Current Events > Why the FUCK do grown ass men drink Bud Light?

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I get so pissed off when I go to a bar or a festival, and they have a special on drinks, and I see the manliest of men sipping on a Bud light even though regular Bud is the same price. I'm not going to pretend Budweiser is much better because it's a garbage beer. So why would you EVER drink the light version of an already watery beer? These guys almost are never fit or even of a normal weight so I doubt they're doing it for the dubious health benefits of drinking light.

What the fuck gives?
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Nothing like seeing a grown ass man get a Leinenkugel Watermelon Shandy.
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If i did social media, I would start a Facebook group called "drink a Bud Light in front of Saloonist".
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idk I hate most beer

sometimes other guys give me shit for drinking margaritas, even though they're way stronger than beer
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Also, I've found a lot of people drink Lite so they can brag about how many beers they drank later.

"Bro! Me, Mason, Brice and Tanner all drank about 20 fuckin' beers last night, bro! It was fucking wild, bro!"

But they don't mention that it was 3% abv or whatever that shit is.

Come drink through a case of Dirtwolf with me and see how your night goes.
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Nobody likes a snoot.

Brand loyalty is powerful.
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>give less beer for same price

Anheuser-Busch is making a killing
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DuffBeer posted...

Brand loyalty is powerful.

But a lot of the time regular Bud is the same fucking price. But grown ass men CHOOSE bud light. Arent men supposed to stereotype diet soda as being for women? Why doesnt this apply to beer?
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Bok_Choi posted...

>give less beer for same price

Anheuser-Busch is making a killing

Exactly. I don't blame them for profiteering off of dumb grown men.
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my dad drinks bud light because budweiser gives him massive headaches
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Regular Budweiser makes me feel full after a few, I can drink Bud Light all night long.
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i don't get light beer's popularity myself

Why would a grown ass man pay any attention to what another grown ass man is up to?

Saloonist posted...

DuffBeer posted...

Brand loyalty is powerful.

But a lot of the time regular Bud is the same fucking price. But grown ass men CHOOSE bud light. Arent men supposed to stereotype diet soda as being for women? Why doesnt this apply to beer?

the difference is drinkability

said that right in the commercial

This is something stable people don't care about.
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Pitlord_Special posted...

Saloonist posted...

DuffBeer posted...

Brand loyalty is powerful.

But a lot of the time regular Bud is the same fucking price. But grown ass men CHOOSE bud light. Arent men supposed to stereotype diet soda as being for women? Why doesnt this apply to beer?

the difference is drinkability

said that right in the commercial

Are you trying to argue that a light watery beer is in any way more drinkable than an already low tier beer?
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bud in general gives me a damn headache.

last time I checked Mic ultra was the go-to frat boy shit. shit is usually a little higher too.

i don't know i don't really drink beer a lot. i could give a fuck what some dude is getting trashed on. ends up the same (except with bud I get headache)
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whitelytning posted...

This is something stable people don't care about.

ITP: 400 lb Bud Light drinker
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Saloonist posted...

whitelytning posted...

This is something stable people don't care about.

ITP: 400 lb Bud Light drinker

I weigh 177lbs (friday) and am currently drinking a Heineken.

Hopefully you have a melt down about that beer too.

Get some help bro.
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yem69420 posted...

bud in general gives me a damn headache.

last time I checked Mic ultra was the go-to frat boy shit. shit is usually a little higher too.

i don't know i don't really drink beer a lot. i could give a fuck what some dude is getting trashed on. ends up the same (except with bud I get headache)

But its not the same. You basically have to drink twice as much beer to get to the same result. You're missing hours more fun you could've had drinking regular beer. Also it costs more in the long run. Oh btw it tastes like shit.
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whitelytning posted...

Saloonist posted...

whitelytning posted...

Heineken.

Green glass is sketchy. Clear glass just should be outlawed. Then again, I guess sunlight couldn't make Corona any worse regardless.
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whitelytning posted...

Saloonist posted...

whitelytning posted...

This is something stable people don't care about.

ITP: 400 lb Bud Light drinker

I weigh 177lbs (friday) and am currently drinking a Heineken.

Hopefully you have a melt down about that beer too.

Get some help bro.

It's an average beer. So no I would never be caught drinking that shit when I live in the middle of a craft beer revolution where there is an amazing new beer being produced everyday. But then again, I'm not a sheeple for advertisers to lead astray.
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If I'm gonna spend money on beer, it had damn well better be good beer that is enjoyable to drink and not essentially alcoholic water.

