blogs.seattleweekly.com — What?s the big deal here? Of all the things that humans eat, there are only two or three existing in nature made by nature just to be food. There's breast milk (of all varieties). There's honey. And there are...probably a couple others that I can't think of right now (Twinkies, maybe? Those are excreted by something, right?)
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darkheritageMar 12, 2010
There is that little problem of disease. Most bovine diseases can not transfer to humans through the cows milk. On the other hand human breast milk will contain certain diseases the donor has and can be easily picked up by another human who drinks the milk. Control would have to be very tight.
chuckdontsurfMar 12, 2010
Yeah, but who's going to produce the milk? Most likely, women who need the money the most. So we're not talking supermodels here.
bluto36Mar 12, 2010
the Anus is not the only place the body excretes dummy, in reference to tittie milk... unless you drink ass milk that is. if you are a big ass milk drinker then i apologize.
greevarMar 12, 2010
Actually twinkies are made mostly from a number of non-biological ingredients including gypsum, which is what drywall is made from.
heavyd14Mar 12, 2010
And if you don't want to make her pregnant, you pull out and pee on her leg. Right?
colecoman1982Mar 12, 2010
On top of that, there are all sort of things that we can, and do, do to livestock in order to eradicate any human-transferable diseases which just wouldn't be possible in the human population. For instance, we lock them in pens or corral them with a limited collection of their peers. Humans tend to mix with a massive, random, population of strangers whenever they go out in public thus, vastly, increasing the chances of spreading diseases. Also, when an occurrence of a deadly disease is identified in a livestock population it is common to, simply, slaughter any animals that could have been exposed. For obvious reasons, neither mass imprisonment of the whole human population nor summary execution of the sick would be considered reasonable actions in sane cultures.
drdabblesApr 9, 2010
On the surface, you're so close. But in reality, farmers have to keep VERY close tabs on sickness in cattle used for human consumption or for milk production. There are may diseases that we can get from animals, and some we can't catch directly still make us very sick.Cows go through a series of checkups frequently. Humans donating blood regularly get screened every time they donate. It's the same thing- you just have to track and control the storage of each individual contribution until the tests come back clear. Once that happens, you pool the milk and it's off to be refined.Mind you, like most food, milk is best for you when fresh. But you should realize, no other animal but humans drink milk past the age when they are weened from their mother. So, in the end, I think milk is a disgusting and revolting thing to have no matter what.