i like calling it lactose tolerance. lactose tolerance is a recent development in evolution. we dont need milk past the weaning stage. and considering neoteny is a favorable trait, it suggests to me (its a stretch but i believe it to be true) that humans are enjoying coddling themselves–for instance, straws (at least in japan they were supposedly designed this way) mimic breastfeeding, as well as many water bottles, plastic and reusable, which have a nipple-esque mouthpiece. and of course, freud and his cigar.

so i like calling it lactose tolerance. because being intolerant makes it sound like a bad thing, but the only reason people drink milk is because of social developments. and while society is always part of us, and technically whatever we do is still part of nature, it certainly doesnt feel all that natural. we still would find it weird for adults to drink from a womans breast, so, well, im sure everyone here already sorta agrees about how very strange it is to take milk (cruelly) from another animal. rant over