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Wait, milk?

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nemo44x 5y ago
People of European decent tend to be much better at digesting milk (lactose) as adults and there's a meme that if you can't chug a bottle of milk you have to get out. Or something silly like that. Turns out groups of people with ancestry in east Africa have the gene for lactose as well. So, milk could become a symbol of this if used within that context. People are paranoid enough today that if a picture of someone enjoying a glass of a milk was published, they could assume it was a signal of this. And it could be, to be sure.
bee_rider 5y ago
These are just pranks made by 4chan and their ilk. The circle of life on this sort of thing, I think, goes something like: Come up with a contrived reason milk could be considered racist, film a video or whatever about chugging milk while making a racist screed, get criticized for being a weirdo, and then some reactionary clickbait site can have the headline "Internet user called 'racist' for drinking milk." It is dumb, don't worry about it.
- _-david-_ 5y ago
  Didn't 4chan also create the OK hand sign racist as well? Now there are people who genuinely believe the OK sign is racist.
  - bee_rider 5y ago
    It is essentially the same prank, I believe the milk one is the even more absurd followup. They spread the rumor that the OK symbol is racist. Some people go to racist rallies and make the gesture. Is it now a racist gesture? A gesture can't really be racist I don't think, it is the intent behind it. In the case of OK, it doesn't provide much extra information, right? If somebody is making it at a racist rally I guess it is a bit redundant. If somebody makes it while scuba diving I guess they are really indicating "OK." The OK gesture was an effective pick because, it has mostly been supplanted by thumbs up to indicate all's good anyway. So it doesn't have much counter-pressure. I don't think milk consumption is going anywhere.
    - _-david-_ 5y ago
      While intent should be what matters, that isn't the case for many people. There was a man who was cracking his knuckles and somebody took a picture of him. Apparently his hand was close to the OK sign and he was fired. It is getting to the point where intention does not matter. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sdge-worker-fired-over-alleged-racist-gesture-says-he-was-cracking-knuckles/2347414/ https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sdge-worker-fired-ove...
dane-pgp 5y ago
Apparently? Here's an article titled "Milk, a symbol of neo-Nazi hate" published "August 31, 2017" (not April 1): https://theconversation.com/milk-a-symbol-of-neo-nazi-hate-83292 https://theconversation.com/milk-a-symbol-of-neo-nazi-hate-8...

Wait, milk?

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People of European decent tend to be much better at digesting milk (lactose) as adults and there's a meme that if you can't chug a bottle of milk you have to get out. Or something silly like that. Turns out groups of people with ancestry in east Africa have the gene for lactose as well. So, milk could become a symbol of this if used within that context. People are paranoid enough today that if a picture of someone enjoying a glass of a milk was published, they could assume it was a signal of this. And it could be, to be sure.

bee_rider 5y ago

These are just pranks made by 4chan and their ilk. The circle of life on this sort of thing, I think, goes something like: Come up with a contrived reason milk could be considered racist, film a video or whatever about chugging milk while making a racist screed, get criticized for being a weirdo, and then some reactionary clickbait site can have the headline "Internet user called 'racist' for drinking milk." It is dumb, don't worry about it.

_-david-_ 5y ago
Didn't 4chan also create the OK hand sign racist as well? Now there are people who genuinely believe the OK sign is racist.
- bee_rider 5y ago
  It is essentially the same prank, I believe the milk one is the even more absurd followup. They spread the rumor that the OK symbol is racist. Some people go to racist rallies and make the gesture. Is it now a racist gesture? A gesture can't really be racist I don't think, it is the intent behind it. In the case of OK, it doesn't provide much extra information, right? If somebody is making it at a racist rally I guess it is a bit redundant. If somebody makes it while scuba diving I guess they are really indicating "OK." The OK gesture was an effective pick because, it has mostly been supplanted by thumbs up to indicate all's good anyway. So it doesn't have much counter-pressure. I don't think milk consumption is going anywhere.
  - _-david-_ 5y ago
    While intent should be what matters, that isn't the case for many people. There was a man who was cracking his knuckles and somebody took a picture of him. Apparently his hand was close to the OK sign and he was fired. It is getting to the point where intention does not matter. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sdge-worker-fired-over-alleged-racist-gesture-says-he-was-cracking-knuckles/2347414/ https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sdge-worker-fired-ove...

dane-pgp 5y ago

Apparently? Here's an article titled "Milk, a symbol of neo-Nazi hate" published "August 31, 2017" (not April 1): https://theconversation.com/milk-a-symbol-of-neo-nazi-hate-83292 https://theconversation.com/milk-a-symbol-of-neo-nazi-hate-8...