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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by jwr on Sunday November 04, 2018 @12:17PM (#18376866)
This is the way we "deal" with most problems. We say "butwhatabout" [insert something else here], which is a great excuse to do nothing. It's callet "whataboutism" and will quite likely eradicate humanity within the next hundred years or so, as we destroy our planet, all the while saying "butwhatabout" and pointing fingers.
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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by nathancahill on Sunday November 04, 2018 @12:34PM (#18376972)
On the other hand, we have "feel good solutions" like banning plastic straws, so people can pat themselves on the back for helping to solve the problems.
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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by BurningFrog on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:57PM (#18377445)
Also known as "something-ism".

1. We must do something!

2. Banning straws is something!

3. We did it!!

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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by waynecochran on Sunday November 04, 2018 @02:55PM (#18377767)
My favorite is wearing ribbons for a cause.
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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday November 04, 2018 @12:58PM (#18377111)
My favourite is soy / almond milk etc.

If you don’t drink milk, why do you need a substitute? A substitute that comes in difficult to recycle aluminium-paper-plastic laminated cartons that still contain most of the food-miles and process / handling carbon emissions.

Ok, hipocricy is everywhere and we can’t all be angels over night.

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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by eschutte2 on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:11PM (#18377182)
Those aren't called milk because they're a substitute for anything, they're called milk because that's the English word for a cloudy translucent liquid. See also milk glass, milk thistle, and milk of magnesia.

Speaking for myself, I drink almond milk because it tastes better than cow milk.

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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by wild_preference on Sunday November 04, 2018 @02:52PM (#18377746)
I don't know anyone who drinks non-dairy milks for concerns over carbon emissions. It's always been one of or a mix of dietary concerns, taste preference, or avoidance of the awful dairy industry.

Also, where I live, dairy comes in those tetrapaks, too.

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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by gbear605 on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:29PM (#18377297)
Usually, they want a substitute because they like foods that taste roughly like milk but they can’t drink milk. Is that too much to ask?
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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by gruez on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:55PM (#18377438)
but none of the vegetable "milks" taste anywhere close to mammalian milk.
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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by astura on Sunday November 04, 2018 @04:06PM (#18378053)
So? Skim milk tastes nothing like full fat milk, but still has a right to exist.

It's something sorta similar to milk that can be used in roughly the same applications - lighten coffee, moisten cereal, baking, sauces, fold into mashed potatoes, etc.

I prefer the taste of pretty much all nut milks to cows milk, personally.

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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by 7952 on Sunday November 04, 2018 @02:39PM (#18377678)
But what else would you put on your corn flakes?
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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by gbear605 on Sunday November 04, 2018 @02:09PM (#18377515)
No? I haven’t tried almond milk, but rice milk tastes similar.
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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by vkou on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:56PM (#18377442)
Most people drink soy/almond milk because they like the taste, or because their bodies aren't very good at digesting lactose.
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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by freedomben on Sunday November 04, 2018 @03:06PM (#18377826)
Allergies to casein are also becoming much more common.
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