Bud Light

[Soloist]

If you got any of the American stuff, I can understand why you would feel that way. I am not even tempted.

If you happen to be in Germany, the temptation increases dramatically. Still, I resist.

I’ve never tried any German stuff outside of the ice wine. Best wine I ever had… 27 euros a bottle…
At the end of the day, I never drunk to get drunk… I wasn’t a social drinker… so why spend the money on it when I could buy grape juice for a lot cheaper?

[Szdfan]

As someone who used to drink, I tried beer once. I don’t understand why anyone would want to drink that stuff.

I was always into the dessert wine scene.

If you got any of the American stuff, I can understand why you would feel that way. I am not even tempted.

If you happen to be in Germany, the temptation increases dramatically. Still, I resist.

Beer also has cultural significance in Germany in ways it doesn't have the US. The "Beer Purity Law" (Reinheitsgebot), which regulates how beer is manufactured in Germany is over 500 years old. The legal drinking age for beer in Germany is 16 -- it was odd coming back for college after I graduated from high school in Berlin and suddenly was not legally able to drink anymore.

[Judas Maccabeus]

As someone who used to drink, I tried beer once. I don’t understand why anyone would want to drink that stuff.

I was always into the dessert wine scene.

If you got any of the American stuff, I can understand why you would feel that way. I am not even tempted.

If you happen to be in Germany, the temptation increases dramatically. Still, I resist.

Beer also has cultural significance in Germany in ways it doesn't have the US. The "Beer Purity Law" (Reinheitsgebot), which regulates how beer is manufactured in Germany is over 500 years old. The legal drinking age for beer in Germany is 16 -- it was odd coming back for college after I graduated from high school in Berlin and suddenly was not legally able to drink anymore.

Strange also you do not have some of the stuff going on that you see in the UK. No arguments, no fights, generally almost no drunks. People not throwing up on train platforms really turns me off.

If the US political situation goes south, that is my first choice.

(I don’t drink anymore, never consumed much at any time. But the stuff in the US was no temptation, stuff in the UK little better. German stuff, much better)

[Szdfan]

If you got any of the American stuff, I can understand why you would feel that way. I am not even tempted.

If you happen to be in Germany, the temptation increases dramatically. Still, I resist.

Beer also has cultural significance in Germany in ways it doesn't have the US. The "Beer Purity Law" (Reinheitsgebot), which regulates how beer is manufactured in Germany is over 500 years old. The legal drinking age for beer in Germany is 16 -- it was odd coming back for college after I graduated from high school in Berlin and suddenly was not legally able to drink anymore.

Strange also you do not have some of the stuff going on that you see in the UK. No arguments, no fights, generally almost no drunks. People not throwing up on train platforms really turns me off.

If the US political situation goes south, that is my first choice.

(I don’t drink anymore, never consumed much at any time. But the stuff in the US was no temptation, stuff in the UK little better. German stuff, much better)

What about football hooligans? Is there a lot of drinking in those contexts?

I do recall running into some really drunken people sometimes, but it is culturally frowned upon. I was in Berlin, where Octoberfest and Carnival aren't a big deal, but my parents spent a few years in Bavaria and vomiting drunks was an issue during those festivals.

One year, my German Baptist youth group went to Bavaria for a week. One day, we stopped at a glass factory and several people bought glass beer mugs. That night, they tried them out. I came upstairs to find most of the youth group (including sponsors) sitting around a long table, drinking beer. It was a culture shock moment for me.

[temporal1]

2025 / Cracker Barrel

THE HILL / Cracker Barrel reverses course, sheds new logo after backlash
https://thehill.com/business/5471983-ba ... go-change/

Alissa Heinerscheid‘s Cracker Barrel cousin didn’t get the memo.

Alissa H / Bud Light
https://summerstirs.com/what-has-happen ... nerscheid/

[JohnH]

2025 / Cracker Barrel

THE HILL / Cracker Barrel reverses course, sheds new logo after backlash
https://thehill.com/business/5471983-ba ... go-change/

Alissa Heinerscheid‘s Cracker Barrel cousin didn’t get the memo.

Alissa H / Bud Light
https://summerstirs.com/what-has-happen ... nerscheid/

This is one of the goofiest culture war issues I’ve seen the right wing fall far.

#1, Bud Light didn’t change their logo or rebrand.

