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[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How would option 1 be a microagression?

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I could imagine the dairy and veal industry being a very sore subject for cows in zootopia, and casual references to dairy products might be a painful barb for them.

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Isn't option 1 all dairy products being non dairy? I'm sorry am i just particularly slow?

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It is, but they retain the same names as dairy products did. If it was option 4, the cows in society would be separate from the milked creatures, so they might be totally unaffected by thinking about the dairy industry. It is unpleasant for different reasons, though

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

All mammals produce milk, not just cows.

Assuming zootopia never had a cows milk industry, dairy wouldn't be wrongly assumed to just mean bovine milk.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

That’s what I’m saying. I’m interpreting “original names” to mean that they used to be made out of cow dairy products (instead of just happening on the same names we use), so option three is the only one where the cows in society might be totally unconnected to the dairy industry.