r/mildlyinteresting • u/Coneskater • Dec 06 '16

Quality Post Grocery store in Germany has started importing Arizona Ice Tea Cans and covers up the 99¢ with mini American Flag stickers

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u/SaikenWorkSafe Dec 06 '16

As they should. It's advertising, that's their job.

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u/I426Hemi Dec 06 '16

Aye, they're doing a good job. Same with Fosters, over here its, "The drink of the Aussies!" Then the Aussies don't even drink it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16 edited Dec 26 '22

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u/synkrox Dec 06 '16

Who fills their brake lines up with piss?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

Aussies.

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u/I426Hemi Dec 06 '16

Don't tell them!

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u/Larsjr Dec 06 '16

Why is it on tap everywhere? That's what's weird

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u/generalgeorge95 Dec 06 '16

TIL Australia is a member of the UK.

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u/imbasicallyhuman Dec 06 '16

I'm far from a beer expert - in fact I only properly started drinking about 2 years ago (close to 18 now). But I can guarantee you that I could tell the difference between a nice pint of Peroni and a pint of fosters, unless I was smashed.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16 edited Dec 06 '16

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u/imbasicallyhuman Dec 06 '16

In fairness, that test you did would not work on everybody. I have tried blind taste-tests and the like before and I'm rarely wrong. You have to bear in mind that some people can't even tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi...

On the other hand, the difference isn't that great, no, but again referring back to Coke and Pepsi - some people may love one and hate the other, and vice versa. If it was Fosters in a Peroni glass as one of my first drinks, I would definitely be able to tell that something was off. Obviously, if I'd had a few already I probably wouldn't, but that goes for most things.

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u/NoobieSnacks Dec 06 '16

Holy shit you've been drinking for two years straight? I'd ask how you do it but it seems you're not quite human..

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u/imbasicallyhuman Dec 06 '16

50% human. 50% jellyfish. Don't ask me how it happened.

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u/GabrielBonilla Dec 06 '16

I dont know man, people in on reddit always talk down on budweiser and yet people still buy that rat piss in record numbers.

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u/I426Hemi Dec 06 '16

Its exotic and authentic and apparently Australia and the US are different enough its counts. I've always thought the two are basically the same country on most levels.

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u/Larsjr Dec 06 '16

One has better internet and cheaper everything though

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u/doublemeat Dec 06 '16

Both like their muscle cars.

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u/I426Hemi Dec 06 '16

Australia just gets all the Utes and I can't get one in the fucking USA dammit!

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u/GigaTortoise Dec 06 '16

Some us like budweiser because it's light and simple and tastes identical everywhere. Whenever I buy a microbrew it's a complete tossup of whether it's going to taste good or be suitable only for beer aficionados, which is something I don't personally aspire to be.

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u/GabrielBonilla Dec 06 '16

Thats fine man, people can drink whatever they want. If someone offered me a budweiser, i'd accept no problem. But I would never purchase it on my own will.

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u/Meow_-_Meow Dec 06 '16

Lol my husband bought a case of Budweiser for Thanksgiving, because he "thought it was the authentic American way" and he wanted to "be like all the good ol' boys throwing beer cans at their TV screens while watching the football."

But they do have great commercials.

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u/Assdolf_Shitler Dec 06 '16

Busch is where it's at. What other beer has Simple Man as it's theme song?

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u/TheKlonipinKid Dec 06 '16

Charlie daniels simple man? Hmm i think i might drink busch more often and its the cheapest beer st the bar lol

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u/Assdolf_Shitler Dec 06 '16

No, Lynyrd Skynyrd Simple Man, possibly the greatest song ever produced by mankind.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16 edited Dec 06 '16

Do they even sell it here (in Australia)?

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u/I426Hemi Dec 06 '16

If by here you mean US you can usually find single cans at most grocers.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

Nah, I meant Australia but thanks

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u/retiringtoast8 Mar 09 '17 edited Mar 14 '17

In Mexico, Corona (and Sol) seems to be more for gringos on vacation in Cancun. Most people, in Mexico City at least, drink Negro Modelo and Bohemia. In fact, in my two months in living in Mexico City, I never saw anyone drinking a Corona. Interestingly in the U.S., a lot of chicanos like Corona and Tecate, although Mexicans in Mexico have interesting opinions about chicanos, but that's another thread in itself.
*Not Mexican, was just living there for an internship one summer and those were my observations

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u/Baardhooft Dec 06 '16

I tried Fosters in the UK since it's the cheapest beer there. One of the few beers I actually don't like to drink no matter what the price is.

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u/ritzhi_ Dec 06 '16

''Stella...it might be good , maybe''