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not sure what America's excuse is! Say what?

• nobody31415926 15y ago
  Since they presumably had access to Pasteur's book (even if it was in French) and so knew how to grow the correct yeast for beer - how did they manage to produce Budweiser and Miller ?
  • learc83 15y ago
    The answer to that would be the 18th Amendment.
    • nobody31415926 15y ago
      Clever - so having failed to ban alcohol they just let market forces take their natural course and produce a beer that nobody would want to drink.
  • eliben 15y ago
    Even if you disliked the original comment, this one is trying to clarify a joke. Now a serious question - is humor discouraged on HN? Because it's not the first time I run into something like this.
    • skore 15y ago
      Insightful Humor? No. Humor just for it's own sake? Often. Shallow, 'meme' or mock-wit humor? Pretty much every time. The rule of thumb is: If it doesn't add to the discussion, better hold on to it.
    • nobody31415926 15y ago
      Humour seems to track with sun position. When the sun is above GMT votes for humour go up, once it reaches GMT-5 to GMT-8 humour get's downvoted.