stiffly
1yr ago
Go figure, people don't like bitter tannins. The ones who do are really into wine, and they don't buy nearly as much as the mass market does.
stiffly
1yr ago
I remember the best tequila producers in Mexico saying that there's no way a bottle of tequila should cost more than $40. But - the market was demanding super overpriced tequilas. So, they shrugged their shoulders and marked up the price to $200, and people loved it.
stiffly
1yr ago
I thought that these days wine doesn't gain much by aging. You're meant to drink it soon. In fact, if you keep it for years, it'll go bad.
stiffly
1yr ago
My Dad's well-off, and he regularly drinks $100/bottle wine at restaurants. He was having dinner with another well-off man in a category above him who regularly drank $400/bottle wine. Dad asked him, what's the difference, really? Between $100 wine and $400 wine? The man held his thumb and finger together about an inch and a half apart.
Myself, I won't drink anything above $20/bottle. There is just too much good wine out there at below that price point. Wine has really entered a golden age, with science making winemaking better than it's ever been. A $11 bottle is better than what the kings of Europe drank 100 years ago. But it's also that I'm a commonseur and can't tell you if there are notes of berry, or oak, or strontium in wine. I just know what I like (anything with low tannins, basically). Merlot, Pinot Grigio, Malbec, Pinot Noir, all good. Cabernet Sauvignon gives me heartburn. But if I'm having a big steak, bring out the big cabs. They work together.
As far as Coke vs. Pepsi, Pepsi is sweeter and people will choose it in a head to head test because of the sweetness. But people like me don't like the cloying taste of Pepsi and actually prefer Coke's acid bite. There's also alcoholic beverage mixers - ever had a Jack and Pepsi? You haven't, because it's awful. Without the phosphoric acid kick, Coke doesn't work.
stiffly
1yr ago
Nah. If a woman isn't into it, it's her loss. Not yours!
Don't chase women. They love the attention and will knock you off the horse again and again just because they like to see you struggle. Don't play that game. It's abuse. YOU are the prize, men. Women need to chase you. If they don't, they blew it. Move on. Life is too short to play other people's bullshit games.
stiffly
2yr ago
See what I mean? Cognitive dissonance makes people grasp for straws in rebuttal, and the one that frequently comes to mind is "you're a bot".
This then resolves the nagging, damaging mental pain and the facts can be disregarded.
stiffly
2yr ago
I said it. I'm not a bot. But I have learned I am really, really good at causing cognitive dissonance and shaking people out of what they "know" to be true with evidence to the contrary. The Ukraine conflict is good vs. evil, right? But then you turn it on its head and present evidence that we're on the side of the Nazis, who are pure evil. Blammo, brain explodes.
People really, really don't like it. Boy, they don't like it. They especially don't like when I back it up with facts from "their" sources like NPR. They don't like it so much that they will come up with conspiracy theories like "U R a bot" to wash away the cognitive dissonance.
stiffly
2yr ago
Grandpa, what's a bad check?
The difference is that these crimes are committed by top officials in our government. Journalists are supposed to be on top of this, ripping them a new asshole so that they're too scared to even try - but now they have turned their coats and now work for our enemy.
stiffly
2yr ago
It's pretty clear we didn't want this research to take place, but Fauci & Co. wanted it very much. So yeah, legalistic arguing over what the definition of "is" is is just the ticket.
It's also pretty clear that the unelected government does not view our laws as legitimate and will nullify them whenever it sees fit. Did anyone from the intelligence community go to prison for domestic spying after we passed a law against it? No. Just ask Martha Stewart, who went to prison for lying to FBI agents. The punishment for lying to us was to get hired by the mainstream media to amplify their voices.
stiffly
2yr ago
We already banned gain-of-function research.
Why do you think Fauci & Co. had to outsource it to China and Ukraine?
stiffly
2yr ago
“The Ukraine conflict is one of the clearest examples of good vs. evil in the past century"
You said it! Look at how despicable these people are!
Video: Ukraine Soldiers Sing Praises Of WW II Era Nazi: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4H-yMmNh5Cs
And now NPR is just casually rehabilitating the Nazis: https://www.npr.org/2022/03/03/1084113728/a-closer-look-at-the-volunteers-who-are-signing-up-to-fight-the-russians
stiffly
2yr ago
I was once in the business where I would need a photo to illustrate an article. Sure, Getty Images or Shutterstock. Sounds cool! Let me take a look...
And I saw the price and screamed and closed the window. Instead I bought a big wallet of CDs loaded with images and a book with small photos of them all. And I never went to either of those websites again.
stiffly
2yr ago
If the Japanese and German war efforts were so doomed, why were they stupid enough to throw themselves into a war they couldn't win?
Because it was a desperate, last-gasp gamble for both of them. Starting a war usually is (unless you're a neocon).
The Japanese knew they were engaging on a high-risk venture with little chance of success. But they had been forced into a corner by FDR's steel and oil embargos. It was either strike now, or be assassinated by the ultranationalists they had been egging on. We actually have the minutes from the last imperial council meeting where they made the final decision for war and they're quite clear on this.
Hitler considered that there were too many Germans and not enough food to feed them. The soil was giving out, and what would happen then? Germany must rely on imports, and hence become yet another slave of the western bankers. Hitler always felt himself racing against time, and needed to strike quickly. Imagine if he wasn't so hasty and had an army of Tiger tanks and V2 rockets to start with.
stiffly
2yr ago
Diversity for thee but not for me. The ADL, the organization which advocates for mass immigration changes tone when it comes to Israel.
stiffly
2yr ago
Have you seen Babylon Bee's video satire "Californians move to Texas"? I had to pause the video at several points because I was laughing so hard. It's become a serial now. Here, enjoy it for yourself.
stiffly
2yr ago
If she wasn't mentally healthy, how can she consent to kill herself?
Or did the doctors decide for her? That's even worse. We're getting into Aktion T4 territory here.
stiffly
2yr ago
https://www.commonsense.news/p/scheduled-to-die-the-rise-of-canadas
In Canada, they're suiciding people for being blinded in one eye, or just poor. Kids too.
In October 2020, a report stated that MAiD would cut healthcare costs by over $66 million. Canada will expand the pool to include the mentally ill and “mature minors.”
stiffly
2yr ago
but the reality was a small, bald little man-child who wouldn't register as a 4/10 on the attractiveness scale.
Oh man. Wait till they hit 30.
I recently saw this comic posted on a far-left site of a person holding a photo of a young femboy catgirl making a cute face, while looking at the same person at 30, bearded and drinking at the bar in a rumpled jacket and tie, still with the cat ears and tail. Wish I still had the link.
stiffly
2yr ago
If she's mentally unwell, then she's deficiently in no shape to make life or death decisions.
The rules say that mostly text links don't need a submission statement.
I could add some commentary, but honestly it speaks for itself. The biggest story of the year, and the mainstream media deems it not newsworthy, for obvious reasons.
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