notKilgoreTrout
5 minutes ago
Sorry but 1000 jobs sounds tiny to me.. Probably more people die jim beam related deaths or at least have major related health issues in any given year.
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shagie
8 hours ago
This isn’t just a “things are bad” but because of the need to age spirits a prediction that N years from now, demand will still be lower.
Canada is a big factor, though one shouldn’t ignore the upcoming generation’s preference for recreational intoxication from sources other than alcohol.
wkat4242
8 hours ago
True. I party a lot and i notice a lot of especially GenZ and millennial have a strong preference to other substances. Not stuff like coke but mdma and designer stuff.
Only last weekend I was complaining about hangovers and this girl offered me some MDMA saying she uses it precisely to avoid hangovers and also expensive beverages in the club. Makes sense but for me as a GenXer it's still a pretty big leap to take. I'll just stick with my craft beer.
defrost
7 hours ago
> Makes sense but for me as a GenXer it's still a pretty big leap to take.
That was a double take .. having lived through the 80's and 90s I'm somewhat suprised there is any MDMA left to consume in the world.
It was GenX'rs that gave us:
A great philosopher once wrote: naughty, naughty, very naughty… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKBPUwKJmDM
and Spaced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRW8FBFwhyc
To quote a peer GenX'r Dramatically ambiguous I know, but we are on a lot of drugs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2iP5Si-Ho
GaProgMan
5 hours ago
I was not expecting both Spaced and Jim "Mr.B the Gentleman Rhymer" Burke to be mentioned in the same comment on a HN thread. Good show indeed.
wkat4242
an hour ago
Ah yes it depends on the country and subculture I guess. Where I'm from it was super normal to drink even at 16 but drugs were a big taboo.
NedF
7 hours ago
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camel_gopher
10 hours ago
Tariffic
b3ing
9 hours ago
I think the boycotts did more of the damage, money is the only thing people listen to
sublinear
7 hours ago
Alcohol is not declining in popularity and the tariffs are specifically affecting foreign-owned and export-heavy businesses.
I am often confused how HN can to be so out of touch, but probably shouldn't be since many never read the articles and just keep relentlessly pushing their agenda as if saying anything this space has any influence beyond tech.
nolok
7 hours ago
This is such a weird comment, the article is posted without commentary, and describe a very simple fact. How does you go from that to "hn is out of touch"...
As an aside, while alcohol will definitely remain a staple of sales, it's declining in several key sector. Even here in France. Which is also something we should be happy about, despite the obvious economic woes to be faced from that change.
stonogo
4 hours ago
But demand isn't really dropping for spirits -- it's only dropping for midrange and low-end stuff like Jim Beam.
darubedarob
6 hours ago
The fascination of the ascetic coding monks with mind (tool to earn ones living) altering drugs is based upon the "forever out of touch" nature of the beast.
user
10 hours ago
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