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These have been called milk for far longer than this has been a supposed issue for.

This isn’t restricted to things humans drink. Any white-ish liquid had a chance of being labeled milk. See also crop milk, milkweed, milk of magnesia, discus milk, glacial milk.

Or for a food product with a similar fight, see peanut butter. In Dutch the fight resulted in it being called pindakaas (peanut cheese).

Even if there’s an understanding of the doorman fallacy throughout most of the chain of command, you can still run into issues.

I know as an analyst both me and my boss were very aware of intangibles, but usually couldn’t find a way to model them. The consumers of our reporting would also want these, but couldn’t always tell a story that was palatable to the client to justify the expense.

You end up with everyone knowing the doorman is a big deal but being unable to hold onto him.