.
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** [[TheEmpath Athena]] cannot 'turn off' her powers, which she's had since birth, and therefore barely understands the concept of privacy.
** The Kurain clan marginalizes its men because only women can channel spirits. The discrimination has gotten so bad that functional heterosexual relationships are considered ''exotic''.

* In ''WebVideo/FalloutNukaBreak'', Twig is a former resident of Vault 10, which was provided with ample amounts of fattening food and no exercise equipment. As a result, being fat became the norm. While anyone outside the vault would think that Twig is too fat, he was in fact bullied all his life for being the ''skinniest'' person in the vault (thus the nickname). In fact, when anyone tries to insult him for being fat, he [[InsultBackfire takes it as a compliment]].

* Midnighter from ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' is regarded in a friendly but odd manner by time-traveling allies from the future. Not because he is gay and they are straight, but because he is gay and they [[EveryoneIsBi are all bisexual.]]
* Similar to the TV examples below, one ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' miniseries features a planet where there are three sexes, and it is therefore seen as perverse (by the more conservative elements at least) to have only one sexual partner.
* Parodied in Creator/KieronGillen's ''ComicBook/IronMan'' run. Tony Stark saves a planet from an alien invasion and gets invited back to bed by one of the planet's many princesses. However, once he removes his mask, she almost vomits in disgust at the abominably disgusting growth on his face: His beard. When she hears that he grew it ''intentionally'', he ends up getting kicked out of the palace, with him sheepishly offering to shave.
* Ratchet of the ''ComicBook/RedLanterns'' was from a planet that practiced a religion that made it taboo for people to meet each other in person outside of special environmental suits. He was isolated and tortured for violating this taboo, and his anger attracted his Red Lantern Ring.

* In May 1997, [[https://www.google.com/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5117897/amp/Mom-jailed-leaving-baby-OUTSIDE-restaurant-speaks-out.html Danish actress Anete Sørenson]] left her infant daughter outside of a Manhattan restaurant while she had a drink. She was arrested for child endangerment, spent 36 hours in jail, and her daughter was placed in foster care for four days until the situation was resolved. There was outrage at her actions from Americans who found her behavior highly stupid, irresponsible, and dangerous... and outrage at her arrest from Danes, who repeatedly stated that such a practice is very common in Denmark. A recent Website/TikTok [[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/footage-babies-left-sleeping-alone-181621489.html article]] followed up on this.

** Public displays of affection are (traditionally) more frowned upon in Japan than in the West. Being a touch-averse society, for instance, bowing instead of shaking hands, the Japanese traditionally reserve physical affection for close relatives, especially small children, and sex partners. Thus, what Americans would consider relatively innocent public displays of affection would, in Japan, be regarded as boasting that a lot more is going on behind closed doors. The taboo is such that Japanese children are unlikely to see so much as a chaste kiss between their parents. Meanwhile, while the Japanese have to an extent adopted Western attitudes toward nudity, the nudity taboo is not as strong as it is in the West. Thus, mixed bathing is permitted to a greater degree in Japan, and nudity can be found in works marketed toward children, and can even include children (in a non-sexual context).

* In Europe, having a glass of wine or beer is common at lunchtime and unremarkable, while doing so in the U.S. during the work week is often considered highly unprofessional at best and evidence of a serious drinking problem at worst.

OurNudityIsDifferent is a subtrope.

* In the Creator/RobertAHeinlein novel, ''Literature/SpaceCadet'' the Venusians consider it obscene to eat in public.

* In the ''Literature/{{Spaceforce}}'' series, the culture of the Taysan Empire is very keen on chastity and in particular, has strict rules about who can marry whom and how. Marriage is only legal between people of the same 'degree' (social class, effectively), and only after a lengthy, highly ritualized courtship. Liaisons outside these boundaries are a criminal offence and punishable by causing the offender to be 'outcaste', which usually results in death. And asexuality of all things is considered a disgusting perversion.

* ''Fanfic/ThyGoodNeighbor'': Part of why Cyril gets so confused with how Brandon is ostracized after trying to BackStab him in a duel. In [Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Westeros, and especially the North]], going for a BackStab is dishonorable, ''especially'' if the target is [[SacredHospitality your guest]]. In [[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} Yharnam]], though, the sheer amount of inhuman monsters that can kill you in one hit mean that the locals will take every opening they can get to win (indeed, the fight for your life is a CentralTheme of ''Bloodborne'').

