Why is it bad to be a "milk drinker"? : V

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:23 pm

Can someone explain to me why people call me a milk drinker? And why it's an insult? :huh:

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:50 am

It means you still svckle on your mother's teet. Basically calling you a baby.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:11 am

Basically they're calling you a baby.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:01 am

It means you still svckle on your mother's teet. Basically calling you a baby.

...ooooooooh
Now I get it! I thought they meant the cow milk, but this makes more sense!

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:10 pm

Beat me to it lol

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:22 am

Meaning you are weakling but maybe they call milkdrinker someone who dont drink mead.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:09 am

...ooooooooh
Now I get it! I thought they meant the cow milk, but this makes more sense!

Yup! I thought they meant from a cow. Lol.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:01 am

It could also mean somebody who can't stand "stronger" drinks.

Edited homonyms to avoid confusion.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:27 pm

It could also stand for somebody who can't stand "stronger" drinks.

Na. My son called my daughter a milk drinker. I dont think he'd use it in that context, but I'm sure a nord would call someone a milkdrinker (baby) if they couldn't handle a swig or two.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:16 am

Can someone explain to me why people call me a milk drinker? And why it's an insult? :huh:

I don't consider it an insult because I've noticed something: these idiots telling me I'm a milk drinker usually wind up dead. I had the greatest fun watching an Orc call me a milk drinker moments before a saber cat took it out. I laughed. If the dude wasn't suffering from a hangover, I'm sure the saber cat would have lost.

As a milk drinker, taking out that cat was easy.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:40 am

I don't understand it.
Milk drinkers have stronger bones and are healthier, these non milk drinkers will be brittle and easy to dispatch of.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:55 am

I don't understand it.
Milk drinkers have stronger bones and are healthier, these non milk drinkers will be brittle and easy to dispatch of.

See second post. I already answered the question. Whats left to discuss people?

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:15 am

Real men drink beverages that are bad for their health, obviously.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:00 am

Real men drink beverages that are bad for their health, obviously.

all about that atomic cocktail. mmm, rads.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:25 pm

For some reason I thought way too much into it and thought back to the agricultural revolution. I thought that they were calling me someone who was too weak and lazy to hunt for my food, and instead would own a farm so I can grow crops and raise cows.

I was wrong.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:12 am

Real men drink beverages that are bad for their health, obviously.

Actually before a couple of decades ago where the negative effects of high alcohol consumption were fully realize, yeah, it was considered manly by many to drink heavily. Think about how many people used to smoke compared to nowadays.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:46 am

Some historical context: Just a few centuries ago it was very unusual for the common man (=peasants) to drink milk. Milk was primarily used to make cheese and other more durable products. Fresh milk was reserved for the old and the sick.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:35 am

I love how this thread now has 20,000 contradictory historical perspectives on milk and beer.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:01 am

I love how this thread now has 20,000 contradictory historical perspectives on milk and beer.

I counted, there are only 15,436 contradictions so far, stop exaggerating.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:45 am

Real men drink beverages that are bad for their health, obviously.

It'd surprise you how much people still think the same nowadays. Personally, I prefer to drink what I like, and I detest most alcoholic beverages (curiously, except mead

).

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:58 pm

In many early cultures, a child briast fed for much longer than they do nowadays. A child wouldn't be considered 'weaned' until he was about four, though it's debatable if kids ever actually fed that long, since by that age they often had multiple siblings. But a child who still needed his mommy might be considered a 'milk drinker' nonetheless.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:21 am

It'd surprise you how much people still think the same nowadays. Personally, I prefer to drink what I like, and I detest most alcoholic beverages (curiously, except mead :smile:

).

Apfelschorle is like the best drink ever.
And Whisky. I love the burning sensation.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:34 am

I thought that it would mean as they see you as a child or not as manly

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:22 pm

Real men drink beverages that are bad for their health, obviously.

In the days before refrigeration and the like, fermented drinks were the healthiest thing you could drink. Of course, we're talking about something more substantial than the piss that passes for beer today. It's a way to preserve grain or fruit, and alcohol is antiseptic, so there you go.

» Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:56 am

They're implying that you're soft, not a real man/woman. I'd say it's more of an insult for a man than it would be a woman, 'cause most men have a masculine ego to uphold.