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Do you think they're doing it (playing Go, listening to vinyl, whatever) despite not enjoying it? That seems a weird, self-sacrificing thing to do.
by sequoia 13y ago
Do you think they're doing it (playing Go, listening to vinyl, whatever) despite not enjoying it? That seems a weird, self-sacrificing thing to do.
- Dylan16807 13y agoIt's not like vinyl is a huge sacrifice in quality. I think you underestimate the value of feeling special/cool, especially in somebody 15-25.
- yareally 13y agoThey drink PBR, I think that says enough about self-sacrificing if one has any tastebuds left.
- jlgreco 13y agoPBR is very cheap, and actually very tolerable when you are in the market for cheap American lagers. Before it got a reputation for being "hipster" it was a popular "blue collar" beer, and for good reason. I'd call it better than Budweiser, worse than Coors. Certainly better than the other heavyweight in 'cheap booze that young people drink': Natural Light. For some reason drinking natty light is not seen to be as damming an indicator on a persons character though... that is reserved for PBR.
- yareally 13y agoGood points. I think they're all pretty awful (relatively speaking, if one is doing more than getting plastered), but somehow only the one gets the negative connotation. Though, I will admit my early college years I did drink them all at some point regrettably, even at least one PBR that I know of offhand.
- omegaham 13y agoCall me strange, but there are times when I am honestly happy to get a Bud Light. It's cheap, very light, and still gives me a "You're drinking a beer" feeling. It's relaxing. I definitely prefer Sierra Nevada, Stone IPA, and Harpoon to Bud Light 95% of the time, but there are days when it's 115 degrees out and my mind says "I want beer-flavored water." The worst beer, by far, is heavy beer that tastes like garbage. I can drink Natty Light and be happy; I cannot drink a heavy beer that tastes bad.
- te_chris 13y agoOutside of America I can assure that bud and miller both have very negative connotations ;)
- jlgreco 13y agoNegative connotations as in "these are very bad beers", or negative connotations as in "anyone who drinks these must be wildly uncool"? The first exists in the US, but the second doesn't really (outside a few circles typically called 'beer snobs' ;).
- te_chris 13y agoThe first, it also tends to extend to most american beer (excluding some of the bigger craft ones which have made it out of the states) and cars, in my personal experience. Although for a perverse few who idolise american culture, bud etc are aspirational, so each to their own I guess?
- TheLegace 13y agoAs a Canadian, where I think beer has a more logical percentage ;) I agree. I've been to Utah and see what kind of nonsense they do with beer.
- bloodroot 13y agoHaha whoah whoah whoah since when is playing Go hipster and something that 'they' do? This whole us vs. them turn in the conversation is making me suddenly uncomfortable.