* In ''Literature/TheNumberOfTheBeast'', there's an alternate world where Christianity exists, but interpreted the role of nudity from Genesis rather differently: because Adam and Eve didn't start hiding their bodies until ''after'' they lost their innocence, it's standard practice to strip naked for Church services, symbolically reclaiming that innocent purity. For the record, this is TruthInTelevision for a ''very'' small minority of Christians. Until the HighMiddleAges, it was considered obligatory for new converts to Christianity to strip naked for baptism, as a symbol of them being freed of their Original Sin.

* Violence and killing in ''Literature/AnOutcastInAnotherWorld'' is somewhat normalized in Elatra, at least compared to Earth. Due to the RPG Mechanics the world is governed by, power is gained through killing, and that's trickled down to society at large. It takes Rob a while to come to grips with this.
* In the alternate England in the ''Slave World'' novels, it's considered perverted and socially unacceptable to have sex as equals. Sex is supposed to be between an aristocrat and a slave who has legally been deprived of basic human rights. And the sex slave ''has'' to be tied up or similar; to have sex with an unrestrained person is also considered perverse.
* In ''Literature/TheForeverWar'', at one point homosexuality is required and [[PersecutionFlip heterosexuals are seen as freaks]]. At this point in the future Earth is suffering from an overpopulation problem, so uncontrolled birth is the real prejudice. This flip-flops back and forth as TimeDilation lets the main character experience many different portions of Earth's future culture.
* Literature/TheBrightestShadow: Regularly occurs between different cultures, such as normal Rhen sexual relationships being considered appropriate by Corans.
* ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' has something like this. While conventional sex is not outlawed, orgies are the norm and sleeping with the same partner multiple times is considered peculiar.
** The dirtiest word, however, is "mother". "Father" is not exactly a regular term of endearment, either.
* In ''Literature/ThePlayerOfGames'', the hero, who is from a FreeLoveFuture, is perceived as odd because he's fairly monogamous, is strictly heterosexual, and has no interest in having a sex change. It should be noted that in ''Literature/TheCulture'' novels, sex changes bear very little relationship to contemporary gender reassignment surgery. It isn't even really surgery, since you start it yourself and it's a from-the-ground-up-genes-and-all conversion into an opposite gender (in every sense) version of yourself.

