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[–] thelazywriter@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Learned a new term today: “sober curious.” I quit drinking 5 years ago, and never looked back. I wouldn’t mind some more variety for non-alcoholic drinks, especially those without sugar. Can’t have pop too often because it’s just sugar. Kombucha reminds me of beer so I avoid it. Fruit juices are full of sugar too. So it’s usually down to tea, coffee or water for me.

[–] weew@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

lol that sounds like vocabulary only an alcoholic would invent.

"I've heard of being sober, but I'm to afraid to try it right now."

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was trying to escape beer to save money, but at $2 a can non-alcoholic is even more expensive despite seemingly less taxes needing to be paid.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My initial assumption was that it's because it's newer, ~~so they need to make up that r&d cost~~ (edit: I get why this is silly now). Once there is a lot more competition for it, the prices should come down. Similar to how some plant based meats / milks or gluten-free products became more accessible once general people started buying them instead of a tiny group that could be exploited more easily.

I'm just hoping for fewer drunk driving accidents and reduced health issues

[–] Alphadef@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh boy you are painfully optimistic about capitalism

[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Let us not forget, 1 trillion types of non alcoholic drinks already exist.

People don’t event know when they a being marketed.