Cory Doctorow

I am (perhaps shamefully) delighted by this kind of booze writing:

> The finish is a delightful mix of Cinnamon Twizzlers, burnt marshmallows, Werther’s chewy caramels, and red hots in apple cider, leaving behind a warmth akin to spicy citrus cinnamon and comforting apple pie.

https://www.bountyhunterwine.com/2023-garrison-brothers-cowboy-bourbon

Apr 6, 2024 at 5:21pmWeb
Show threadPaul RosenblumApr 6, 2024
@pluralistic maybe they just didn’t get enough Halloween candy?
Show threadMr. CompletelyApr 6, 2024
@pluralistic I always thought weed culture couldn't get any sillier, but now with legalization there's the bourgeois "cannabis culture" offshoot which is replete with all that sommelier double talk jargon with a few of the terms swapped out. It rides that same line between amusing and insufferable
Show threadikesauApr 6, 2024
@mrcompletely @pluralistic "Munchies" did a "gourmet weed dinner" at Hunter S. Thompson's house and then only used about 3 minutes of footage because everyone was so embarrassingly stoned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fqbA24iM68
A Gourmet Weed Dinner At Hunter S. Thompson's House

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Show threadmnemonicoverloadApr 6, 2024

@mrcompletely
I feel like that was already a thing long before legalization, at least here in Canada. It's just become more publicly visible now.

@pluralistic

Show threadMr. CompletelyApr 6, 2024

@mnemonicoverload @pluralistic yeah, it's been an aspect of the west coast herb world for a long time, that's true. But it was a minor thing. Now it's been picked up as a marketing angle. Destigmatizing and segmenting the market are both actually good things, but in marketing terms targeted at the upper and striving classes it's just draped in pretension.

I respect those who "use cannabis as a medicine or mood stabilizer", but I still just smoke weed to get high, so the language feels goofy

Show threadmnemonicoverloadApr 6, 2024
@pluralistic @mrcompletely Personally I've always found it a bit ridiculous, for sure. It's just not new. lol
Show threadGray MillerApr 6, 2024
@mrcompletely @pluralistic cigar culture is similar. At one point I was trying to get a job writing reviews for cigar magazines, and after reading several examples, just put some moody adverbs in one cup and natural material nouns in the other and drew them at random to describe the sample cigars they sent me.
I didn’t get the gig. But I know I was close.
Show threadMr. CompletelyApr 6, 2024
@graymiller @pluralistic incredible. Just straight up mad libs. It def reads like that
Show threaddbrand666Apr 6, 2024
@pluralistic
No cat piss?
Show threadMichel JansenApr 6, 2024
@pluralistic I always those tasting notes were ridiculous snobbery, but realising olfactory organs are just detecting combinations of chemicals and turning them into electrical signals, it’s not weird that “hash collisions” happen. Like pressing too many keys on an old keyboard.