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from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 30 Nov 19:36
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yesman@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 20:06 next collapse

By the time RFK jr. is done, the vegetables will have a warning label for Haber–Bosch nitrogen and MAGA will insist their food be grown on untreated human feces.

ApeNo1@lemm.ee on 30 Nov 20:23 next collapse

It is already a well established fact that plants crave electrolytes.

MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca on 30 Nov 21:29 collapse

Yeah, but what are electrolytes?

affiliate@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 21:40 collapse

they’re what plants crave

Lawnman23@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 22:52 collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2b90ad9d-f980-4365-8aad-5e20068f188c.jpeg">

perishthethought@lemm.ee on 30 Nov 23:07 collapse

But what is Brawndo?

Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works on 30 Nov 23:14 collapse

It’s got electrolytes!

cranakis@reddthat.com on 30 Nov 23:18 collapse

But why? Do you even know what electrolytes are?

Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works on 30 Nov 23:24 collapse

It’s… what they use to make Brawndo!

WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world on 02 Dec 15:33 collapse

Dumbass

superkret@feddit.org on 01 Dec 20:06 collapse

Maybe then, shitposting will finally become profitable.

Sanctus@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 20:08 next collapse

I mean, we should have an image of the Germans who applied it to milk, pretty sure Pasteur did it for the booze and some other dudes were like “hey bro we did that same technique on milk and now way less babies die.”

dohpaz42@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 20:17 next collapse

Pasteur did it for the booze

Make room Robin Williams, I have another hero for the top spot on my hero list.

BangelaQuirkel@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 21:13 collapse

My man

abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 22:48 next collapse

I’ve heard this! Apparently, he was researching why beer was spoiling, and he had done no research on milk whatsoever.

iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com on 30 Nov 23:29 next collapse

Thank you for this! At least according to the Wikipedia article you’re right, and Pasteur invented the technique for wine. Beer came soon after, by others, but it was a long time until it was used on milk.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurization

AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml on 01 Dec 01:08 collapse

This fun fact made me literally lol. Llol, if you will.

NounsAndWords@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 21:53 next collapse

I think the best redirect would be to convince them to “self-pasteurize” their milk. You can make an entire ecosystem of grift products on the best home pasteurizers to avoid harmful toxins or whatever the current buzzword is.

Skullgrid@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 22:47 next collapse

no man, you gotta just let evolution take its course.

Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 30 Nov 22:58 next collapse

Can’t wait to hear some idiot say something like “I never get sick from raw milk. I just put the container in boiling water for a few seconds. So much safer than pasteurized.”

qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website on 01 Dec 00:27 collapse

“It’s not that I’m against vaccines, it’s just that I want my body’s own antibodies to fight off the virus.”

mudmaniac@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 03:02 next collapse

Time for killer T cell completion: 10 days. Time for virus to turn your lungs into mush: 4 days.

“Sure thing there buddy! Good luck! Mind if I borrow your lawn mower? I’ll get it back to you next time I see you!”

ricecake@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 04:53 collapse

I damn near throttled someone who said that to me. They said the COVID vaccine was too risky, and they’d rather get a real immunity from actually getting it.

zarkanian@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 21:31 collapse

They thought the COVID vaccine was more risky than actually catching COVID?

ricecake@sh.itjust.works on 02 Dec 01:17 collapse

Yes. And less effective at giving immunity.

Szyler@lemmy.world on 02 Dec 15:26 collapse

If they used this as their argument I’d be kinder to them, it means they want what a vaccine can give, so it’s just about MISSING information, not MISSinformation.

ricecake@sh.itjust.works on 02 Dec 17:08 collapse

Sadly not the case. “The vaccine is untested, as any immunity that a vaccine gives you will be weaker than what you get from natural immunity. Your immune system will never get stronger unless you let it work. I’m gonna get COVID eventually no matter what, so I may as well get the good immunity without risking the side effects of the vaccine. It’s just a cold anyway, so I’m not risking much”.

That whole corner of the family is very ignorant and susceptible to misinformation. I’m just some guy who can explain things and show them CDC or WHO sources, which are unreliable and suspect. I don’t have the gravitas of a very confident tiktok creator or a podcaster.

I’m also a little salty at them because they were all excited to see my new twins until I asked if they could be up to date on their vaccinations since they were in the NICU (premature, all good now). Variously “my family will not get the COVID shot”, “the flu shot will give me the flu”, and “I shouldn’t need to get a Tdap booster, I’m tired of needles”.

Szyler@lemmy.world on 03 Dec 12:18 collapse

Ok, do still some misinformation about side effects.

Sorry you had to go through that. Stay strong and keep advocating for the safety of your kids.

starman2112@sh.itjust.works on 30 Nov 23:16 next collapse

Counterpoint: this would prevent people who can be convinced to drink raw milk from getting listeria

ricecake@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 04:56 next collapse

But you could also use it to separate them from their money, which is an even greater good.
Also, it potentially keeps the people in their care who have no agency from getting listeria, which is up there with lining your pockets via virtuous con artistry in terms of moral virtue.

beveradb@lemm.ee on 01 Dec 16:42 collapse

You incorrectly assume the grift products have to actually do anything. Just give them a few lights and a little fan at the back which spins for a few minutes to make it sound like it’s doing anything. Can be super cheap to make, it doesn’t even need a heating element!

BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 20:43 collapse

I believe with all my heart this will happen lol.

Any problem or process that can be moved to the consumer

perishthethought@lemm.ee on 30 Nov 23:06 next collapse

More like

<img alt="" src="https://imgk.timesnownews.com/story/Disappointed_Pak_fan2.PNG">

blarth@thelemmy.club on 01 Dec 05:13 collapse
MeatPilot@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 23:37 next collapse

Edward Jenner floating right next to him going “looks like it’s going to get more crowded in the afterlife.”

obinice@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 23:51 next collapse

Who in this day and age wouldn’t drink pasteurised milk?

Besides like, properly stupid people, or people who think it’ll give them religious powers and other such nutters.

negativenull@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 00:15 next collapse

So, RFK?

sbv@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 00:20 next collapse

europeans

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social on 01 Dec 08:51 next collapse

properly stupid people

Zacryon@feddit.org on 01 Dec 11:30 next collapse

Yeah, we’ve got those who promise themselves health benefits from drinking raw milk. I have the impression that this is mostly prevalent in esoteric people, as usual with such stuff.

But such beneficial claims of raw milk consumption appear to be not scientifically sound and are a myth.
doi.org/10.1097/NT.0000000000000108

zarkanian@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 21:26 collapse

esoteric people

Believe it or not, they have dictionaries online now.

Zacryon@feddit.org on 02 Dec 10:41 collapse

Isn’t “esoteric people” an accurate description?

AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world on 02 Dec 17:49 collapse

Eh. It would imply those people are mysterious or difficult to understand. They’re not, they’re just stupid.

Zacryon@feddit.org on 03 Dec 11:19 collapse

Hm okay. English is not my native language. I’ve checked this with a dictionary and found it to be an adequate description, even discussed this with ChatGPT. It pointed out that this can also be understood in the way you’ve described it.

What I meant were people who practise in esotericism, like briefly described here. Besides “stupid”, what do you suggest to describe such people?

Also, thanks for pointing that out!

HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 01 Dec 17:18 collapse

This study is 20 years old.

maniel@sopuli.xyz on 01 Dec 04:26 next collapse

Those who take horse medication to fire COVID… probably

zephorah@lemm.ee on 01 Dec 23:15 collapse

This is likely more in the crunchy, no measles vax set of dipshits, not MAGA.

maniel@sopuli.xyz on 03 Dec 07:30 collapse

i’d bet the Venn diagram of both groups would overlap in more than 90%

GhiLA@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 05:22 next collapse

dad, no!

“Yes, son! I can’t fulfill my destiny as Mooman any other way…”

The Meatcanyon videos will be glorious.

angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com on 01 Dec 10:04 next collapse

I’ve seen Europeans make the fact that Americans don’t generally drink unpasteurized milk into a “yanks dumb” thing

BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz on 01 Dec 14:02 collapse

You can buy unpasteurized milk in europe in a supermarket ?

Hadriscus@lemm.ee on 01 Dec 14:21 next collapse

yes, filtered but not pasteurized (France)

DaBPunkt@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 19:24 collapse

Seeing the other post about France: It depends on the country. In Germany you can’t (only direct at the farm). Saw a documentary some weeks ago about Spain where they said that it is also forbidden (the journalist wanted to drink raw camel milk).

DaBPunkt@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 19:38 collapse

Just re-checked: In theory you can buy raw milk in Germany in a supermarket. It is called “Vorzugsmilch” then. But I never saw any.

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 13:51 next collapse

Who drinks milk at all? I get a giant zit immediately after having some.

scytale@lemm.ee on 01 Dec 16:20 next collapse

I’m lactose intolerant but I use a little bit of lactose-free, 0% fat milk for my coffee in the morning because the alternatives (almond or oat milk) just don’t taste as good with coffee.

stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de on 01 Dec 17:09 next collapse

Just drink it black. After two cups you get used to it.

meliaesc@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 17:27 collapse

Yuck, why bother?

stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de on 01 Dec 18:12 next collapse

Fair point but when you drink it black you don’t need to bother with the overly processed milk anymore

Glytch@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 20:04 next collapse

Hey look some who thinks pasteurized milk is “overly processed”!

stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de on 01 Dec 20:16 collapse

“lactose free 0% fat milk”

zarkanian@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 21:23 collapse

Then you just have the overly-processed coffee.

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 22:46 collapse

And? Adding overly-processed milk to overly-processed coffee cancels out the processing or something? Don’t drink it then.

