Spyke
feddit.org

The trend that people drink less and less alcohol is well-documented now.

Apart from the bullshit about AI, it is also frankly disturbing that the shares of beer companies still go up. That doesn't quack like a market economy.

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startrek.website

If I understand this correctly, what they need is an AI that can also drink a lot of beer! Solving two problems in one fell swoop. But where is Silicon Valley on this front? Nowhere. Sad!

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discuss.tchncs.de

Maybe they think that when those people cannot find new jobs beer sales will rise again?

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Historically, poverty and beer sales have been well correlated. But man, have you seen what a pint of beer costs now?

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lemmy.world

Heineken isn't that good a beer, let's see if AI makes it even worse. I've got good faith in that.

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Obireply
sopuli.xyz

Heineken owns much, much more than just their namesake beer.

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Where I live, they own a big chunk of all the shitty beers at shitty gas stations. They're a major reason why independent breweries are almost nonexistent.

Fuck Heineken.

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