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Almost every single person drinks cow milk, get over it

by brap 3y ago

64operator 3y ago
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kredd 3y ago
I think the problem is, cow milk alternatives are becoming a problem for established corporations, since the younger generation isn’t 100% into milk. Demographics problems basically, if your older generation keeps dying, younger ones are not getting in, you lose in revenue and profits.
Raed667 3y ago
> 65% of adults worldwide are affected by lactose malabsorption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance
- vultour 3y ago
  That doesn't stop many of them from drinking it though, not everyone is deathly allergic.
  - edanm 3y ago
    It's actually not an allergy, fyi.
creatonez 3y ago
It's dropping steadily. Make sure to "get over" that, too, because some changes to consumer preferences are going to be impossible to bend back to an upward trend. This process of decline in popularity brought to its conclusion is why millennials and Gen Z won't any time soon be eating weird savory gelatin dishes, bizarre Great Depression era recipes, or processed meats other than pepperoni, salami, and sausage. I think mechanically-separated chicken nuggets are probably at the same stage of this process that cow milk is at right now.
marcinzm 3y ago
>Almost every single person drinks cow milk, get over it You mean the milk industry should get over it and stop making weird commercials?
tecleandor 3y ago
Although I'm very against the silliness of the "milk is a white poison" crowd, it's important to know that lactose tolerance is mostly found in white people from north European origin. Other ethnicities have way higher levels of intolerance. Asian, Native Americans, African Americans... usually have 70-95% of lactose intolerance. https://intermountainhealthcare.org/blogs/topics/live-well/2017/07/lactose-intolerance/ https://intermountainhealthcare.org/blogs/topics/live-well/2...
felurx 3y ago
Aside from that just being plain wrong, depending on who you include in "every single person": And that's a problem. Milk production causes lots of GHG emissions and is generally quite resource-intensive. (And also quite cruel for the most part, but apparently that argument doesn't count for many.) We would do well as a species to reduce our milk consumption.

Almost every single person drinks cow milk, get over it

by brap 3y ago

Almost every single person drinks cow milk, get over it

64operator 3y ago

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kredd 3y ago

I think the problem is, cow milk alternatives are becoming a problem for established corporations, since the younger generation isn’t 100% into milk. Demographics problems basically, if your older generation keeps dying, younger ones are not getting in, you lose in revenue and profits.

Raed667 3y ago

> 65% of adults worldwide are affected by lactose malabsorption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance

vultour 3y ago
That doesn't stop many of them from drinking it though, not everyone is deathly allergic.
- edanm 3y ago
  It's actually not an allergy, fyi.

creatonez 3y ago

It's dropping steadily. Make sure to "get over" that, too, because some changes to consumer preferences are going to be impossible to bend back to an upward trend. This process of decline in popularity brought to its conclusion is why millennials and Gen Z won't any time soon be eating weird savory gelatin dishes, bizarre Great Depression era recipes, or processed meats other than pepperoni, salami, and sausage. I think mechanically-separated chicken nuggets are probably at the same stage of this process that cow milk is at right now.

marcinzm 3y ago

>Almost every single person drinks cow milk, get over it You mean the milk industry should get over it and stop making weird commercials?

tecleandor 3y ago

Although I'm very against the silliness of the "milk is a white poison" crowd, it's important to know that lactose tolerance is mostly found in white people from north European origin. Other ethnicities have way higher levels of intolerance. Asian, Native Americans, African Americans... usually have 70-95% of lactose intolerance. https://intermountainhealthcare.org/blogs/topics/live-well/2017/07/lactose-intolerance/ https://intermountainhealthcare.org/blogs/topics/live-well/2...

felurx 3y ago

Aside from that just being plain wrong, depending on who you include in "every single person": And that's a problem. Milk production causes lots of GHG emissions and is generally quite resource-intensive. (And also quite cruel for the most part, but apparently that argument doesn't count for many.) We would do well as a species to reduce our milk consumption.