• Neato@ttrpg.network
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    8 months ago

    Except in America they’d just fire you for no reason if they didn’t want as many workers.

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      8 months ago

      Getting fired for fucking the hologram may make the employee ineligible for unemployment benefits, which the employer would otherwise have to reimburse the state for.

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      8 months ago

      Are you asking why beer instead of water?

      I believe the gist is that back in ye olden times when everybody was just throwing their sewage into the river, that beer was less likely to kill you because it’s boiled before it’s fermented. I don’t think they made the connection to boiling, but rather knew beer was a safer drink.

      I’m spouting this off from memory without looking it up, so no guarantee I’m correct.

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          You’re going to get downvotes for not citing sources. You’ll also get downvotes for citing a reddit comment. People who are here tend to not want to go there, and people commenting there aren’t considered experts, which is why sources are required.

          I clicked through and that person does cite references, but they use two books, and zero links. This is largely seen as not credible enough on the internet. People like citations, but want to be able to review the data themselves, thus disliking “trust me or buy this book.”

          As an effort to demonstrate how you can do the thing without making people downvote you (and definitely, definitely never complain about or mention the downvoting or you’ll get more!) I have a reply.

          I did a quick Google search for “did people in the middle ages drink beer instead of water” and got this articld which has several citations and says, “many did. Probably not everyone, and probably not all those who did were doing it because they thought it was healthier.” Which I personally liked, because it’s not the kind of absolutist view of huge populations I tend to find difficult to believe.

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    8 months ago

    I think the only part of that which I’d change is that it’d be 0% alcohol. On the plus side, it may make some of them taste better. I tried Captain Morgan’s 0% Spiced Rum and it tastes fucking awful.

    On the other hand, I’d say Brewdog’s Alcohol Free Punk IPA tastes nice, and Guinness have done a fair job with their 0% cans.

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      8 months ago

      Agree, there’re some decent < 0.5% beers around, made with just a different strain of yeast.