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  • There is a book by Haruki Murakami called Underground that is a bunch of interviews with people who survived the sarin gas attack in Tokyo. It’s OK but the thing I found interesting was a lot of people didn’t realise what had happened and continued on to work rather than hospitals. I can understand three was a lot of confusion and chaos when it happened. It reads though as if Japanese people where like not going to let a sarin gas attack stop them from getting to work. It kind of made me angry and frustrated I don’t think I finished that book. Destroying the world to save it a good read if your interested in the topic though.

    Aum bought a farm in Western Australia in 90s they flew in with a lab setup and where testing sarin on sheep. That farm also had a fair bit of uranium on it too. There was a seismic event that hasn’t really been able to be explained that happened in the same area at the around the same time. It’s sort of a local conspiracy that it was Aum testing nuclear weapons. One of their plans to bring about a global apocalypse was to obtain nukes to trigger seismic events that would destroy the world.










  • Yeah there’s a lot Japanese owned Aussie beers also molson Coors have a stake hear, though I feel like they sell things like millers chill and Coors rather than bought out existing. I may be wrong on that. Coca cola amatil bought feral a few years ago another weird one i don’t think they own any other breweries. Also AB Inbev own a few brands here.




  • Oof that’s rough. Im not sure how excise tax works where you are but here it’s every six months it increases. Beer seems to get worse /smaller /more expensive over time.

    There was a beer I drank a lot 5 years ago from a local brewery that was a 6.5% abv ipa. They dropped the abv then dropped down to 4 packs then the price went up $5 aud. I get they are a business but it just wasn’t at a price point I could justify paying for it. There was a time where I gave up homebrewing because I could get local good beer for a good price. I’m contemplating taking it back up but it’s a lot of work.


  • MCHEVA@lemmy.worldtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEt tu, Guinnéss?
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    4 months ago

    Definitely an interesting man and brewery for sure don’t get me wrong. The problem I have with guiness is the same I have with many famous breweries. Is that as soon as they are bought out by soulless mega corps be it AB inbev, Heineken, asahi or lion Nathan all that culture and history may as well be thrown out the window. The past of these great breweries is nothing more than a tool for the marketing team to increase sales numbers. Which is definitely a shame. Support local small business that are actively involved in your community over international mega corporations. Be a conscious consumer and vote with your dollar in everything not just beer.