• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    16 hours ago

    What is it with Americans and bud light anyway. It’s the worst version of the product and yet for some reason it’s really popular in the US.

    • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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      9 hours ago

      It’s common and they were already in place when prohibition ended.

      So after a good chunk of time with all the breweries becoming unavailable, they were fast to start selling and it just became a common brand.

      Having the three key elements to an alcohol consumed for social purposes rather than taste also helped: cheap, available and cheap.

      We’ve got others around, but they’re generally not everywhere.

      I don’t know that I’ve ever heard anyone say they like the taste though. I think the closest I’ve heard is someone saying they like how it’s cold.

    • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
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      15 hours ago

      Because you can drink it all day and still drive home.

      I’d say this is sarcasm, but I live in a rural area and have heard it calls ‘driving beer’ before. And looking in the ditches, it appears to be true.

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      It’s like McDonald’s. It isn’t haute cuisine but it’s fine, as much as people feel better about themselves for looking down on it. People like judging other people.