Clementine said:P.S. I think I need a tip jar
emjay said:Don't do it!
I hate to bring this up in a thread that was moving along just fine until now, but it has to be done...
First of all, it's illegal, despite what any of HBT's resident armchair lawyers will often wrongly assert. and there is not a single legal loophole or trick that allows you to get around this. It is what it is... no matter how you try and slice it, it's illegal, period.
However, simply being illegal isn't enough to deter some people. Including myself, as a matter of fact. But I still would NEVER put out a tip jar. Why? Because it's unbelievably tacky. Only somebody with absolutely no class whatsoever could do such a thing. Could you imagine if it were anything other than homebrew? Say we were avid bakers instead - it'd be totally tasteless and sleazy if you had people over for dinner and, when bringing out the pies, you put out a tip jar as well. It's totally unthinkable to me. There'sno good reason for homebrew to be any different.
If you want to share your homebrew, then just do it in a way that's both legal and shows a bit of class. There's no need to cheapen the experience and the act of sharing for the sake of a couple bucks. And in the end, you will likely be rewarded even better for your total generosity, both personally, and through the appreciation and generosity in kind from others.
mrduna01 said:I think it was a joke.
emjay said:Maybe, maybe not. A fair amount of people on this board actually do it for real, and the lack of any smileys or even the smallest indication of it possibly being a joke make me assume it's serious.
No problem with considering it though, as long as the right decision is ultimately made. If it's not a joke, then my post served its purpose. If it IS a joke, then all the better IMO, but my post is then ultimately "just in case"... and the poster should probably try to make it a little more obvious in the future, given the well-known difficulty in discerning the tone of written posts
Don't do it!
I hate to bring this up in a thread that was moving along just fine until now, but it has to be done...
First of all, it's illegal, despite what any of HBT's resident armchair lawyers will often wrongly assert. and there is not a single legal loophole or trick that allows you to get around this. It is what it is... no matter how you try and slice it, it's illegal, period.
However, simply being illegal isn't enough to deter some people. Including myself, as a matter of fact. But I still would NEVER put out a tip jar. Why? Because it's unbelievably tacky. Only somebody with absolutely no class whatsoever could do such a thing. Could you imagine if it were anything other than homebrew? Say we were avid bakers instead - it'd be totally tasteless and sleazy if you had people over for dinner and, when bringing out the pies, you put out a tip jar as well. It's totally unthinkable to me. There'sno good reason for homebrew to be any different.
If you want to share your homebrew, then just do it in a way that's both legal and shows a bit of class. There's no need to cheapen the experience and the act of sharing for the sake of a couple bucks. And in the end, you will likely be rewarded even better for your total generosity, both personally, and through the appreciation and generosity in kind from others.
beer swilling friends are the enemy of the pipeline.
Clem
P.S. I think I need a tip jar
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