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' has several examples, but one of the most noted is the difference between Aiel and "Wetlanders". To Aiel, nakedness is not taboo, they use co-ed sweat tents as a fill-in for showers in their desert homeland--Wetlanders find this scandalous. And this trope occurs for both sides--to Aiel displaying affection in public is taboo. Kissing your spouse with others watching would apparently be viewed similar to how a Wetlander might view having sex with them in public.
* In ''Literature/LastAndFirstMen'' by Olaf Stapledon, the last human society's favorite pastime is highly refined eroticism of various stripes. However, food consumption is so surrounded by rituals and taboos you ''may'' be able to get away with drinking water in public provided the people around you are ''very'' liberal and you use a straw to distance yourself from the beverage.
* In the Creator/RobertAHeinlein novel, ''Literature/SpaceCadet'' the Venusians consider it obscene to eat in public.
* ''Literature/TheKingkillerChronicle'': In ''Literature/TheWiseMansFear'', Kvothe learns about the [[ProudWarriorRace Adem culture]], who has no sexual taboo or inhibitions. They [[ReallyGetsAround screw so frequently]] that they've never figured out that sex causes pregnancy. On the other hand, they find [[TheStoic any public display of emotion]] or even facial expression to be unseemly, to the point that they use HandSignals rather than voice or facial cues to add subtext to their words. For related reasons, music is considered something done only with loved ones behind closed doors, which leaves TheBard Kvothe frustrated that they see his profession as akin to prostitution.
* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin really liked this trope. From her Literature/{{Hainish}} universe:
** The people of the planet O would never marry just one other person. Their marriage arrangement, called a ''sedoretu'', involves four people, two women and two men, and both heterosexual and homosexual relations are expected. What's more, if you're a member of a sedoretu, there is always one other member whom you may ''not'' have sex with. That's because everyone on the planet belongs to one of two moieties, with moiety membership inherited from one's mother, and there is a strict taboo against having sex with anyone in the same moiety as you. A sedoretu contains two people from each moiety, so you have two spouses you can have sex with (one male, one female) but having sex with your third spouse is considered just ''wrong''. No-one in any of the O stories is even tempted to do it. "Mountain Ways," one of the O stories, makes it clear that everyone is supposed to be bisexual. It's considered odd and shameful for someone to only like one gender.
** In ''Literature/TheLeftHandOfDarkness'', the entire story takes place on Gethen, an isolated planet. The near-humans there naturally shift from male to intersex to female to back in seemingly-monthly cycles. A small proportion of the population does ''not'' shift and are called "perverts". A human from Earth travels there, trying to establish a diplomatic connection with the rest of humanity; his mission is complicated because they all consider him a "pervert". One character, in an attempt to seduce another, used hormones to shift his/her cycle timing and ensure his/her gender is the opposite of the target's. The target's reaction shows they think the attempted seducer is also a pervert, though the word is not used there.
** In ''Literature/TheDispossessed''; the people of Anarres do not refer to "my partner" since that would imply possession. Instead, they say "the partner". This extends to other family members and the family members of others, even when it causes ambiguity in whose mother is being referred to. In the same story but separately; on Urras it is customary for women to shave their heads bald and cover them with sparkling cosmetics, while the Anarresti do not shave at all.
* In ''Literature/TheNumberOfTheBeast'', there's an alternate world where Christianity exists, but interpreted the role of nudity from Genesis rather differently: because Adam and Eve didn't start hiding their bodies until ''after'' they lost their innocence, it's standard practice to strip naked for Church services, symbolically reclaiming that innocent purity.
** For the record, this is TruthInTelevision for a ''very'' small minority of Christians.
** Until the HighMiddleAges, it was considered obligatory for new converts to Christianity to strip naked for baptism, as a symbol of them being freed of their Original Sin.
* In the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' series, the Mud People have very different ideas from most others about what constitutes, say, an appropriate compliment--where most might consider it rude, to a Mud Person, telling a woman she has nice breasts just means they think she will make a good mother (whereas asking a Mud Person woman to clean the mud out of her hair is basically propositioning her). When one character is asked to help translate this for a Mud Person smitten with someone from another land, the translator instructs him that he should instead compliment things that aren't covered by clothes.
* In the ''Literature/{{Spaceforce}}'' series, the culture of the Taysan Empire is very keen on chastity and in particular, has strict rules about who can marry whom and how. Marriage is only legal between people of the same 'degree' (social class, effectively), and only after a lengthy, highly ritualized courtship. Liaisons outside these boundaries are a criminal offence and punishable by causing the offender to be 'outcaste', which usually results in death. And asexuality of all things is considered a disgusting perversion.
* In ''[[Literature/ThursdayNext The Woman Who Dies A Lot]]'', the main character needs to find a perfectly good person [[spoiler: to save a bunch of criminals from smiting]] and she asks why her brother can't be that person. The answer is given that in hundreds of alternate universes, being gay is a sin.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series, deep dwarf culture has a whole bunch of taboos (their sages, the grags, often find the mere idea of seeing sunlight repulsive) but even modern dwarfs are opposed to dwarf women expressing their femininity. Not just dressing for it, but unnecessarily admitting to having a gender identity differing from the default "probably male" (dwarf courtship consists mainly of very tactfully discerning if the object of your affection is of a compatible gender). Lately the dwarfs have undergone a sexual revolution of sorts, matching their chainmail with leather skirts, putting high heels on their iron boots, braiding their beards, and even making attempts at makeup.
** The more traditional Dwarfs also consider writing of all kinds to be sacred (they believe their creator wrote the universe into existence), and the destruction of words to be a crime. When Vimes reveals that he was "blackboard monitor" at school and responsible for erasing the lesson at the end of class, he is met with some shock. Though the Low King of the dwarfs actually winds up using "Blackboard Monitor Vimes" as a respectful title, claiming that the duty must have been a great responsibility.
** Trolls punch and throw rocks at each other as a friendly greeting (or, if it's a pretty rock, a romantic overture), and don't always remember there are good reasons not to do this to the squishy races. In ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'' a bit of flirting between Troll soldiers serving with different sides during peace negotiations almost reignited the war. On the other hand, holding a hand out to a troll as in a human handshake is sign language for YourMom.
** For goblins, who often have long names such as Tears of the Mushroom or Of The Twilight The Darkness, a shortened name is considered a grave insult; Moist von Lipwig once called Of the Twilight The Darkness "Mr Twilight" and the goblin made it clear that he would allow that name to be used just the once because the two of them were alone and he recognises that Moist didn't know that would be offensive to him. The only exception to this rule is Stinky, the first goblin watchman, who accepts the nickname from his superior, Constable Feeny Upshot of the Shires, as they each recognised that Upshot needed to be able to call Stinky something that he could use quickly in the event of him either calling for help or to warn his colleague of danger.

* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
** Vorinism (the main religion of a number of cultures on Roshar, including the Alethi) is full of this. Its extremely rigid gender roles mean that men aren't allowed to be literate and women are forbidden from fighting. Jobs and even ''food'' are gender-segregated, while its taboo against telling the future forbids even guessing what's going to happen, meaning that gambling is limited to games based on hidden information, and people are deeply suspicious of weather forecasters (who also happen to be predominantly male, which, since women are expected to be the scholarly sex, makes it even worse).
*** Vorin culture holds that women have a "freehand" (right) and a "safehand" (left), and exposing the safehand is compared to going topless. Women of high birth basically aren't supposed to use it at all and keep it hidden in a sleeve, while common women wear a glove over it. Several non-Vorin {{lampshade|Hanging}} the absurdity of the taboo.
*** When the staid, genteel Highlord Dalinar is reminded of the time he tasted his sister-in-law's food -- and ''liked it!'' -- he's as embarrassed as if he'd been caught trying on her underwear.
*** Also, like some real-world cultures, they consider in-laws to be blood relatives. When Dalinar's Brother's widow starts expressing interest in him, he acts as though they are actually related.
** Shin culture has a strong taboo against walking on stone, which, as Shinovar is the only region on the planet with soil, is rather awkward for Shin traveling outside their homeland. In addition, simply picking up a weapon in Shinovar is grounds for being put into slavery.
* Played somewhat for laughs in one issue of ''Literature/PerryRhodan'' featuring aliens who refused to communicate with the humans who had settled on their planet because they considered ''standing upright'' a form of indecent exposure (clothing notwithstanding). They also somewhat more understandably had an issue with the human habit of baring one's teeth in obvious displays of aggression, a.k.a. smiling...
* In the country of Adara in Gail Dayton's ''Literature/OneRoseTrilogy'', people marry into groups called "Ilians", which consist of no fewer than four (and no more than twelve) partners of any combination of sexes. The main character just can't figure out why a member of her Ilian from another country is so insecure and jealous until he explains the concept of monogamy. Earlier in the series, the protagonist herself had considered marrying another character, then rejected the idea because they had no one else to join them, and what kind of half-formed Ilian would ''that'' be?
* In Heinlein's ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' there are a bunch of different varieties of marriage, but pretty much all of them involve multiple people due to the skewed gender ratio and general living conditions on the Moon. One of the main characters is arrested for polygamy while visiting Earth, but it's revealed that the polygamy might actually have been overlooked by the judge who issued the warrant if it hadn't been for the racial diversity shown in a picture of his family. However, it's also noted that not all of Earth is so judgmental, and this was actually a deliberate ploy to gain sympathy from the less prejudiced Earthlings.
** Luna culture is also almost reversed from that of Earth in terms of sexism, again due to the gender ratio. Property within a marriage is almost always held in the women's name(s), and a man can't get divorced unless all of his wives agree. Outside of marriage, any aggression or abuse towards a woman is grounds for being thrown out of the nearest airlock, even for minor infractions that would be considered hardly worth a mention on Earth today, let alone when the book was written.
* In the ''Literature/DreambloodDuology'', the use of magic is completely banned in Kisua, while it is part of the fabric of Gujaareen life.

* The narrator of ''Literature/ConsiderHerWays'' {{time travel}}s into the future, about a hundred and fifty years after a plague wiped out all men. She's nearly arrested for talking about sexual dimorphism.
* This is a large part of the ''Literature/ThousandCultures'' series, as every conceivable ethnic, religious, ideological and utopian concept culture get their own space colony, and ''then'' humanity figures out instantaneous interstellar transport via the springer, forcing all these disparate cultures to have to deal with each other after centuries of isolation. At one point, we see a group scorned as "starvers" because they practice agriculture as part of their traditions, despite food replicators existing, and sometimes due to poverty or a bad harvest, people do go hungry.
* In ''Literature/StarCarrier'', monogamy is no longer mainstream, at least in the [[ExpandedStatesOfAmerica USNA]]. It's still practiced on the Periphery (the flooded remains of coastal American cities), as two is seen as the optimal number for survival in such an environment. However, in the arcologies, it's standard to join a "sex circle" instead. Expecting your current sexual partner to be exclusive is also frowned upon. When Trevor Grey (who grew up on the Periphery) is forced to enlist in the SpaceNavy, the others alternative refer to him as Prim (short for "primitive", since he mistrusts nanotech) and Monogie (since he prefers monogamy) in a derogatory manner. He does, eventually, learn that having multiple partners isn't necessarily a bad thing, but, after 20-year TimeSkip, he still hasn't quite gotten used to it and prefers to be a serial monogamist instead.

