• @atomicorange
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    145 days ago

    30% of Americans think chocolate milk comes from brown cows. There are a lot of absolute morons out there.

    • @[email protected]
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      35 days ago

      Omg this hurts. My mom legit thought this until she married my dad and they went out on a trip to the country together and he had to set her straight. Like she was in her 20s when she learned that’s not how it works.

      To be fair, my parents were city people.

    • @Gradually_Adjusting
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      45 days ago

      The study you’re presumably referencing actually is said to quote it at 7%. So great news, there are about a quarter as many morons as you thought!

      The other great news is that, the Innovation Center For US Dairy (the source of our famous chocolate milk study) wasn’t done asking and answering serious journalistic questions!

      https://www.usdairy.com/news-articles/do-cows-eat-skittles

      Thanks for bringing this group to my attention. Their rigorous and thoughtful work is crucial because as we all know, if the questions are insane, the answers don’t matter.

      • @[email protected]
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        45 days ago

        I love that cows eat chocolate because it’s good for them. That made my day. I’ll try to forget about the whole industrial farming nightmare behind it though…

      • @atomicorange
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        25 days ago

        Thanks! I considered looking the true stat up but it was just too silly and I couldn’t be bothered. This was even better than looking it up myself because now you gave us bonus silliness.