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Human Being's avatar

It’s funny to me that BAP apparently thinks women have endless patience for toddlers and children while men don’t, because I feel like the stereotype was often the opposite. For example, I’m thinking of the idea that dads are the “fun parents” while moms are the ones who have to lay down the law and keep everyone in line, and all the “wine mom” memes.

In reality, it totally depends on the mom, the kid, and the family as a whole. Some moms are going to have more patience and energy for toddlers than other moms. Some toddlers are going to be easier to deal with than other toddlers. Some families are going to be in better situations for managing the stress of parenting toddlers than others. I am once again asking far right men to actually learn about real life women and children, because they are not simplistic monoliths.

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Lila Krishna's avatar

I grew up on raw milk the first 10 years of my life, then the state formed a dairy co-op that pasteurized the same milk. We'd literally have the milkman come with the cow, and he'd milk the cow in front of you and give you the milk. You had to boil the milk soon after, and make into yogurt what remained after 24 hrs.

The thing I notice about American milk is it's not only pasteurized but also homogenized and the fat is taken out to make 2%, and whole milk is reconstituted with 4% fat. And maybe a few other things. So I get the appeal of getting milk straight from the cow and only boiling it to kill the bugs, especially if you get the cream on top. Buuuuut I don't think the average RWer, especially men, are ready for the amount of work it takes to run their life with raw milk, just like they don't really want to put in all the work it takes to raise 8 children right. They just like the idea of being the kind of person who manages a life with raw milk and many kids while still having their current lifestyle.

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Mara U.'s avatar

“It is now my dream to start discourse that ultimately ends with a tweet from George Santos. I would also accept Ezra Miller.”

“Me: Radfem Hitler is sparring with Bronze Age Pervert

My mother-in-law: What”

I laughed. 😂 Also had to look up what Ezra Miller is even doing these days - touring with a band, apparently.

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John G's avatar

Wanting to have babies but not really should be a real "look in the mirror" moment for these right wingers influencers worried about the fertility decline but it doesn't seem like most of them have the capacity for self-reflection

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Kelly Garrison's avatar

Anyone who has taken an elementary school field trip to a dairy farm and had a preview of how terrible livestock smell should know why having raw milk is a terrible idea 🤮 it’s one thing if you actually live on a dairy farm, but otherwise….

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Bec's avatar

I grew up in a dairy farming area ( in Australia where there was zero intensive farming like the US, all pasture raised cows etc), and not one of my friends parents drank the milk without boiling it first.

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Alex J.'s avatar

"the Russian talking points that they were being asked to spread."

"They also insisted that they maintained full editorial control over their content."

The actual allegations are embarrassing enough without juicing them up.

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Bec's avatar

In our local area after 2 toddlers died , and several people got sick enough to be hospital ised , after drinking raw milk, it was mandated by law to add a bittering agent to raw milk for sale. The raw milk had previously been sold under the label “ not for consumption, for use in baths”. This was so they could sell it at health food shops for ingestion. This was about 10-15 years ago. It was a strain of E. Coli. By all means, drink your raw milk as an adult at your own risk, but don’t expose your children to it.

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charles222a203's avatar

God I'm glad I don't visit twitter anymore.

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