BlueDingo said:
Why do people keep interpreting "fictional thing is a thing" as "fictional thing is a real thing"? "A thing" and "a real thing" do not mean the same thing.

It doesn't matter if the thing in question is real or fictional, it still considered an instance of that thing. Seriously, I feel like I'm talking to people who look at this and with a straight face, would tell people "that thing is not a dog because that thing is not real".

i've run across that type of person before as well. it's that whole inability to differentiate fiction from reality thing some people seem to suffer from.

1. this is a dog.

2.this is a real dog.

but apparently some people can't differentiate the 2 and consider the dog in #1 to be just as real as dog #2 despite #1 clearly being a picture someone drew. my first suspicion upon encountering such a person would be that something isn't quite right with their mind. o.O

a great example would be mr. pepper.