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   Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 08:27:28 JST Jay Baker

   Colleague: "I don't like the idea of the vegan alternatives you have. Like when you have a coffee with soya milk. That's soya beans. Beans! I mean, how can you have a drink made from beans? Ugh!" Me: "Like coffee?" Colleague: "Uh..." #vegan #veganism #soy #SoyMilk #coffee

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 08:31:23 JST Jay Baker

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     Me: "Is it Big Dairy lobbying that make them specify oat, almond, rice, soy milks are 'alternatives to' milk? Because it pisses me off. It's bullshit. It's just milk! We can just call it milk!" Colleague: "But milk comes from a creature. So anything else is an alternative. It's not really milk. I wouldn't call it milk." Me: "So what did you call coconut milk all these years?" Colleague: "Uh..." #vegan #veganism #PlantBased

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 08:33:46 JST Jay Baker

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     Imagine insisting on drinking breast milk as a grown-ass adult. Breast milk from an animal, produced to feed their own babies. I mean, if we're talking about weirdness here, that's way higher. #vegan #veganism

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 08:39:56 JST Jay Baker

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     • Stan Wonn 🏳️‍🌈 🌹

     @StanWonn Haha ikr!

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     Stan Wonn 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 (stanwonn@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 08:39:57 JST Stan Wonn 🏳️‍🌈 🌹

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     @MediaActivist Your colleague just needs to admit defeat at this point. 😂

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 08:42:52 JST Jay Baker

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     • busta kitten

     @Iguanadelmar I'd agree, but can't remember that far back.

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     busta kitten (iguanadelmar@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 08:42:53 JST busta kitten

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     @MediaActivist breast milk is delicious tho

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     Laloofah (laloofah@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 08:59:27 JST Laloofah

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     @MediaActivist Guess we’ll have to call milkweed “milkalternativeweed,” by your colleague’s, um, logic.🙄

     I think most people are unaware of the very long, global history of plant milks…
     https://viva.org.uk/health/why-animal-products-harm/dairy-products-health/history-of-plant-milks/

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     Jay Baker (mediaactivist@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 18:05:42 JST Jay Baker

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     • Laloofah

     @Laloofah This is really interesting! Viva were my introduction to activism as a kid, too.