Anyone else bothered by .?

Surprised someone didn't get worked up that BLT didn't contain bacon, lettuce OR tomato.

Well, she might have. Depending on exactly when.

That does not surprise me at all.

I find the whole thing kind of humorous.

Not that I am against truth in labeling. I'm not.

But I don't really have the energy to get worked up over it.

I thank the people that do. We all have our places in moving the mission forward...

Probably. It's not worth arguing with a zealot.

TBR- I remember when BLT believed almond milk contained dairy. Funny shit there.

EA- I can agree or disagree with the 9th. It’s called thinking for myself and making up my own mind.

VA- You should have just kept pooping.

~rabbit~

I saw a brand of vegan egg substitute called "vEggs" and thought it was amusing, along the lines of porc or chickun.

I think you are under the impression that when I am amused by such terms that I am somehow ridiculing them or the people who use them. This is untrue. I just find them to be cutesy nicknames. Like when Mrs VA's parents have "Not Dogs".

Actually, I will anyway.

You should be upset, Rabbit.

Firstly, you should be upset at a source you seem to consider reliable for bald faced lying to you in their headline. "FEDERAL COURT RULES THAT ALMOND MILK IS MILK".

Quite the contrary. The court ruled that the presence of the word "almond" in the labeling makes it clear that it is NOT milk (i.e. dairy). This is the second thing you should be upset about- the use of a qualifying term such as "almond" is what makes it clear that it isn't "milk" as we understand the term. It stops short of explicitly stating that the term is necessary.

The plaintiffs in this case were idiots, arguing that using the word "milk" would dupe consumers into believing were getting something nutritionally equivalent. The court ruled that even an unsophisticated consumer would not do this, given that the packaging clearly indicates that it is derived from almonds. There is no need to call it "imitation" milk. Almond milk is pretty unambigous.

I don't know why there is any argument about this. We have common understandings of the meanings of certain food terms. Hell you can't even call goat milk "milk". Any milk made from anything but a cow teat has to have an identifying qualified, in this country anyway. And I would imagine "milk" made from a cow named Almond would count as misleading.

We don't bitch about terms like cocoa butter, peanut butter, turkey bacon, etc. because they all have a prefacing adjective which indicates what makes them different from butter or bacon as we commonly understand the terms. This isn't limited to animal-derived products. Noodles and bread are made from wheat. Rice noodles and rye bread are not.

You want to call vegan stuff that resembles butter "vegan butter"? Go nuts, so long as we aren't talking about using 4 pt font for "vegan" (or soy or whatever) and 72 pt for "butter". A milk producer who sues someone selling "almond milk" is an idiot. A milk producer suing someone selling a product labeled as "milk" but to learn that it is in fact made from almonds would require some diligence has a case.

I don't know why anyone would want to have ambiguity in this. If you were buying dark chocolate (normally vegan) and it said "butter" on the ingredients list, I don't think you'd like that, because you know damn well that it comes from "female cattle lactation product" or whatever bizarre term you want to invent in an attempt to gross people out. The word "vegan" also means something and I would fully support your objection to the use of the word on any product containing animal ingredients.

I don't understand your obsession with the word "milk". You seem to be under the impression that the word is some sort of modern invention, coined to oppress vegans? I know that's ridiculous but please provide an alternative explanation.

I was going to comment on this new development but decided my time would be better spent pooping.

"House GOP leaders fear support eroding for Trump’s shutdown fight".
This fight is not about our USA today. It's about 50, 100, 150, 200 years from NOW.

OMG . . .

Now YOU like something from the Ninth?

This is completely hilarious.

But before you get your panties all excited, read what the suit was about and why the ruling was what it was. It is NOT why you think it is.

If people think that almond milk comes from a mammal, they get what they deserve.

"The largest appeals court in the United States dismissed a lawsuit against Blue Diamond Growers, ruling that its almond milk labeling does not deceive consumers into thinking it is derived from dairy." https://vegnews.c om/2019/1/federal-court-rules-that-almond-milk-is-milk?fbclid=IwAR1bYN59LlXGmtm9x33oPDBDjAnBeOUlc4TIn-GKb7O2Yv6JJtOj9au7ktc

Hmmm...what was I saying before?

For those that disagree. Let me just state that "milk" from animals should be renamed "Mylk" as that is the original, old English, spelling for it. If anything should change, animal lactation labeling should, not the healthier and honest alternatives.

~rabbit~

On T V the 6000 invaders heading to the USA many of them have haircuts done in beauty parlors. LIBERALS EXPLAIN THAT?

California, "You're Fired", too bad you overpopulated, now houses are burning. The natural weather has never been an issue before overpopulation. When no one lived on the oceans cost hurricanes didn't matter, forest fires didn't matter, tornadoes didn't matter.

Sar..."Check this.. California fires-killed 9 people.. What did he do.. throws threats. He is an asshole... Just like the people that put him there. Forest missmanagement.. GFYS.."

Who is the "he" to which you are referring in your above post?

Check this.. California fires-killed 9 people.. What did he do.. throws threats. He is an asshole... Just like the people that put him there. Forest missmanagement.. GFYS..

Sar.....I'm sure they understood that we've been taken over by the GED mafia. Remember that we have a Secretary of Education that has never held the credentials to even substitute teach.

" When Trump received the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, he began by blaming them for the war in Yugoslavia. It took them a few moments to realize he’d mixed up the Balkans and the Baltics." - what a fuking moron...yea that bothers me...

Erotic..... Roflmao. Because I was thinking that as I typed it and I guess I painted a vivid picture? ;-p

@Mario

Why did I just get a vision in my head of trump speaking and then take his index finger and press it to his thumb and say, "Literally millions?"

Hmmmm. Maybe that was why Trump said his rallies were attended by "literally millions of people". Lmfao.

The use of "110%" has been around for some time though.

I just found out that many mainstream dictionaries have literally added the figurative use of the word "literally" to the definition. My fucking head is going to explode. Literally.

From Merriam-Webster

: in a literal sense or manner: such as

a : in a way that uses the ordinary or primary meaning of a term or expression He took the remark literally. a word that can be used both literally and figuratively

b —used to emphasize the truth and accuracy of a statement or description The party was attended by literally hundreds of people.

c : with exact equivalence : with the meaning of each individual word given exactly The term "Mardi Gras" literally means "Fat Tuesday" in French.

d : in a completely accurate way a story that is basically true even if not literally true

2 : in effect : virtually —used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible "will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice"

VA..... So very true. One of my golf buddies started with that after the cart girl said "110%". He walked away and went on a rant that lasted for three holes. My stomach hurt because I was laughing so hard.

Erotic..... Finally! Something we can agree on. Lol

One misused word that drives me crazy is the way millenials use "literally".

"I literally died this morning"

Can someone teach these idiots the proper use of the words "literally" and "figuratively"?

@VA

That was an awesome post. Thanks!

VA.... Very true. I also like it when people use colloquialisms but have no idea where they came from. Like "flash in the pan."