I’m thinking even for cases of like shrinkflation.

I saw an article about potentially cheaper RAM here, so it got me curious if things ever really get better on occasion.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
    42·
    4 hours ago

    Beer?

    In the beginning was European beer, and it was good. They created the American brewing industry and it was ok. Then they said “let there be swill” and that’s all we knew. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep.

    Then Jimmy Carter said, "Let us make breweries in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the drinkers in the sea and the imbibers in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild party animals, and over all the pedestrians that move along the ground. And there was beer

    Jimmy Carter saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

    Edit: Jimmy Carter was the US President who signed into law deregulating beer. Since then we were legally able to start brewing our own, and it jumped-started the rise of craft brews here

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 hours ago

      it always amazes me how many people buy into the neocon garbage that Carter was a bad president. Dude was a nuclear submariner, helped cleanup a nuclear disaster, built houses with his hands, and his biggest crime to them? he cancelled the B-1 bomber when it became painfully obvious the stealth programs were going to eclipse it’s usefulness.

      Reagan got elected on treason with iran, and lies about the B-1.

      4 years later he was talking about the amount of money the pentagon was spending on ‘costumes’ as he slid into dementia.

      Carter didn’t piss and moan, just went on building houses with his hands for 30+ more years.

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        4·
        3 hours ago

        Yeah, the over-hopped thing is a trend that should’ve been dragged out back and shot before it ever had a chance to become popular. I want to go to a beer garden and find a variety. Instead, I get a dozen IPAs, Guinness (not complaining about that one), seven different ciders that are flavored like sickly sweet tropical fruits, and a weird peanut butter flavored bock from a local brewery.

      • monotremata@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        Over-hopped is a major style here, and I find it baffling. Give me the toasty, malty, barley, coffee, bitter, chocolate notes of a good porter or stout any day of the week. But no, the menu is 6 IPAs, 2 ciders, a bock, and a weiss.

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          4·
          4 hours ago

          Too true. I mean, I like over-hopped swill, but I like most distinctive tastes

          Currently drinking a “Maine sour”: blueberry and cinnamon. My local brewery is influenced by the cuisine of the Indian owners and really leans into sour ales and tropical fruits!

          But yeah, even though I like an IPA most of the time, what about everything else? I’ve actually had good luck finding dark/black ales this year but it seems like no one makes Marzens anymore. October is disappointing without Marzens. What’s up with that?

          Edit: Mango Lassi Sour is back in season!!!