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 22:44 collapse

It depends if you like coffee, or coffee flavored milkshakes.

meliaesc@lemmy.world on 02 Dec 00:52 collapse

Hmm, put that way, most definitely the milkshake. I’m not sure I even like coffee, it provides a break at work and energy in the morning, with enough milkshake ingredients of course.

bananabenana@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 17:54 next collapse

It’s really brand dependant. Honestly recommend trying brands till you find a good couple. Some oat and almond are smooth AF. I like Vitasoy and So Good, for example. Not a shill, just took brute forcing brands.

zephorah@lemm.ee on 01 Dec 23:14 collapse

If it’s ultra pasteurized you should be fine, but as in all things, do your own personal threat analysis.

zephorah@lemm.ee on 01 Dec 23:10 next collapse

Half & half in coffee. We go very unprocessed and cook in my household. So I buy half and half which is just milk and cream. It’s delicious in coffee. It’s also ultra pasteurized. A little heat in the name of microbe death is great.

Apart from that, milk is a cooking ingredient. Again, ultra pasteurized.

Retrograde@lemmy.world on 02 Dec 00:07 collapse

Growing up I used to down pints of milk, couldn’t get enough of the stuff

Lennny@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 19:01 next collapse

Raw milk is silly…but also, now are the banned cheeses unbanned? Probably not cazu whatever the fuck, the Sardinian maggot cheese but there’s stuff like brie, but raw, that’s apparently yummy.

whoisearth@lemmy.ca on 02 Dec 17:30 collapse

Someone commented on Lemmy a whole ago that cheese with raw milk is different. Coles notes is the good bacteria out-competes the bad ones.

zephorah@lemm.ee on 01 Dec 22:32 collapse

The word you’re looking for is dipshits.

TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 14:13 next collapse

So you know the “is this toothbrush approved by the dental association of America” line from Home Alone (approximate transcription)
my new joke is asking “is this milk pasteurized?” in that voice

LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org on 01 Dec 22:21 collapse

Over here, we ask if the toothbrush is approved by Lemming of the BDA

RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee on 01 Dec 17:00 next collapse

Dear gen Z, raw dog means to fuck without a condom

SirHery@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 18:01 next collapse

Yes, they fuck their milk.

minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 20:23 collapse

Fuck 'em right in the ass.

dance_ninja@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 20:31 next collapse

The sentiment still applies.

jol@discuss.tchncs.de on 01 Dec 21:12 next collapse

The term has also been further bleached to just mean doing something raw, rough, hard.

Szyler@lemmy.world on 02 Dec 15:29 next collapse

Dear boomer, words evolve.

Reddfugee42@lemmy.world on 02 Dec 18:15 next collapse

Cringe.

RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee on 02 Dec 19:55 collapse

exactly

jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 02 Dec 20:29 collapse

and they’re about to find out what that means.

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 19:01 next collapse

Tuberculosis bacteria:

<img alt="" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/07fb1db6-f128-43bd-bb08-355af4516160.jpeg">

dance_ninja@lemmy.world on 01 Dec 20:29 collapse

Wait you can get TB from raw milk?!

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 20:35 collapse

Among other things. TB was one of the main reasons we started pasteurizing milk in the first place.

phx@lemmy.ca on 01 Dec 19:42 next collapse

Meanwhile Charles Darwin looks on approvingly…

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com on 01 Dec 20:50 next collapse

Then Charles Dickens kicks Darwin in the balls.

RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works on 01 Dec 22:54 collapse

It was the bloodiest battle that the world ever saw

With civilians looking on in total awe

The fight raged on for a century

Many lives were claimed but eventually

The champion stood, the rest saw their better

Mr. Rogers in a blood-stained sweater

Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works on 02 Dec 19:08 collapse

this is the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
good guys, bad guys, and explosions as far as the eye can see
and only one will survive, I wonder who it will be
this is the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

youtu.be/sTpW81xguME?si=kwKVar1Un7KtN4Op

AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 02 Dec 21:37 collapse

I don’t think it’s fair to attribute the bigoted dumpster fire of Social Darwinism to Darwin himself.

zephorah@lemm.ee on 01 Dec 22:55 next collapse

Raw milk is a disease vector for H5N1 right now, and as been for most of the year.

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2405371. (Location for the sick worker in the article: Texas)

Why it doesn’t matter so much for those of us not working directly with cows is pasteurization. In my household, we’ve since switched to ultra pasteurized in the cases we’ve not been doing that already, just to play safest.

The more humans that catch H5N1, the more likely it is to take and make a vector out of humans.

To be fair, it is often good to avoid processing your food. However this does not include the cleaning aspect of that food. Would you suddenly stop washing your fruits and vegetables? Flashing a little heat on the milk for safety is fine. It doesn’t create the milk equivalent of beef jerky or a ritz cracker. If you’ve ever spent any time in a milking barn, among cows, or seen the milking process you might not even drink milk after. You’ll want bacteria and virus death in your milk.

But wait, Zeph, surely this process is only effective for bacteria, we’ve always been taught that the same means of death for bacteria don’t typically work on viruses. (Antibiotics). Pasteurization is it’s own thing.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7169671/

whoisearth@lemmy.ca on 02 Dec 17:28 collapse

TF is “ultra-pasteurized”?

bitchkat@lemmy.world on 02 Dec 18:01 collapse

It was invented by Nigel Tufnel.

beebarfbadger@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 04:51 collapse

Darwin approves.