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No way this is real.

The waiter would have said "Non."

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did they mention that milk comes from cows and not oats?

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can indeed create milk without requiring a cow.

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

True enough. But not from an oat.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

juice from oat. milk from titties.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So if we would create milk in a lab, which is chemically identical to e.g. cow's milk, but without any udder secretion involved, that wouldn't be milk?

What is milk if not just fatty water with a couple of nutrients?

Our concept of "milk" goes beyond mere mammary gland secretes.

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So if we would create milk in a lab, which is chemically identical to e.g. cow’s milk,

That's just it. You can't.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

I can't no. But other people can.

We can already create meat in a lab. Milk is coming as well.

See for example: https://www.forbes.com/sites/daphneewingchow/2025/02/24/first-lab-grown-whole-cows-milk-to-debut-in-the-us/

[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

I am not a vegan but oat milk lattes are the best lattes. They are creamy, rich with flavor that's perfectly aligned w the coffee, lower in calories & more sustainable than classic dairy.

Everyone should try them once at least.

[–] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

as they should. i dont like american culture, where some people seem to think it is ok to take an item of the menu and alter pretty much everything about it.

btw: if you want to be treated like a king in france... look up history

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean if it's for a meal I get you but being mad about different type of milk for coffee is crazy

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do they even have it in the shop? Should a cafetier store every type of plant base milk in their pantry just in case someone ask for an off-menu variation? It is not either the job of the waiter to run at the shop to find oat milk.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

in case someone ask for an off-menu variation?

Stuff like a plant-based alternative shouldn't even be "off-menu". The problem already starts here.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago

Coffee is plant-based. It is not that weird that a plant-based version of the un-veganised version of a plant-based beveurage is off-menu.

[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

oats aren't mamals, can't see how he could possibly get milk from it.
Same for almonds and everything else.
I also don't order cow juice.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The word 'milk' in the English language has been used to describe plant-based milks for at least 800 years. Soy milk and Almond milk as beverages have been around for at least 1000 years.

You're ahistorical proscriptive definition is just bullshit gatekeeping. You are wrong and should feel bad about yourself over it.

[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

an opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young.

bullshit gatekeeping. You are wrong and should feel bad about yourself over it.

Jeez man how can you be so triggered and fanatic about something?
Touch some grass

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A word has multiple definitions.

In English (or French), milk can also describe a while liquid. There are six definitions for milk on Wiktionnary, and here is the second one:

(uncountable, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans

There is also something called cement milk

A watery film of a dull white or gray color often appears on the surface. This white matter is the so-called cement milk.

I was walking under a decrepit elevated expressway and there were signs saying to be careful about cement milk dripping from the ceiling. I don't think there's any mammal involved in producing that type of milk.

[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

Yes you make a good point.
Cement milk is not a food liquid, words are made up all the time and they already have the word juice.
They should find a new one.

I am glad that Wiktionary had this: Following a European Union (EU) court ruling in 2017, the term milk cannot legally be used to market purely plant-based products

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Proscriptive definitions aren't how language works, and never have been.

[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I like that wordds have meaning. Whatever it is, milk or juice, it shouldn't get you to react like that.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Words do have meaning. And the meaning of the word "milk" has included plant milk for at least 800 years.

I don't like when people with 0 understanding of the context or history of something act indignant about something they are so clearly and demonstrably wrong about.

[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You can not like it, IDC but have some manners

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

By sibling in satan, you are the one who posted an unnecessarily contrarian comment as a top-level reply in this thread and then getting all bent outta shape upon being corrected.

[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can you read?
See it as contrarian or not, "bullshit gatekeeping. You are wrong and should feel bad about yourself over it" is what he wrote.
This unstable guy is clearly the one bent outta shape.
Now stop milking this and do something useful with your time.
Bye now.

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

do something useful with your time.

That was before I read you are an anarchist, now I know it's not possible

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't get all condescending about something you're clueless on if you don't like being called out on it.

[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

You've got a case of the projections.
I am actually discussing here with civil people who disagree, what I don't like is some illmanered reaction from a clearly unstable person, triggered by 'milk.
So go away.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol what an original joke.

[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

that is a surprisingly normal reaction, unlike the unhinged extravagantly vileresponses I got from daring to make a joke about their precious oats.
Man people get triggered fast.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why do you think milk can only come from mammals?

[–] Bloomcole@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

That's the definition of milk, so yes