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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 46 points 1 year ago

Using tough-boi slogans to get funding needed to prevent de-funding flavored milk to coerce literal children into helping fund their own education instead of just giving the children free food.

Stop charging families for the garbage we sell in public school cafeteria and you can offer them all the free chocolate milk you want. I imagine these soulless assholes would vehemently argue against all spices, flavors, and overall nutrition if the cafeterias didn't represent the "free market."

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Thank Christ someone is standing up for the choccy milk.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's clearly just pandering to his constituents, who are apparently literal children.

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

His constituents are the dairy lobby. That's all he cares about.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

His little speech about the alleged health benefits of milk is practically identical to dairy advertising.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We need to go get a Lacadaemonian from history and bring them here so that they can die from the cringe of quoting μολὼν λαβέ in the context of a children's beverage.

Ideally they would die on the floor of the senate, like a demonstrative snowball.

[–] potterpockets@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Eh they’d prob just stand there and shake their head while brushing their hair.

[–] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

Feels like this is on the same level as those that allow sugar loaded ketchup to be considered a vegetable for school food programs. It's quite shocking the differences between the US and European food programs, and what is classified as food...

[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In middle school, girls took his milk money every day

[–] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago
[–] ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

To be honest, chocolate milk is actually much healthier than juice. If juice is the only other option, then yeah, he's right.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This seems like it's just one of those laws that states pass as a means of educating child one a field trip on how the legislature works. The more common ones are things like declaring the official state cookie or reptile.

[–] cicadamikoto@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's absurd that they would try to remove it. Chocolate milk with school lunch is one of the most important aspects of growing up.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because obviously there couldn't be any more ethical way to ensure children get calcium than abusing cows in farms. /s

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, we should grind their bones for meal instead.