#2, Cracker Barrel never did anything “woke”. This isn’t a left vs. right issue. They did spend $700 million on a rebranding which has been universally panned, and they have drastically reduced the quality of the food at their restaurants over the past 6 months (eg the biscuits aren’t fresh baked anymore but are just pre-frozen and then thawed/microwaved).

[ken_sylvania]

2025 / Cracker Barrel

THE HILL / Cracker Barrel reverses course, sheds new logo after backlash
https://thehill.com/business/5471983-ba ... go-change/

Alissa Heinerscheid‘s Cracker Barrel cousin didn’t get the memo.

Alissa H / Bud Light
https://summerstirs.com/what-has-happen ... nerscheid/

This is one of the goofiest culture war issues I’ve seen the right wing fall far.

#1, Bud Light didn’t change their logo or rebrand.

#2, Cracker Barrel never did anything “woke”. This isn’t a left vs. right issue. They did spend $700 million on a rebranding which has been universally panned, and they have drastically reduced the quality of the food at their restaurants over the past 6 months (eg the biscuits aren’t fresh baked anymore but are just pre-frozen and then thawed/microwaved).

Yep. I would be sorely tempted to fire whoever thought it was a good idea to spend $700MM to switch the logo to something that looks worse than the existing logo.

[temporal1]

2025 / Cracker Barrel

THE HILL / Cracker Barrel reverses course, sheds new logo after backlash
https://thehill.com/business/5471983-ba ... go-change/

Alissa Heinerscheid‘s Cracker Barrel cousin didn’t get the memo.

Alissa H / Bud Light
https://summerstirs.com/what-has-happen ... nerscheid/

This is one of the goofiest culture war issues I’ve seen the right wing fall far.

#1, Bud Light didn’t change their logo or rebrand.

#2, Cracker Barrel never did anything “woke”. This isn’t a left vs. right issue. They did spend $700 million on a rebranding which has been universally panned, and they have drastically reduced the quality of the food at their restaurants over the past 6 months (eg the biscuits aren’t fresh baked anymore but are just pre-frozen and then thawed/microwaved).

i’m not a customer for either product, i’m a bystander reading reports.

wrt Cracker Barrel, i believe it was about more change than the logo. which didn’t affect me at all.
customers complained about rainbow painted rocking chairs, including one giant rocker, featured “everywhere”.
and, basically, plans to rainbow-everything, the plan was to take a deep dive into it.

i saw videos of Bud Light’s Alissa Heinerscheid, and CB’s sister rep, i found them annoying beyond description, their intent was to totally remake the products/companies into images of their own fantasies - not at all interested in their customers.

Thus, economic pain followed.
Alissa lost her job, i have no idea how the CB marketing genius is doing. She’s not featured in reports.

Businesses come and businesses go. As they should.

[temporal1]

Years ago we were friends with an experienced registered nurse, her daughter was about to graduate from nursing school.

Our friend was very bothered by what she saw in her daughter’s education.
She was troubled, saying, “What are they telling students in college these days?!”
She was worried that students are being told they’re fabulous, and should expect to start at THE TOP of their fields, not to be entry level and ready to work and learn. This really bothered her.

Our daughter was a bit younger, her degree was in ag communications, but, honestly, i sensed similar.
Her degree wasn’t technical or special, yet, when she graduated, she expected to begin as a CEO - of anything she chose!

That didn’t happen.

We counseled her she might want to add to her ed, get additional certifications, or other, to her “basic” degree.**
Any degree is an accomplishment. However, they’re not all equal wrt employment opportunities.

Our friend was bothered that she wondered if students were encouraged with big fantasies, to keep them motivated and paying big tuitions? Valid question.

**Basic degrees. Huge change from when we graduated HS.
At that time, a HS diploma prepared graduates to find gainful employment, marry, raise families, buy a small house, etc.
At that time, ANY degree pretty much guaranteed better employment, higher income.

No more. Now many degrees are basic with no guarantee of employment.

So, these eager young ladies in corporate marketing doubtless have big ideas about their worth.
All they have to do is say it to make it so.
Then reality settles in.

i did not foresee a time when “white college educated liberal women” would become their own demographic.
i’m reading these words. (i don’t think it’s limited to white.)

[temporal1]

.. So, these eager young ladies in corporate marketing doubtless have big ideas about their worth.
All they have to do is say it to make it so.
Then reality settles in.

i did not foresee a time when “white college educated liberal women” would become their own demographic.
i’m reading these words. (i don’t think it’s limited to white.)

i’m guessing this is causing havoc in politics/Congress, too.
As if the world was just waiting for them to arrive.