I don't even like that beer has alcohol in it, it's just the cost of drinking some of the best tasting beverages on earth.
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YonicBoom posted...

If I'm gonna spend money on beer, it had damn well better be good beer that is enjoyable to drink and not essentially alcoholic water.

I don't even like that beer has alcohol in it, it's just the cost of drinking some of the best tasting beverages on earth.

Now you sound like someone who know's what they're doing.
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It's not really about price or anything. People pick something and like it. I'm not just talking out of my ass lol. My mom was in market research and I helped her work on Anheuser-Busch, MillerCoors, and a few other company's projects. We would have a 45 question survey that extensively asked about what beer they like, why they like it, would they be willing to try something else, etc. For an overwhelming amount of people, their explanation came down to "I've drunk it for so long and I know it's the best." Their beer was better tasting, more refreshing, worth the price if it cost more, had funnier commercials.

Some people even failed taste tests putting their brand against something else and still insisted that their brand was superior. One company, I think it might have been MillersCoors but I can't recall, put a fake beer in the options and asked if people had tried it, and if they said yes, they asked why people preferred their brand over. People literally wrote up complete fake ass shit about a completely fake beer to put over their brand.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you completely. It's fucking baffling but it's just what it is. She did something for MC's Blue Moon when they were trying to market their Horchata ale to the Hispanic demographic and they accused her of falsifying the surveys because when the people she surveyed went to the focus group, they were way too hesitant to try anything else. That one was for Mexican people and horchata is a pretty big beverage among Mexicans but many of them still overwhelmingly went with "their brand" which was usually Bud, Miller, Coors, Corona, etc.

And it has been the same thing with fast food, tortillas, sour cream, even fucking yogurt lol, and all kinds of stuff she's been tasked with over the years. People latch onto something, form a bond, and it is ridiculously hard to get them to break it.
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Grown ass men are just big ass sheeple it seems
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Consumers in general are tbh. That's why it's so valuable to win a customer over in the first place.
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Who cares what people drink? This ain't no "hey guys look! this has more alcohol haha"
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Fuck, this topic you made is holy shit.

How old are you, and are straight be or gay?

So from Duff's post it sounds like people are largely being stubborn.

I drank Coors for about a week. Said "There's gotta be better beer out there".
Started drinking Yuengling. Accepted that for a couple of years and said "There's gotta be better beer out there",and found Sierra Nevada.
Drank that for a few months and said "There's gotta be better beer out there" and started traveling the country and hitting up all of the top breweries.
Waited at Hill Farmstead for an hour to get my growlers filled.
Drank that and said "There's plenty of good beer at home". Drank Prima Pils and DirtWolf for a few years and said "I gotta get my shit together".

Now I only have a few beers every few months. >_>
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muchdran posted...

How old are you, and are straight be or gay?

I'm 23 and straight as an arrow, ripped as fucked, and slaying new bitches every weekend
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JlM posted...

So from Duff's post it sounds like people are largely being stubborn.

I drank Coors for about a week. Said "There's gotta be better beer out there".
Started drinking Yuengling. Accepted that for a couple of years and said "There's gotta be better beer out there",and found Sierra Nevada.
Drank that for a few months and said "There's gotta be better beer out there" and started traveling the country and hitting up all of the top breweries.
Waited at Hill Farmstead for an hour to get my growlers filled.
Drank that and said "There's plenty of good beer at home". Drank Prima Pils and DirtWolf for a few years and said "I gotta get my shit together".

Now I only have a few beers every few months. >_>

This is what real men do tbh. They're always on the hunt for something more. We don't get complacent.
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muchdran posted...

Fuck, this topic you made is holy shit.

Bud light drinker confirmed
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It's not entirely stubbornness but just a kind of "don't fix what isn't broken" mentality combined with "my team is the best."

I've been into craft beer since 2009 when I first turned 21 and I fell in love with the choice of it all. I legit get blue sometimes thinking about all beer I'll never get to try. Most of my friends, on the other hand, were and still are content with their 40s and their Miller High Life and so on (which I still occasionally drink as well). It gets them drunk and they like/don't mind/are used to the taste so there's no need to try anything else, potentially waste money on something they don't like, etc. even against the chances that there is something better and/or cheaper. And I understand that. There have been a few times where I bought an expensive beer or a sixer of something I didn't really like, didn't enjoy getting drunk on but still forced down. It's a real bummer and if you can eliminate that in favor of what you know you'll like, go for it.


It also kind of is what someone above said that people just don't care or can't think too much about it which is fine with me. I don't care what kind of car I drive or what kind of shoes I wear but I can get uppity about my beer lol so I get it.

