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> I don't really know why those people consume milk and I was never rude enough to ask.

Can you take any guesses as to why? Do you think it might have anything to do with the colonialist attitude of "of course, everybody drinks milk!" displayed in the parent comment? Are your acquaintances in the US? Do you think it has anything to do with the $500 million spent over 20 years on "Got Milk?" propaganda?

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"colonialist attitude of "of course, everybody drinks milk!" displayed in the parent comment? "

You know that simply wanting something to be true doesn't make it so, right?

Here* is a link to a quantitative assessment of milk consumption around the world.

There is even a handy map.

Interestingly, they note that milk consumption is higher amongst older people. Possibly due to the crazy amount of milk propaganda historically.

I know this isn't directly related to your comment, but it was getting heated so I wanted to derail that.

* https://milkgenomics.org/article/milk-consumption-around-the...

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