Son of "Ewww. . ."

That's just plain gross, folks! What next in consuming human body fluids?

They were talking about this on our local talk radio - ick doesn't even begin to describe my reaction.

**shudders**

PETA gets loonier every day.

As I said in the other thread, I honestly don't object to the concept. People say human breast milk tastes good, so if it's regulated, what's the big deal?

On the other hand, the implementation of a system to replace cow milk with human milk would require an awful lot of perpetually-pregnant women, wouldn't it? Sorry, but I'm more than willing to sacrifice cows for my diet. Not so with ladies.

... Wow.

Imagine having that for a job. Disgusting. Who wants to get milked in a factory??

GLAZE_by_KyrstinMc said:

... Wow.

Imagine having that for a job. Disgusting. Who wants to get milked in a factory??

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I think SPMiller is volunteering to work there.

vixey said:

I think SPMiller is volunteering to work there.

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Indeed, they can take my place in case I get asked!!

I think that having that for a job would lead to numerous problems...
-A human baby needs the mother's milk, humans usually produce just enough while cows have excess milk
-Being a "heffer" wouldn't exactly be flattering...
-It could get really racial, really fast
-It'd make women seem even more like "women", stereotypically, all they're good for is cooking, cleaning, giving birth, and being milked
-It may make some women not want to try to make a real impact in the world, or get a real job, "Oh I'll just get milked. That's easy."

It's like a "BirthMother" (I believe that was the term) from the book "The Giver", a degrading job.

vixey said:

I think SPMiller is volunteering to work there.

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Actually, I was pointing out why it'd be a bad idea. There's no way we could put humans through the shit we put cows through. Better them than us.

But now that you mention it, I suppose there are worse things I could do with my life than spend all day working with breasts and keeping lots of women pregnant.

Oy.

This is par for the course for PETA, though. They're not really thinking B and J is going to take them up on it--they just want everybody talking.

LOL- I wonder what clever name they would come up with for the ice-cream.



"Thanks for the Mammaries" - With hunks of white chocolate and caramel. Mmmm...

SPMiller said:

On the other hand, the implementation of a system to replace cow milk with human milk would require an awful lot of perpetually-pregnant women, wouldn't it?

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Actually, lactation follows pregnancy, so you only have to be pregnant once, and then as long as the milk is being removed from your breasts, either by a baby or a pump, your body keeps on producing the same amount of mile as is "consumed."

So, no, it doesn't require perpetual pregnancy. In fact, becoming pregnant can reduce the milk supply, especially if the person is nutritionally challenged.

hmm if you made an ice cream with breast milk, would it be a better tool to help teething babies?

Hey, all kidding aside, has anyone else wondered about the term breast milk?

I mean, what other kind of milk is there?

Oh, never mind, I don't want to know. Please, forget I asked.

Well, it would completely kill my love of ice cream, which might help me stay on my diet more, which would result in a bunch of my old sweaters fitting correctly again, which would be good...

Seriously, though, as an animal lover, I wish PETA wouldn't do things like that. It makes them look nutty. There's got to be a better way of getting the point across.

SPMiller said:

Hey, all kidding aside, has anyone else wondered about the term breast milk?

I mean, what other kind of milk is there?

Oh, never mind, I don't want to know. Please, forget I asked.

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That's udderly ridiculous!

I still want to see PETA protest the use of leather at a biker bar.

"PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk"


If there's anything that bugs this libertarian, it's people and entities that try to tell other private entities what to do.

TerzaRima said:

This is par for the course for PETA, though. They're not really thinking B and J is going to take them up on it--they just want everybody talking.

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If I were Ben add Jerry's and for some strange reason thought this deserved a response, I'd say "We use cow's milk for our ice cream. We've always used cow's milk. We always WILL use cow's milk. PETA is free to start up their own ice cream company that uses only human breast milk." So there.

"Thanks for the Mammaries"

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Turkeylurkey! Into the penalty box!

PETA is wiley! They must have been reading Tsuki's thread.

B'udder Pecan

Dulce con La Leche League

Just imagine if Ben and Jerry's did this - the ACLU would jump all over them because of the invasive health questions B&J would have to ask any prospective employees, or donors, or whatever title these women would hold...

Seriously, if the thought of eating someone else's breast milk isn't squicky enough, would you really want to worry if they might possibly be HIV positive or have hepatitis or any other communicable disease that could be carried in said breast milk?

Blech. I'll stick to my Popsicles, thank you very much

This isn't very nice. Human milk? I'm going to be thinking "Oh I wonder WHO this is from" while eating- (not that I ever would).

Colostrum 'n Cocoa Puffs

I probably should just go to bed now.