[perfmode]

this reads like a line out of a dystopic neal stephenson novel

or some or douglas adams quote about a comically primitive species of alien

doesn’t it have that sort of ring to it?

is existence not more than sets of problems and solutions?

[fartcannon]

I think there was a highly advanced cow/pig thing at the restaurant end the universe who very much wanted people to eat him. Ford wouldn't have considered it wrong as he was pragmatic.

And had some alien told Arthur he was a barbarian for eating meat, he would have quipped something back like, "look, it's all shandies and licorice until the locusts arrive and then it's a rather short trip to the butchery to find out whose aunt goes best with brown sauce.'

Zaphod though.. he might have seen it your way, "That pig was a cool cat, man." Trillian was pragmatic like Ford.

Marvin would definitely been sympathetic on the surface, but insufferably narcissistic underneath. " You think you've got it bad? A brain the size of a planet but they wouldnt eat me if I cooked and served myself with mint jelly. Life. Don't talk to me about life".

... sorry