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I don’t know why there’s such a brouhaha about people buying a lot of milk. Klara quit drinking milk this summer but before that she was guzzling it by the gallon. A three-gallon jug would last her 8-9 days. I don’t drink it at all because of the high sugar content and N is lactose intolerant. So that was just one small kid. With 10 kids, 12 gallons a week is actually quite little.

It’s really ludicrous to dump on people over milk. Milk is a basic staple. It’s not like they complained over the price of beluga caviar.

16 responses to “Got Milk?”

  1. methylethyl Avatar
    methylethyl

    There’s a brouhaha over people buying milk? Missed that somehow.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      Somebody said that the rising price of milk is hurting them because they buy 12 gallons a week for their 10 kids. Immediately, a barrage of insults ensued telling them to buy contraception and mocking them.

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      1. Maria Avatar
        Maria

        I’m 100% positive nobody would mock them if the milk was for 10 dogs.

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        1. methylethyl Avatar
          methylethyl

          Exactly.

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        2. Pen Avatar
          Pen

          They would though, because dogs are lactose intolerant.

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      2. bluebird of bitterness Avatar
        bluebird of bitterness

        Parents with too many kids (by prog standards) are one of the groups it’s perfectly all right to dump on.

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        1. methylethyl Avatar
          methylethyl

          “too many” = more than 2, or in very special circumstances, 3.

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          1. bluebird of bitterness Avatar
            bluebird of bitterness

            Now a lot of them are saying more than one is irresponsible.

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            1. methylethyl Avatar
              methylethyl

              They’ve been saying that for years, though. The difference is that everyone used to laugh at them.

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            2. methylethyl Avatar
              methylethyl

              To be clear, last time I checked it was embarrassing to have three with the same two parents, but you get a pass if there are three or more parents involved.

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              1. bluebird of bitterness Avatar
                bluebird of bitterness

                When I was pregnant with our third (which was 34 years ago), the first thing everyone asked was, “Was this planned?” Since we already had a boy and a girl, people assumed baby #3 must have been an oopsie. Of course, this was back in the days when there were only two genders. 🙂

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              2. methylethyl Avatar
                methylethyl

                IKR? And what kind of a question is that? I feel like the logical next step is to ask “Were YOU planned?”

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          2. Amanda Avatar
            Amanda

            I notice doctors (more than other professions) often have three children.

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            1. Clarissa Avatar
              Clarissa

              Fertility doctors are a really creepy bunch. They like to manufacture matching sets of kids for themselves. Like two pairs of different-gender twins. I’d think that being in fertility and seeing miserable, infertile patients would give them an appreciation for any child they can have.

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  2. Pen Avatar
    Pen

    Where the heck do you shop that you get three-gallon jugs? Usually the most you can get per container is a gallon—any more and sometimes you risk it going bad before you finish.

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    1. Just George Avatar
      Just George

      I had to use a search engine since I have never seen such a big container of milk. As it turns out, they exist and remind me of boxed water. I’d buy them to make yoghurt with 🙂

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