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Recession Indicator? Queer People Are Drinking Dairy Milk Again (www.them.us)

submitted 3 weeks ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 73 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (16 children)

Chances are, if your $9 before-tip beverage is iced and concocted with an alternative milk, you’re some semblance of queer.

WTF? How is this shit upvoted? Being sexist or racist for fun is not funny.
I suppose being not the Onion is fitting, but still...

I like this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumumba_(drink)

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Not saying you can't be offended, but they don't mean 'you're some semblance of queer' in a negative or hurtful way. I read it as 'queer people are different to the norm, so are people who prefer plant-based milk'. I read their stuff regularly and to me they've never come across as sexist or rapist.

Them is the award-winning authority on what LGBTQ+ means today — and tomorrow. From in-depth storytelling on the fight for LGBTQ+ rights to intimate profiles of queer cultural vanguards, it’s a platform for all of the bold, stylish, and rebellious ways that LGBTQ+ people are reshaping our world every day.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah they're a super queer friendly publication so it was definitely a tongue in cheek comment. I can see why outside of that context (and in the context of our current awful fucking world) it would be seen differently though.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io -2 points 3 weeks ago

Technically, all milk is plant-based.

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