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Started by Korea, March 10, 2009, 06:24:26 AM

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celedhring

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From those listed, Sam Addams for me. Although when I lived in the US my favorite "brand you could find pretty much anywhere" was Sierra Nevada. Loved the stuff.

Sadly not a popular import over here, for some reason most beer places will have Lagunitas as their default yank IPA, which I don't think is that popular in the US? Although it is decent.

Admiral Yi

Quote from: celedhring on April 01, 2024, 03:11:59 PMFrom those listed, Sam Addams for me. Although when I lived in the US my favorite "brand you could find pretty much anywhere" was Sierra Nevada. Loved the stuff.

Sadly not a popular import over here, for some reason most beer places will have Lagunitas as their default yank IPA, which I don't think is that popular in the US? Although it is decent.

Sierra Nevada is the one that went out of business recently, isn't it?

I've heard the name Lagunitas but that's the extent of my exposure.

garbon

Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 01, 2024, 03:15:33 PM
Quote from: celedhring on April 01, 2024, 03:11:59 PMFrom those listed, Sam Addams for me. Although when I lived in the US my favorite "brand you could find pretty much anywhere" was Sierra Nevada. Loved the stuff.

Sadly not a popular import over here, for some reason most beer places will have Lagunitas as their default yank IPA, which I don't think is that popular in the US? Although it is decent.

Sierra Nevada is the one that went out of business recently, isn't it?

I've heard the name Lagunitas but that's the extent of my exposure.

California.
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Guess bud light clawed their way back to number 1. Was a big thing last year when they lost their spot over the ad debacle.
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Valmy

Quote from: HVC on April 01, 2024, 04:28:21 PMGuess bud light clawed their way back to number 1. Was a big thing last year when they lost their spot over the ad debacle.

You mean the ad triumph!
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HVC

Quote from: Valmy on April 01, 2024, 05:39:14 PM
Quote from: HVC on April 01, 2024, 04:28:21 PMGuess bud light clawed their way back to number 1. Was a big thing last year when they lost their spot over the ad debacle.

You mean the ad triumph!

You have a promising career in advertising ahead of you :D
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Valmy

Quote from: HVC on April 01, 2024, 05:40:36 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 01, 2024, 05:39:14 PM
Quote from: HVC on April 01, 2024, 04:28:21 PMGuess bud light clawed their way back to number 1. Was a big thing last year when they lost their spot over the ad debacle.

You mean the ad triumph!

You have a promising career in advertising ahead of you :D

Mad Men showed me it comes with crippling alcoholism though  :(
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Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

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These fans are nuts!  In the best possible (humblebrag) way.  My copy is reserved.
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HVC

He should take the money and deliver a book about *insert Michigan nemesis here*
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Syt

Work is making us use TFA for our office apps now, asking us to use the MS authenticator.

Had a bit of a struggle setting it up, though, when the app asked me to install the authenticator app to authenticate use of the app.  :hmm:

I kept clicking things till it worked. :P
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Wow this is a very long article to say essentially nothing at all: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/02/new-science-of-death-brain-activity-consciousness-near-death-experience

The conclusion after a long wall of text going through the history of research for near-death experiences about twice is that this Patient One's brain kicked into overdrive when removed from oxygen. Like, no kidding? The body experiences a sudden shock (losing incoming oxygen) and it triggers frantic brain activity? Surely that is unheard of. 

Josquius

I'm currently trying one of those Prime Energy things the kids (well. Former kids. How many years ago was it) are big on.
Its...yeah. Less metalic tasting than a usual energy drink. There's a flavour. But still. I don't get it. And I'm probably going to have heart failure?
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Barrister

Quote from: Josquius on April 02, 2024, 06:45:55 AMI'm currently trying one of those Prime Energy things the kids (well. Former kids. How many years ago was it) are big on.
Its...yeah. Less metalic tasting than a usual energy drink. There's a flavour. But still. I don't get it. And I'm probably going to have heart failure?

It's 100% marketing, 2020s style, being promoted by Youtuber Logan Paul.

Prime was super big back before it was legally for sale in Canada - but you could find grey-market bottles of the stuff for ridiculous mark-ups.  Now that you can buy it at your local convenience store I don't think there's any great mystique to it anymore.

My oldest boy was into it for awhile, but I don't think he cares about it now.
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Josquius

Quote from: Barrister on April 02, 2024, 02:28:58 PM
Quote from: Josquius on April 02, 2024, 06:45:55 AMI'm currently trying one of those Prime Energy things the kids (well. Former kids. How many years ago was it) are big on.
Its...yeah. Less metalic tasting than a usual energy drink. There's a flavour. But still. I don't get it. And I'm probably going to have heart failure?

It's 100% marketing, 2020s style, being promoted by Youtuber Logan Paul.

Prime was super big back before it was legally for sale in Canada - but you could find grey-market bottles of the stuff for ridiculous mark-ups.  Now that you can buy it at your local convenience store I don't think there's any great mystique to it anymore.

My oldest boy was into it for awhile, but I don't think he cares about it now.

Yeah, I remember when it came out and you had rumours that a certain shop was going to get a shipment and teenage boys going mad trying to grab it. I remember the insanity made the mainstream news. Then you had lots of corner shops selling it for ridiculous mark ups.
I happened to see it in Home Bargains today for the price of a normal can of pop. This is a shop that is pretty known for weird random clearance lines; pre brexit often international ones but that seems to have dried up lately. Yet another reason to curse that lot. But anyway. Shows its time is very much over that its showing up on sale here.
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