The problem with British news is that it's always about petty bollocks and social problems, meaning the only way to get involved in a conversation about it is to have a moan. And so it begins.....
Apparently the country (not quite sure who this includes) is outraged at a new, incredibly strong beer. Named Tokyo from the BrewDog company, its ABV is a tipsy encouraging 18.2%. First thoughts are oh my God, how outrageous, this evil company promoting teenagers getting drunk, encouraging more fighting and all the social problems associated with alcohol.
Well guess what? The alcohol problems in the UK are not steming from a strong bottle of beer. It's a disgraceful social thing, which promotes alcohol to the highest stature. We don't all get pissed every night, we don't get completely off our rocker when we do have a few, it's not an excuse to use to randomly start fights, domestic abuse and drive our cars in to each other.
It's a choice. We don't have to eat junk food, smoke, cheat, steal, lie....but the breakdown of everything that is decent leads to these paths. Do stupid people smoke? Well not entirely true of course. What is true though, is when these 'innocent' people have the most painful chemotherapy for their malignant lung cancer, the 'oh I wish I hadn't have smoked' springs to mind. Clever...erm no. Do the unintelligent eat fast food? Well correlations exist, but causality is not the same as an association. Do rich men like the colour red? Well yes, probably because of the ferrari sitting on the drive. It's a nothing connection, but I just want to put my point across.
Now consider this. There is only limited production of this beer. Only 1000 bottles are being sold in the UK. It will not be stocked in pubs, no kegs, very difficult to get hold of. Its 10 quid for a 330ml bottle and has the same alcoholic content as a bottle of wine. So, is it worse you can pick up a 40% bottle of generic vodka for a fiver, or a bottle of wine for 2 quid. Or try and get hold of a very rare brew indeed? Is this independant brewer the pure evil and shit conjurer they are made out to be? Well does the mainstream brewers give a shit about the social effect and pressure they put on British people. They drive the production of beer, to keep the average thug, bold, tatted up chav drinking his 1.30 pint of Carling and keep him happy. Whats worse?! You can pick up cans of beer for 30/40p from supermarkets, allowing pissy little teenagers to have their thrill and this brewer is the downfall of UK society? Erm... figure that one out.
It's just another blame game situation, where the government won't address the problem. Education is the word I'm looking at. I know it's not good, both for my mental and physical state to drink 10 pints. But does Mr. football supporting dumbass know the same?! Erm... questionably. The thought of 'avin' a larf' outweighs the hangover in the morning.
I haven't tried this 'outrageous' beer. I'm sure it actually tastes like shit. The other BrewDog beers (of which some are sold in Sweden- probably easier to get hold of than in Shitland) are pretty good, so kudos for making nice tasting drinks. That's really it for me, it's not about spending my hard earned money to see how drunk I can get and piss it up a wall (sometimes the toilets aren't big enough, right?!).
What do the yanks say? That's my 2 cents or something stupid like that.
While I'm at it, have you seen BSM (British School of Motoring) has ditched Vauxhall (Opel in Europe) for Fiat! Haha, good choice retards. They are now driving those awful Fiat 500's. Let's see how long it takes for these terribly made Italian heaps to break down (ask J's brother!!). Nice one, BSM by definition was supposed to drive only British made cars. Ok, that's stupid considering basically there is no choice now, there are not many British cars to choose from. I'd recommend the Noble M15 (look it up!) or a Mini...oh no, sorry the Germans have got that one.
Ok, one more! Did you see BP's (the petrol giant) profits are down 53% this second quarter compared to last year. Tragedy I hear you cry? Well they've only made 1.9 billion pounds! Ahh, poor oil tycoons, come and have a drink with me in England.
Apparently the country (not quite sure who this includes) is outraged at a new, incredibly strong beer. Named Tokyo from the BrewDog company, its ABV is a tipsy encouraging 18.2%. First thoughts are oh my God, how outrageous, this evil company promoting teenagers getting drunk, encouraging more fighting and all the social problems associated with alcohol.
Well guess what? The alcohol problems in the UK are not steming from a strong bottle of beer. It's a disgraceful social thing, which promotes alcohol to the highest stature. We don't all get pissed every night, we don't get completely off our rocker when we do have a few, it's not an excuse to use to randomly start fights, domestic abuse and drive our cars in to each other.
It's a choice. We don't have to eat junk food, smoke, cheat, steal, lie....but the breakdown of everything that is decent leads to these paths. Do stupid people smoke? Well not entirely true of course. What is true though, is when these 'innocent' people have the most painful chemotherapy for their malignant lung cancer, the 'oh I wish I hadn't have smoked' springs to mind. Clever...erm no. Do the unintelligent eat fast food? Well correlations exist, but causality is not the same as an association. Do rich men like the colour red? Well yes, probably because of the ferrari sitting on the drive. It's a nothing connection, but I just want to put my point across.
Now consider this. There is only limited production of this beer. Only 1000 bottles are being sold in the UK. It will not be stocked in pubs, no kegs, very difficult to get hold of. Its 10 quid for a 330ml bottle and has the same alcoholic content as a bottle of wine. So, is it worse you can pick up a 40% bottle of generic vodka for a fiver, or a bottle of wine for 2 quid. Or try and get hold of a very rare brew indeed? Is this independant brewer the pure evil and shit conjurer they are made out to be? Well does the mainstream brewers give a shit about the social effect and pressure they put on British people. They drive the production of beer, to keep the average thug, bold, tatted up chav drinking his 1.30 pint of Carling and keep him happy. Whats worse?! You can pick up cans of beer for 30/40p from supermarkets, allowing pissy little teenagers to have their thrill and this brewer is the downfall of UK society? Erm... figure that one out.
It's just another blame game situation, where the government won't address the problem. Education is the word I'm looking at. I know it's not good, both for my mental and physical state to drink 10 pints. But does Mr. football supporting dumbass know the same?! Erm... questionably. The thought of 'avin' a larf' outweighs the hangover in the morning.
I haven't tried this 'outrageous' beer. I'm sure it actually tastes like shit. The other BrewDog beers (of which some are sold in Sweden- probably easier to get hold of than in Shitland) are pretty good, so kudos for making nice tasting drinks. That's really it for me, it's not about spending my hard earned money to see how drunk I can get and piss it up a wall (sometimes the toilets aren't big enough, right?!).
What do the yanks say? That's my 2 cents or something stupid like that.
While I'm at it, have you seen BSM (British School of Motoring) has ditched Vauxhall (Opel in Europe) for Fiat! Haha, good choice retards. They are now driving those awful Fiat 500's. Let's see how long it takes for these terribly made Italian heaps to break down (ask J's brother!!). Nice one, BSM by definition was supposed to drive only British made cars. Ok, that's stupid considering basically there is no choice now, there are not many British cars to choose from. I'd recommend the Noble M15 (look it up!) or a Mini...oh no, sorry the Germans have got that one.
Ok, one more! Did you see BP's (the petrol giant) profits are down 53% this second quarter compared to last year. Tragedy I hear you cry? Well they've only made 1.9 billion pounds! Ahh, poor oil tycoons, come and have a drink with me in England.
