Haida, you are supposed to cry AFTER cutting the onion

Why are onions, the food item, tagged on e621 as a 'character'?

kaminowolf said:
Haida, you are supposed to cry AFTER cutting the onion

Onion is poison for canines. He's feeling suicidal.

thebaguettelord said:
Onion is poison for canines. He's feeling suicidal.

Oh damn...

Sadge yeen

“Be careful onions will make you cry… UNLESS YOU MAKE THEM CRY FIRST!!”

urwolfbf said:
Onion is poison for canines. He's feeling suicidal.

Hyenas aren't even canines tho