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What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 6 months ago by CalciumDeficiency to c/[email protected]

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[–] terribletortoise 36 points 6 months ago (3 children)

That chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

When I discovered the truth, I learned an important lesson about betrayal.

[–] CalciumDeficiency 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Similarly I used to think cows just produced milk for us naturally and we had to milk them or they'd explode when I was a kid. Boy was I in for a shock when I realised what mammals are and that cows need to be pregnant to lactate like any other

[–] daddyjones 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mammals don't need to be pregnant to lactate or, at least, they need to have been pregnant, but, after that, as long as they keep being "milked" they'll continue to lactate. I know you weren't necessarily saying otherwise, but just for clarity.

I used to work with a guy who genuinely thought all dairy cows were forcibly kept permanently pregnant in order to produce milk.

[–] MTK 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mammals often lactate less and less as time passes, for many of them lactation stops even if you continue milking, which is why cows in farms are perpetually impregnated (which is horrific)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

There is a difference between permanently and repeatedly. Also between being pregnant and having a calf. People muddle these now and then, purposefully or not.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wait, is that why so many adults in the USA believe that? Some childhood prank?

[–] terribletortoise 1 points 6 months ago

I can only speak to my own experience, but maybe?
Also, I lied about being American and participated in this thread anyways.

[–] Persen -1 points 6 months ago

It does, it just doesn't taste like chocolate.