Seriously???

[unionrdr]

Found this link on facebook & clicked on it...http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/27/give-me-cheap-beer-or-give-me-sobriety-just-stop-this-craft-beer-revolution

 

[HumulusHead]

Definitely getting myself into another never ending thread

but seriously is right. wtf. WTF!

 

[hunter_le five]

That was an amusing read.

While I don't agree by any stretch (duh), she does bring up some valid criticisms of craft beer:
1) It's f***ing expensive
2) Hipsters/craft beer snobs are annoying as sh*t
3) A lot of it is terrible (though I wouldn't agree with "most"), but still gets fawned over by sole virtue of being "craft"

She sounds like she's part of the "drinks solely to get drunk" crowd, which would explain why she doesn't get craft beer.

 

[HumulusHead]

also, her grammar is terrible. mine is allowed to be cuz i only write on this website. but she apparently writes for a "winner of the pulitzer prize". due to this, she is discredited immediately by me

 

[Fedora]

Wow. Ok.. Um.. yea.

 

[unionrdr]

My thoughts exactly. One of the guzzle till you puzzle crowd. If that's what you like, fine. But STFU about getting rid of what I like!

 

[Onkel_Udo]

That was an amusing read.

While I don't agree by any stretch (duh), she does bring up some valid criticisms of craft beer:
1) It's f***ing expensive
2) Hipsters/craft beer snobs are annoying as sh*t
3) A lot of it is terrible (though I wouldn't agree with "most"), but still gets fawned over by sole virtue of being "craft"

She sounds like she's part of the "drinks solely to get drunk" crowd, which would explain why she doesn't get craft beer.

I agreed until the last sentence. Personally, I think it is a backlash, partially tongue in cheek, at beer bores/snobs pushy attitudes. Few people like to hear about a hobby they are not interested in for more than a couple of sentences and I am not sure anyone likes hearing that they are "wrong" when it comes to personal taste.

Obviously, I do not agree with the whole article but taken as an amusing rant against something the writer finds objectionable, it is kind of interesting.

 

[tnance1337]

Did a bottle of craft beer kill her father or something? She seems overly upset about this. Like, way more upset than she should be.

I find it funny that there is this absolute need for people to become pretty overzealous in their use of language to convey a feeling of disapproval.

That said, I agree with her distaste of snobbery. But snobbery takes form anywhere, no matter what the medium is. It's not craft beer itself that is responsible for that.

I just can't get over how irate she seems over something that enriches an experience for other people. Does she feel the same way about wine, I wonder? Or food? Does she get pissed and start flipping tables when someone orders something on the menu with more complex flavor than say, cardboard? I mean, food is not to be enjoyed, either, right?

 

[unionrdr]

Good point. It does make one wonder how far she takes anti-snobbery. I for one don't consider myself a beer snob. I just know what I like &...shall we say, what once was?

 

[Psylocide]

Pot. Kettle. Black.

 

[tnance1337]

Perhaps. It's still amusing, nonetheless.

 

[HB_in_Subic]

How about... If not for beer.. she would never be entertained by the opposite sex... oops? did I say that out loud?

 

[JBOGAN]

RDWHAHB, or a Victorian Bitter in her case.

 

[Melana]

I couldn't get through the article and had the urge to punch her in the mouth. Whiny toddler... PFFT.

 

[stratslinger]

I got exactly three paragraphs into her article, when she criticized "beer snobs" for doing exactly what she did in her second. Lost any interest in reading further at that point.

Seriously, in paragraph 2 she says most beer tastes bad.

In paragraph 3, she says beer snobs are bad because they say that beer they don't like tastes bad.

????????????????

Done.

 

[Hamaki]

But honestly, would an article that was fair and considerate get published? I think not. Slow news day so publish something inflammatory that might polarize some people get them reading and linking to our publication if for no other reason than to whip their team into a lather. It was making me feel a little manipulated so I didn't read the whole thing or any of the comments.

I had a similar thought to what HB mentioned. Almost seems as if the photo is intentionally unflattering.

