Poll of the Day > Does it take intelligence to enjoy beer?

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Muscles posted...

I don't see how that's ironic, liking something just because it's not well known is just a bad as liking something just because it is well known

So you dislike bandwagoners, just as much as those that don't bandwagon?

Also having a emotional reaction to why people like what they like is really unhealthy.

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Mead posted...

It is only acceptable to like things that are mediumly known

I'm saying it's stupid to like things specifically because it's popular (or not popular in the cases of hipsters and counter culture types)

I like things that are super popular such as Pink Floyd and Lord of the Rings but also like lesser known things.

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Muscles posted...

I'm saying it's stupid to like things specifically because it's popular (or not popular in the cases of hipsters and counter culture types)

I like things that are super popular such as Pink Floyd and Lord of the Rings but also like lesser known things.

HIPSTER!

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Muscles posted...

I'm saying it's stupid to like things specifically because it's popular (or not popular in the cases of hipsters and counter culture types)

I like things that are super popular such as Pink Floyd and Lord of the Rings but also like lesser known things.

I get what you mean Im just being a stinker

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Mead posted...

I get what you mean Im just being a stinker

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Shadowbird_RH posted...

Probably a little drunk, mixed up his words. The word he was looking for wasn't 'takes', but 'costs'.

That's an urban myth.
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Yeah that's why the brightest of our kind like Einstein and Stephen Hawking would drink at least a 12 pack a night

Anyone can enjoy a beer. Not sure why those who don't hardly drink alcohol if at all are chiming in being backseat drivers.

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I just watched the movie Another Round and I feel it's worth recommending to those involved in this discussion. It's two primary focuses are alcohol and intelligence. And it stars Mads Mikkleson from Death Stranding!

VioletMassacre posted...

Beer drinkers doesn't strike me a particularly intelligent people.

Neither does your mum.

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I've always appreciated good beer, but ever since I cut back a lot, I appreciate it a lot more. Plus, now I don't feel as bad if I spend 15 or 20 bucks on a 4 pack as I did when I was drinking all the time in my bachelor days.

Anyway, I don't see why you would have to be intelligent. You can try different kinds and expand your palette without being intelligent

GrabASnickers posted...

To be fair, you have to have a high IQ to understand beer

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You gotta have some intelligence to enjoy beer if you have enough sense to drink it.

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VioletMassacre posted...

Beer drinkers doesn't strike me a particularly intelligent people.

What about sandwich eaters?

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I hope that's supposed to be a pun, i.e. enjoying beer takes away your intelligence.

I guess you need some intelligence to make and sell it, without killing people, but other then that, no.

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Muscles posted...

I don't see how that's ironic, liking something just because it's not well known is just a bad as liking something just because it is well known

You're complaining about them disliking popular stuff while also acknowledging that being popular often doesn't mean something is any good. There are absolutely pretentious hipster types that hump the leg of their favourite craft brewery because that's the closest thing to a personal identity they have, but the fact of the matter is that the scale and processes involved in macrobrewing generally produce inferior products to what you can get from microbrewing. By and large, macrobrews are more popular not because they're better (or even good), but because they've got brand recognition driving sales. There are some decent ones out there, and there are certainly plenty of terrible microbrews, but anyone who wants to enjoy some good beer should generally be looking to their local craft scene, not trying to find a great macrobrew. That's not hipstering, that's just the reality of the matter.

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adjl posted...

There are absolutely pretentious hipster types that hump the leg of their favourite craft brewery because that's the closest thing to a personal identity they have

Fortunately we don't have anyone like that here

TonyCIifton posted...

No, but I do think its stupid when people only like one type of beer. Like when someone says I only will drink IPAs because they make my palate happy or something cringe like that.

tony, let me say amen, ok?

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adjl posted...

That's not hipstering, that's just the reality of the matter.

I'm imagining adjl as a hipster irl and using this line anytime someone questions his hipstering lol

GrabASnickers posted...

Fortunately we don't have anyone like that here

No, certainly not.

JigsawTDC posted...

I'm imagining adjl as a hipster irl and using this line anytime someone questions his hipstering lol

Nah, I've pretty much always just done my own thing without regard for trends, rather than actively opposing them. My sister, on the other hand, has been aggressively counter-culture for her entire life. She doesn't like identifying as a hipster because hipsters have become too mainstream (which is a fair assessment now, but she made that decision back when the concept was first emerging). And then there was me, who was like 5 years old and pointing out to her that avoiding things just because they're popular is still letting popular culture dictate what she does and doesn't like and that she's still not actually thinking independently. I've always been fun at parties.

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Oh, you've never heard of the Dwarves?

Must be because they're so underground

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First the intelligence takes the drink, then the drink takes the intelligence



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adjl posted...

You're complaining about them disliking popular stuff while also acknowledging that being popular often doesn't mean something is any good. There are absolutely pretentious hipster types that hump the leg of their favourite craft brewery because that's the closest thing to a personal identity they have, but the fact of the matter is that the scale and processes involved in macrobrewing generally produce inferior products to what you can get from microbrewing. By and large, macrobrews are more popular not because they're better (or even good), but because they've got brand recognition driving sales. There are some decent ones out there, and there are certainly plenty of terrible microbrews, but anyone who wants to enjoy some good beer should generally be looking to their local craft scene, not trying to find a great macrobrew. That's not hipstering, that's just the reality of the matter.

That's not ironic, I just think it's silly to like or dislike something specifically because of its popularity or lack thereof

If you like something you should just admit it even if it's not popular and shouldn't pretend to like something even if it's the popular thing to do

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Muscles posted...

That's not ironic, I just think it's silly to like or dislike something specifically because of its popularity or lack thereof

If you like something you should just admit it even if it's not popular and shouldn't pretend to like something even if it's the popular thing to do

And, more often than not, the people who dislike popular beer don't dislike it because it's popular, they dislike it because it sucks. Especially in the US, given what a laughing stock American macrobrewing is to the rest of the beer-drinking world (American microbrewing, however, has been doing quite well for itself and produced plenty of quality products).

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ffs. This topic hit the shitter fast.

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adjl posted...

And, more often than not, the people who dislike popular beer don't dislike it because it's popular, they dislike it because it sucks. Especially in the US, given what a laughing stock American macrobrewing is to the rest of the beer-drinking world (American microbrewing, however, has been doing quite well for itself and produced plenty of quality products).

I know that, I'm not saying all people that drink local beers are hipsters

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Greenfox111 posted...

First the intelligence takes the drink, then the drink takes the intelligence

I actually really like that sculpt.

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