Some of my friends are finally starting to come around because of sours, which I'm not entirely into tbh but it's neat that they're expanding and we have more to talk about beer-wise than the latest Keystone Light can design.
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If you think this like youre probably a neckbeard. I have craft beers and bud heavy in my fridge, who gives a fuck. I was a bartender for a long time and hipster beer drinkers are the worst. Half of them dont even know what theyre drinking but act like theyre sommeliers
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Saloonist posted...

But its not the same. You basically have to drink twice as much beer to get to the same result. You're missing hours more fun you could've had drinking regular beer. Also it costs more in the long run. Oh btw it tastes like shit.

nah bud light is like 4.2 and reg bud is like 4.9

not a huge difference really
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90s posted...

Who cares what people drink? This ain't no "hey guys look! this has more alcohol haha"

It's about more than alcohol content but that's important too. What it boils down too is not wasting money on an inferior product that 1) costs more on an alcohol percentage per dollar basis, 2) tastes worse, and 3) literally has LIGHT emblazoned on it making you look like a pussy.
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yem69420 posted...

Saloonist posted...

But its not the same. You basically have to drink twice as much beer to get to the same result. You're missing hours more fun you could've had drinking regular beer. Also it costs more in the long run. Oh btw it tastes like shit.

nah bud light is like 4.2 and reg bud is like 4.9

not a huge difference really

It varies depending on which light beer you're drinking. But 4.9 is already on the lower side itself, which is another eason no one really should be drinking Bud at all.
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Saloonist posted...

muchdran posted...

How old are you, and are straight be or gay?

I'm 23 and straight as an arrow, ripped as fucked, and slaying new bitches every weekend

Gonna have to post some pics before you're welcome to the club mate. There's about 3 guys on CE that fit this description.
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darkprince45 posted...

If you think this like youre probably a neckbeard. I have craft beers and bud heavy in my fridge, who gives a fuck. I was a bartender for a long time and hipster beer drinkers are the worst. Half of them dont even know what theyre drinking but act like theyre sommeliers

What's your craft beer, Blue Moon? Lmao
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EdgeMaster posted...

Saloonist posted...

muchdran posted...

How old are you, and are straight be or gay?

I'm 23 and straight as an arrow, ripped as fucked, and slaying new bitches every weekend

Gonna have to post some pics before you're welcome to the club mate. There's about 3 guys on CE that fit this description.

I give 0 fucks about impressing nerds on CE. Don't believe me if you don't want too. Makes no difference.
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A better question is why there's so many bud lights littering the ground where I live? If you can afford the better version why are there so many shit ones everywhere?
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bud lite is gross. so is budweiser. what's your point? i prefer lite if it bud is the only beer available.

i'm a straight up beer snob. my favorite beer is samuel smith's oatmeal stout. i go to breweries.

but i don't fucking care what other people are drinking. because that is stupid.
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http://draftmag.com/science-session-abv-processing/
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Saloonist posted...

EdgeMaster posted...

Saloonist posted...

muchdran posted...

How old are you, and are straight be or gay?

I'm 23 and straight as an arrow, ripped as fucked, and slaying new bitches every weekend

Gonna have to post some pics before you're welcome to the club mate. There's about 3 guys on CE that fit this description.

I give 0 fucks about impressing nerds on CE. Don't believe me if you don't want too. Makes no difference.

Alrighty then. Safe to assume you look like shit.

Haven't met a bodybuilder or physique guy who wouldn't post a pic when asked.
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DuffBeer posted...

http://draftmag.com/science-session-abv-processing/

Interesting
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EdgeMaster posted...

Saloonist posted...

EdgeMaster posted...

Saloonist posted...

muchdran posted...

How old are you, and are straight be or gay?

I'm 23 and straight as an arrow, ripped as fucked, and slaying new bitches every weekend

Gonna have to post some pics before you're welcome to the club mate. There's about 3 guys on CE that fit this description.

I give 0 fucks about impressing nerds on CE. Don't believe me if you don't want too. Makes no difference.

Alrighty then. Safe to assume you look like shit.

Haven't met a bodybuilder or physique guy who wouldn't post a pic when asked.

Assume whatever you want. Like I said, doesn't matter to me EdgeMaster.
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mattnd2007 posted...

bud lite is gross. so is budweiser. what's your point? i prefer lite if it bud is the only beer available.

i'm a straight up beer snob. my favorite beer is samuel smith's oatmeal stout. i go to breweries.

but i don't fucking care what other people are drinking. because that is stupid.

No more stupid than coming into a topic you don't agree with and calling it stupid.
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