[mpalmer]

Plenty of Culture Minds value humans/pan-humans in the books. They get involved, too, just look at the effort expended by the Sleeper Service in Excession for such a personal agenda.

Not to say that there isn't a good deal of joking at humans' expense by Culture ships, but in the end, all are Culture citizens.

[lazide]

People also like their pets?

[snapplebobapple]

speak for yourself, my pet is an eh hole.