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Ben and Jerry's new "Mommy's Milk" flavor?
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Sep 24, 2008, 08:12 AM
 
PETA officials say a move to human breast milk would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies on factory farms and benefit human health.
I beg to differ. Dairy cows quite enjoy their jobs.

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Sep 24, 2008, 08:53 AM
 
I can see it now - farms of large lactating lasses surrendering their dew.

I'll stick to cow milk, thank you.
     
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Sep 24, 2008, 08:55 AM
 
Originally Posted by osiris View Post
I'll stick to cow milk, thank you.
And contribute to the pain and suffering of those poor bovines?
     
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Originally Posted by Atheist View Post
And contribute to the pain and suffering of those poor bovines?
Yes. I don't eat meat/poultry/fish, so my crushing footprint is minimal and limited to milk.
     
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Sep 24, 2008, 09:12 AM
 
Not surprising, given that PETA's general attitude is that animals are far superior to humans.

Ben & Jerry's will never go for that, not even as a PR move. I, for one, would never touch a dairy product made from human breast milk. That's just...gross.
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I'll try it once, straight from the bottle, but it better be well-designed.
     
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Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
I'll try it once, straight from the bottle, but it better be well-designed.
You wouldn't rather get it straight from the source?

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Sep 24, 2008, 09:25 AM
 
My take on these off the wall Peta announcements is that they need to see themselves in the news from time to time, so that they are considered relevant. They'd rather see woman hooked up to milking machines in stalls then cows.

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You wouldn't rather get it straight from the source?
I hope you're being intentionally obtuse.
     
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Now it's time to come up with flavor names...

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Sep 24, 2008, 09:28 AM
 
Pretty strange how that sounds fairly disgusting yet milk from a cow sounds just fine. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
     
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Originally Posted by Maflynn View Post
They'd rather see woman hooked up to milking machines in stalls then cows.
Sounds like degenerate porn.
     
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You wouldn't rather get it straight from the source?
I swear I thought you were Doofy.
     
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Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
I hope you're being intentionally obtuse.
I usually get away with it by being unintentionally acute.

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Originally Posted by zro View Post
I swear I thought you were Doofy.
I'm sorry. I promise it won't happen again.

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Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
I usually get away with it by being unintentionally acute.
Math can go to hell, people who tell math jokes doubly so.
     
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Also,

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Change our mind, did we?
     
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Like three times.

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3.14 times?
     
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3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 10582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706 7... + times.
     
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I rounded mine to the nearest go **** yourself.
     
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I rounded mine to the nearest go **** yourself.
Now that's classy.
     
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Originally Posted by zro View Post
Pretty strange how that sounds fairly disgusting yet milk from a cow sounds just fine. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
I have had human breast milk. I gagged. Cow's milk is 1000X better.
     
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Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
3.14 times?
I believe, by your own rules, you're required to doubly go to hell.

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Originally Posted by Railroader View Post
I have had human breast milk. I gagged. Cow's milk is 1000X better.
Warm or chilled? Warm milk is gross.

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Sep 24, 2008, 09:45 AM
 
Warm would be gross. I've had chilled raw milk - very rich and creamy.
     
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Breasts are rather like toy train sets.

Designed for kids. Played with by men.
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Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
Warm or chilled? Warm milk is gross.
Both. From the "source" and from the bottle.

[GROSS] Let's just say, I once said, in a large group of people when my daughter was in her first year, that I would never feed the baby anything I'd never eat myself. This was in reference to jarred baby food that we were just switching her to. My wife later that night held me to my word. After seeing me gag, she tried it and gagged herself. [/GROSS]
     
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Originally Posted by Railroader View Post
Both. From the "source" and from the bottle.

[GROSS] Let's just say, I once said, in a large group of people when my daughter was in her first year, that I would never feed the baby anything I'd never eat myself. This was in reference to jarred baby food that we were just switching her to. My wife later that night held me to my word. After seeing me gag, she tried it and gagged herself. [/GROSS]
Pics or it didn't happen.

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Sep 24, 2008, 10:06 AM
 
peta is just so mixed up.

human milk would be far too expensive to make ice cream or anything else with.
     
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi View Post
peta is just so mixed up.

human milk would be far too expensive to make ice cream or anything else with.
But think of the cows...

     
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^ Are we sure that's a cow, not a dude?
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Originally Posted by Railroader View Post
But think of the cows...

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^ Are we sure that's a cow, not a dude?
"So l took the liberty of milking your cow. lt took a little while to get her warmed up. She sure is a stubborn one."
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Sep 24, 2008, 10:42 AM
 
From the source. Sweet and warm.

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Sep 24, 2008, 10:48 AM
 
Peta doesn't even know that Ben & Jerry are hardly involved with the company since it was bought by Unilever. That's pretty stupid. Well, never mind the whole concept is stupid.
     
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Sep 24, 2008, 10:50 AM
 
Peta is stupid. Not exactly a newsflash is it? I rate their credibility below Greenpeace even.

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Originally Posted by andi*pandi View Post
peta is just so mixed up.

human milk would be far too expensive to make ice cream or anything else with.
Not if we start importing breast milk.
     
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Sep 24, 2008, 10:58 AM
 
They aren't trying to actually suggest it. They are making a demand so ridiculous that it will get noticed and draw attention to the actual problem. Which, in their mind, is the suffering of dairy cows.

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Originally Posted by osiris View Post
Not if we start importing breast milk.
Hmmm, from where? I know, China!


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I prefer Cambodian breast milk.
     
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Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
I prefer Cambodian breast milk.
You should have a holiday there then.
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I don't get it.
     
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Originally Posted by ort888 View Post
Now it's time to come up with flavor names...

World's Breast Vanilla
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