* This is discussed in ''Literature/TheChrysalids'' when David, who has begun to doubt his society's biblical-fueled [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman all mutants are abominations sent by Satan]] beliefs after befriending the six-toed Sophie, confides in his Uncle Axel. Axel explains how "normal" tends to be different around the world and, having been a sailor, has seen all kinds of different "normals" such as one society that only let women who had more than two breasts be mothers.
* In ''Literature/HoshiAndTheRedCityCircuit'', visible technology is regarded as shocking because people associate it with [[FictionalDisability Operators]], who need a BrainComputerInterface that's visible outside their bodies to function. When Hoshi finds a drawer full of gears and motors, she compares it to someone in the twentieth century finding a drawer full of dildos and pictures of sodomy.

* In the ''Literature/ImperialRadch'' series, Radchaai always wear gloves in public and are moderately scandalized by people who go around bare-handed. At one point, Breq offers to buy a pair for a self-conscious acquaintance but is quickly told that it would be seen as inappropriately intimate to do so.

** Played for BlueAndOrangeMorality, most notably with nymphs, who have been granted their [[RemoteBody humanoid bodies]] as a gift to those who created them from the great Mother Khaele. What this means is that they must expose themselves at all times, and wearing clothing is their taboo. They also are given these bodies (as opposed to their "other body," that is, the field that is also a physical part of them) to [[AnythingThatMoves engage in frequent sexual activity with others]], which causes their field and humanoid form to both become healthier and sustained.

* In some places, being openly LGBT (of whatever variety) is considered unacceptable, along with any kind of non-heterosexual/non-reproductive sex. In these places (and historically far more) this would only take place in secret, with these acts being illegal, even capital crimes.

* In Europe, having a glass of wine or beer is common at lunchtime and unremarkable, while doing so in the U.S. during a weekday is often considered highly unprofessional at best and evidence of a serious drinking problem at worst.

** In ''Literature/TheDispossessed''; the people of Anarres do not refer to "my partner" since that would imply possession. Instead, they say "the partner". Meanwhile; on Urras it is customary for women to shave their heads bald and cover them with sparkling cosmetics, while the Anarresti do not shave at all.

** In ''Literature/TheDispossessed''; the people of Anarres have very little sense of private property, to the point that someone would not talk about a handkerchief as "mine". In contrast, most of the people of A-Io on Urras are extreme capitalists and value everything by how much it can profit them. Meanwhile; on Urras it is customary for women to shave their heads bald, while the Anarresti do not shave at all.

* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's Literature/{{Hainish}} universe:

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* In Chapter 20 of ''Manga/BeastComplex'' one of our protagonists for the evening is an Otter who was hired by a company on land because he's fluid in both Japanese and Seaspeak. However, he often brings in fish for lunch. While eating meat is seen as normal in the sea, it's heavily frowned upon on land to the point where Carnivores have to resort to eating black market meat supplied from hospitals and funeral homes or risk going mad with hunger and actually killing someone. His co-workers compare his favorite snack of dried sardines to [[WouldHurtAChild an entire industry where babies are slaughtered en masse and sold for the public consumption]] but they're too scared of him to say anything.

** Quebecois French: Swear words are ''all'' based on religion, to the point where they are referred to collectively as ''sacres''.

* In Chapter 20 of ''Beast Complex'', which is the lesser-known sister series of ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'' and an anthology series set in the same universe, one of our protagonists for the evening[[note]]Since even your average ''Beastars'' fan hasn't heard of this series, a brief summary of the formula is "two animals of radically different backgrounds learn they're not so different".[[/note]] is an Otter who was hired by a company on land because he's fluid in both Japanese and Seaspeak. However, he often brings in fish for lunch. While eating meat is seen as normal in the sea, it's heavily frowned upon on land to the point where Carnivores have to resort to eating black market meat supplied from hospitals and funeral homes or risk going mad with hunger and actually killing someone. His co-workers compare his favorite snack of dried sardines to [[WouldHurtAChild an entire industry where babies are slaughtered en masse and sold for the public consumption]] but they're too scared of him to say anything.