There’s a scene in Finding Nemo of a flock of seagulls incessantly chanting, “Mine, mine, mine,” over and over. They are depicted as greedy birds obsessed with claiming their fish food. When they see a fish, they call out “mine” as if they have ownership over the fish that popped out of the water. Similarly, how often do we hear young children proclaim, “That’s mine,” as if they have some ownership over that toy or cupcake? We know full well that they own nothing.
