Comment on Lots of times the restaurants won't even have milk

• WoahWoah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  English is the most spoken language in the world.

  Most lactose tolerant people are white.

  Are you subtly trying to say you assume most people on Lemmy are white?

  It’s pretty clear just by reading this thread that there pretty mixed opinions about the idea of an adult drinking a glass of milk. Some find it viscerally disgusting and others find it completely normal.

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  • dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    English is the most spoken language in the world.

    I assume you mean languages that are either spoken as a first or second language, because if you just look at native speakers, more people speak Mandarin than English.

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    • WoahWoah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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      • InternetPerson@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Please keep it civil. :) The discussion was fine so far. What made you react so angry?

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  • Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah, I’m assuming most people are American or European. I think 40% is a high estimate, but even among the lactose intolerant people I know in real life, I’ve never met one who thinks drinking milk is weird. Most even consume dairy products, just lactose-free versions or enduring the consequences.

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    • WoahWoah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Unless you hang out exclusively with white people, there are a lot of people that thing drinking a glass of milk is weird, they just don’t tell you, because they’re polite.

      Dairy “products” are a separate concern. Most people produce some level of lactase, but a glass of cow’s milk is a separate thing.

      Aged cheese, for instance, is a different thing. Why would aging cheese add distinct flavors? Because bacteria is digesting the sugars (lact-OSE) and converting it into other things.

      I love cabot cheddar myself for cheap stuff. If you want to know the lactose content of cheese or other dairy products, if there are no added sugars, just check the sugar content. That’s lactose. If it says zero, it’s near zero.

      I’ve never met an adult in my life, of any color, that orders a glass of milk and drinks it. I’m sure it happens, but I guess just not in the circles I run in.

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      • Shivering6658@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Your reply is kinda snotty in reading

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