 

[JonM]

My God, I couldn't get through the first paragraph. I absolutely hate the way dumb people write when they're trying to sound smart. But I get the gist.

Meh, there are people who say "Starbucks? Fancy cappa-mocha-latte-vanilla bulls**t coffee drinks? Give me a cup of Chock O' Nuts out of a good old percolator just the way my Daddy and my Granddaddy did, thank you very much!" She sounds like one of those types but for beer.

 

[Tin4]

Stupid is as Stupid does. My mother used to say that a lot.

 

[Greatbreweh]

I say keep on drinking your commercial chemical cocktail..... Homebrews RULE !

 

[alane1]

I don't understand the point about the craft beer crowd dominating the pub scene and ruining the conversation by just talking about what they drink. I've rarely seen this. When out with friends I order what I want to drink and they order what they want to drink, there's nobody making any judgments. Call it like it is...if some pretentious jerk wants to fawn over their beer and call what everyone else drinks crap it doesn't mean they're a craft beer lover, it just means they're an a**hole. Which is exactly what she did just the opposite way around. She needs to get a life if all she worries about is what other people drink, seriously

 

[Glasscloud]

It being expensive is her only valid criticism. But high quality anything is going to cost more than cheap ****. Let's put an end to all restaurants that aren't taco bell, kfc, mcdonalds etc...


Also the only bars I've been to that only serve craft beer are those little dingey ones AT craft/micro breweries and homebrew stores. Every actual bar I've went to still served Heineken/Budweiser/pbr along side their craft options.

 

[vanishingpint]

Ok. She is in Oz and I don't pretend to to know what the drinking culture is there,but if it leaves a chunderous ? after taste I can see her point. NOT !

 

[ChefRex]

She ain't too pretty, she needs the guy that picks her up in the bar to be smashed so he won't notice, taste don't matter!

Full disclosure, I need to see he ass to make a proper decision

 

[Monkey-BB]

I read the first sentence.......
Then ..... Blah..Blah..Blah.. Blah..Blah..Blah... Time to pour a Homebrew.

 

[vanishingpint]

Can't say about her ass, but if she fell down you might have to milk her a couple times to get her up.Well that was just wrong .I wish I was sorry i said that.

 

[Zuljin]

I couldn't get through the article and had the urge to punch her in the mouth. Whiny toddler... PFFT.

I got exactly three paragraphs into her article, when she criticized "beer snobs" for doing exactly what she did in her second. Lost any interest in reading further at that point.

Seriously, in paragraph 2 she says most beer tastes bad.

In paragraph 3, she says beer snobs are bad because they say that beer they don't like tastes bad.

????????????????

Done.

My God, I couldn't get through the first paragraph. I absolutely hate the way dumb people write when they're trying to sound smart. But I get the gist.

Meh, there are people who say "Starbucks? Fancy cappa-mocha-latte-vanilla bulls**t coffee drinks? Give me a cup of Chock O' Nuts out of a good old percolator just the way my Daddy and my Granddaddy did, thank you very much!" She sounds like one of those types but for beer.

I read the first sentence.......
Then ..... Blah..Blah..Blah.. Blah..Blah..Blah... Time to pour a Homebrew.

I didn't even click the link in the opening post and I was disgusted.

 

[Hamaki]

I didn't even click the link in the opening post and I was disgusted.

Sometimes arriving at the party late and hearing the inflated version of something that happened before you arrived beats the hell out of witnessing it firsthand :cross:

 

[Rotor_Head]

Well, to be fair, I hate $hitty journalism too. At least my livelihood isn't riding on my "Craft" beer.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

Sometimes arriving at the party late and hearing the inflated version of something that happened before you arrived beats the hell out of witnessing it firsthand :cross:

Like watching a terrible TV show with the sound off? I suggest Baywatch.

 

[campbellmike]

Clever article in my opinion. She get attention from both camps. It's easy to pick her argument apart or to agree wholeheartedly depending on your views. Just like most political articles.