I dunno, but there are still plenty of lactose intolerant people that insist on drinking milk and not taking any medicine...

So, I'd guess a bit of both.

I'll just also add that getting sick because of the milk doesn't alleviate any starvation.

Have you met people..?

We're worse than pigs. Worse than dogs, even.

We'll stuff anything into our mouths, no matter what it tastes like or what it does to our bodies, and we don't eat even more garbage because our parents train it out of us when we try to stuff random shit into our mouths as toddlers.

Fuck, we use poisons and toxins plants have evolved over hundreds of millions of years to make themselves inedible (and which do kill most other critters that try to eat them, so be very careful what you feed your pets) to make other foods taste “better”!

Suckling that massive deadly horned beast's teat will give you a bellyache and the runs..? Who the fuck cares‽ We're human! We'll suckle the damn teat because it's there, by jingo, even if we end up getting gored and trampled by the beast, and we will like it! And then we'll roast the beast and eat it too, stewed in its brethren's milk, and seasoned with poisonous plants! And raise its children to do the same to them once they've grown up! And some while they're still young, more tender!

Cheese was also quite important for military campaigns and the like because it is nutritious and has a long shelf life, which is at least documented for the time of the ancient Romans. So the person who dared to try it first is indeed a historically significant figure - but in my eyes more of a culinary mastermind.

I remember when the first subway opened in Xi'an. I was so excited after months of eating Chinese food (and some Indian and pizza hut for alts). There was a line of people and they were getting everything on their sandwiches including multiple cheeses. If it didn't cost more you just took it in Chinese food culture. I got my turkey and provolone and was enjoying that shitty shit sandwich just for it's novelty. The people before me were trying to eat their globby shit sandwich with extra cheese and the look on their faces were of complete disgust. I think subway did serious damage to sandwich futures in China that day.

Not me chief :

🎶 it destroys my tum tummmmm🎶

There's a whole world of culinary delight waiting for you when you realize that dairy isn't the only flavor! I became severely lactose intolerant a long time ago. It was sad at first, but after trying a variety of Indian, Chinese, Korean, and other Asian dishes, I found it to be a lot more enjoyable. There's so much more to life than using mountains of cheese and rivers of gravy to make something taste good.

They make little pills you take before you eat all that lactose that help you digest it without being miserable. So you can do something of you know you're lactose intolerant short of giving it up.

Agree. If I become intolerant, then I will just die shitting.

Butter and most hard cheeses have very little lactose. If you look at the nutrition information and there's 0g sugar in a dairy product? That's lactose free.

I love me some dairy, not lactose intolerant in the least, but I ain't gon touch cheese. That shit wrecks my gut and tastes more foul than an acidic fart. Turned dairy (cheese, curds, sour cream, yogurt, etc.) just does not work for me for whatever reason.

Oat and almond milk have their places, such as smoothies 🤤

But sometimes, a glass of cold milk is just the only acceptable option