Back in 2023, we talked about a strange trademark dispute out of the UK concerning oat-based milk products. Specifically, Oatly, a large producer of oat milk, applied for a trademark in the UK for …
Both milk and meat, like flesh, does not necessarily refer to animal products. Never has. The meat and diary industry has been lobbying to change that for decades and stupid/uneducated people eat it up.
None of this is in my top 10,000 worries right now, and I’m lactose intolerant and drink almond milk and eat boca burgers, but let’s be factual, please. Milk, meat, and flesh have always referred to animal products.
And “meat” just meant “food” a long time ago. Think about how you refer to cracking a nut to get to the “meat” or how the inside edible part of a fruit is referred to as “meat” or “flesh”.
None of this is in my top 10,000 worries right now
Then you should be more upset that one of the highest courts in the world is wasting time with it rather than whether or not they came to the right conclusion.
Both milk and meat, like flesh, does not necessarily refer to animal products. Never has. The meat and diary industry has been lobbying to change that for decades and stupid/uneducated people eat it up.
Right? Like, the flesh of many fruits is called exactly that and has been, basically, forever.
The meat of the problem is that we are allowing industries, now, to define our language to maximize their profits.
The very first person to try to take advantage over others should have been eaten by the rest of the group, immediately.
The industry is milking it for every last penny.
Don’t say that!
None of this is in my top 10,000 worries right now, and I’m lactose intolerant and drink almond milk and eat boca burgers, but let’s be factual, please. Milk, meat, and flesh have always referred to animal products.
I get where you’re coming from but I think at least in English it’s been almost a thousand years of being flexible with the term “milk”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_milk
And “meat” just meant “food” a long time ago. Think about how you refer to cracking a nut to get to the “meat” or how the inside edible part of a fruit is referred to as “meat” or “flesh”.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweetmeat
And I get where you’re coming from. (: But I have never heard ‘sweetmeat’ as anything but a pickup line.
Your ignorance doesn’t change historical fact.
Then you should be more upset that one of the highest courts in the world is wasting time with it rather than whether or not they came to the right conclusion.
Which they didn’t.
Then i’m sorry to say, that you are one of the uneducated ones.