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Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

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Re: Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

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Post by LeoNatan25 »

edanm wrote: post #94
LeoNatan25 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Big Milk” and “Big Dairy” should be enough to tell you everything you need to know about the blogger that wrote this “article”.

Should it? "Big [X]" is a fairly common pattern of speech nowadays, to the point that I don't think it necessarily has negative connotations. Or rather, it has negative connotations about the [X], but shouldn't give you negative connotations about the person using the phrase, since almost everyone uses that phrase.

Perhaps I’m not used to reading US opinion pieces, masquerading as articles?

Re: Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

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Post by foogazi »

bambax wrote: post #32
thinkingemote wrote: post #22

As a drink a pint of milk is cheaper than bottled water.

Drinking raw milk seems to be a very American thing? I eat cheese and yogourts, but I have never drank raw milk in a glass, and don't think I have ever seen anyone else do it in real life. It looks really bizarre (and frankly, kind of gross).

No milk & cookies?

Oreos or Famous Amos dunked in a glass of milk

Maybe a hold over from my youth but that is my guilty pleasure

Re: Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

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Post by foogazi »

kikokikokiko wrote: post #58
denton-scratch wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/lactose-intoleran... "Lactase nonpersistence is most prevalent in people of East Asian descent, with 70 to 100 percent of people affected in these communities." Masai herdsmen are East Africans; so I find that statistic bewildering. "Lactase nonpersistence" means the decline of the production of the enzyme lactase beyond infancy. I don't know whether lactase nonpersistence i…

A (very small) percentage of the population is alergic to peanuts. They can even die if they ingest a peanut by accident. Does it make so that "peanuts are bad for you"? Can I make this argument? Milk is perfectly fine and is an important part of a healthy diet, for 90% of the population of the Americas, Europe, Africa etc. The magnitude of the propaganda to make people think otherwise simply baffles me.

> Milk is perfectly fine and is an important part of a healthy diet, for 90% of the population of the Americas

Is this true ? I’ve understood milk is for babies and adults don’t need it

Re: Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

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Post by Freedom2 »

Raed667 wrote: post #43
Freedom2 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It’s not going to be good for you How about water ads? Can you specifically address how water isn't good for us, leaving aside absurd arguments such as "drink too much, and you'll drown!"

Water ads are not selling water, they're selling plastic bottles.

So when people go to buy a bottle of water, they really want the bottle itself, and not what's inside it?

Re: Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

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Post by wink »

anigbrowl wrote: post #8

“Aubrey, no!” screamed one TikToker, narrating the Wood Milk campaign video. “Why on earth are you getting in bed with ‘Got Milk?’ Nobody likes milk—like, literally nobody.” Oh the bovinity There's some OK analysis further in, though I think they overlook the impact of demographic changes, lactose intolerance, and some other factors. The main problem for US milk providers is that most milk sold in the US is not very…

I suppose for the last 10y I've been drinking above average amounts of milk and I really prefer our 1.5% over the 3.5%. Perfectly fine milk taste for me and there should absolutely no gobs of cream in there, ugh - I also don't drink cream. Just saying that your opinion about that is just that. But then again I've never tried American milk of any kind.

That said I've switched to oat milk for the last 1-2 years and I now prefer it, so maybe I should also stop having an opinion.

Re: Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

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Post by wink »

drewcoo wrote: post #90
fwlr wrote: post #76

The “you can’t call it milk” argument was funny when the alternative being offered was “nut juice”, but it’s a dumb hill to die on as a serious proposition. I’m a barista and these alternatives resemble milk, they behave very similarly to milk, etc. In my opinion the substitution is good enough that they can claim the name of milk; the major difference is in nutrition value and taste. (Some intuition pumps for my poi…

I'd like to think that nut butters set a precedent, thus nut milks should be a thing.

I mean they've been calling it cocoa butter and yet it lives in the bathroom and not in the kitchen.

Re: Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

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Post by wink »

Raed667 wrote: post #43
Freedom2 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It’s not going to be good for you How about water ads? Can you specifically address how water isn't good for us, leaving aside absurd arguments such as "drink too much, and you'll drown!"

Water ads are not selling water, they're selling plastic bottles.

I'll have you know that our local utilities actually do run billboard campaigns to drink tap water. Yes, it's excellent and many people do :P

Re: Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

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Post by nickthegreek »

perilunar wrote: post #80

"Got Milk?" seems a bit personal. I might ask a new mother that if I knew her really well, but it seems a bit rude otherwise. Pretty strange for an advertising slogan.

It was the biggest milk ad campaign of all time, starting in 1993 to present time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got_Milk%3F

Re: Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

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Post by knorker »

red-iron-pine wrote: post #97
knorker wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pushing anything almond "for the environment" seems like it's a slap in the face of California, to me.

I think this poster's point is that almond milk uses an insane amount of water relative to what it produces -- a problem for a region having notable shortages of water.

If by "the poster" you mean me, the person you replied to, then yes that is what I was alluding to.

Re: Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

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Post by scoofy »

red-iron-pine wrote: post #97
knorker wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pushing anything almond "for the environment" seems like it's a slap in the face of California, to me.

I think this poster's point is that almond milk uses an insane amount of water relative to what it produces -- a problem for a region having notable shortages of water.

Beef production uses massively more water, it’s just that, like the sugar on your cereal boxes, they split it up into smaller segments.

Alfalfa: Beef/Dairy

Pasture: Beef/dairy

Corn: Beef/dairy

Grain: Beef/dairy

Alfalfa alone uses more water than almonds… it’s just called alfalfa instead of beef.

https://pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CA-Ag-Water-U...

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