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[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

meat eaters who feel personally attacked when someone else doesn’t religiously stuff themselves with meat every meal.

Oh, do tell.

[-] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I live in Bavaria. There are multiple politicians who don't get tired to performatively eat sausages and try to make laws that mandate calling oat milk “oat drink” and vegan burgers/schnitzel/… anything else. As if anyone would ever get confused by that. There's a common joke that they should rename “scouring milk” to “scouring drink” otherwise people get confused!!!

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

The milk thing though. If it didn't come from a mammal it isn't milk, it's a milk substitute. But milk of magnesia is another traditional thing which isn't milk

[-] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

Word meaning depends on usage. People call it “oat milk”, so it's oat milk.

[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

By that logic it should be "peanut butter substitute" as well

[-] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Toothpaste is not made from teeth?!

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