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Cake day: August 20th, 2023

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  • If you zoom in on the can it says 6%. Japan went through a phase of increasing alcohol percentages on these types of drinks ~10 years ago when the govt was raising taxes on beer a few times in a relatively short time period. They first came out with the “strong” versions which were 9%, and I think that wave peaked at a 13% lemon drink (which tasted like licking a robot, btw).

    More recently Japan’s been a little more health conscious about booze in general, so there’s been an increase in types of non-alcoholic versions of drinks, including pale ale type beers and cocktails. The companies making cheap options like the -196 and the zeros have subsequently put 6 and 7% versions in the stores. There’ve also been studies showing young people drinking less overall, so it’ll be interesting to see what the next moves are.



  • This just hit me as an interesting example of an analysis that can take all the available data into account and considered through all kinds of lenses, but without a key will never be interpreted correctly (this is assuming you can’t just google the phrase). It reminds me of the darmok episode of tng where the computer couldn’t interpret a foreign language because it was based on a history of shared memes







  • Yeah true. I liked a couple of the new characters but I wish they hadn’t just kept cycling through new powers. Feels like with the freedom to change the fundamental premise they started with it let them focus on lower hanging fruit stories than trying to create deeper plots with the established story.







  • I feel like he’s just lamenting that the youth that are making things happen could make a statement with some distinct fashion. Style has always been important for him so I guess it’s somewhat complaint adjacent, but I get the feeling it’s less like “damn kids today!” and more like “it’d be better if it were this way”.