# Why is it so popular

**URL:** <https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927>\
**Category:** The water cooler\
**Created:** [September 26, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927 "2022-09-26T02:29:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![BridgeMaven](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@BridgeMaven](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/BridgeMaven)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/1 "2022-09-26T02:29:37Z")

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Is there anything that is very popular that you can’t understand the reason why!

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**Author:** ![crparrothead](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/crparrothead/32/6648_2.png) [@crparrothead](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/crparrothead)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/2 "2022-09-26T02:33:14Z")

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YouTube influencers

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**Author:** ![Sister](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/sister/32/6143_2.png) [@Sister](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Sister)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/3 "2022-09-26T02:41:16Z")

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Phony so called reality TV shows.

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**Author:** ![mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/mcarley/32/5644_2.png) [@mcarley](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/mcarley)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/4 "2022-09-26T03:57:45Z")

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> [@crparrothead](#):
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> YouTube influencers

Celebrities in general. Kardashians in particular.

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**Author:** ![kcflyer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/kcflyer/32/5299_2.png) [@kcflyer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/kcflyer)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/5 "2022-09-26T12:35:54Z")

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Twitter, TikTok dances.

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**Author:** ![Bears54](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/bears54/32/7_2.png) [@Bears54](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Bears54)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/6 "2022-09-26T12:38:22Z")

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> [@kcflyer](#):
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> Twitter

> **[Differences in How Democrats and Republicans Behave on Twitter](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/10/15/differences-in-how-democrats-and-republicans-behave-on-twitter/)**
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> Entering the peak of the the 2020 election season, social media platforms are firmly entrenched as a venue for Americans to process campaign news and engage in various types of social activism. But not all Americans use these platforms in similar...

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**Author:** ![BMWMTBer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/bmwmtber/32/5106_2.png) [@BMWMTBer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/BMWMTBer)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/7 "2022-09-26T13:23:06Z")

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> [@Sister](#):
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> Phony so called reality TV shows.

For me its reality tv.

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**Author:** ![BMWMTBer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/bmwmtber/32/5106_2.png) [@BMWMTBer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/BMWMTBer)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/8 "2022-09-26T13:24:05Z")

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> [@Bears54](#):
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> > [@kcflyer](#):
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> > Twitter
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> [How Democrats and Republicans Use Twitter | Pew Research Center](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/10/15/differences-in-how-democrats-and-republicans-behave-on-twitter/)

Way to make it political.

Do you ever turn it off Bears? You must be amazing to hang out with at parties or the bar.

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**Author:** ![kcflyer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/kcflyer/32/5299_2.png) [@kcflyer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/kcflyer)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/9 "2022-09-26T13:50:50Z")

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> [@BMWMTBer](#):
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> Do you ever turn it off Bears? You must be amazing to hang out with at parties or the bar.

Yep…I have questioned tweeter long before it became a political platform. I think it kind of introduced the “look at me” movement.

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**Author:** ![crparrothead](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/crparrothead/32/6648_2.png) [@crparrothead](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/crparrothead)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/10 "2022-09-26T14:10:35Z")

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> [@BMWMTBer](#):
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> Way to make it political.

Cause that is what he does.

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**Author:** ![BMWMTBer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/bmwmtber/32/5106_2.png) [@BMWMTBer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/BMWMTBer)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/11 "2022-09-26T14:38:29Z")

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> [@crparrothead](#):
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> > [@BMWMTBer](#):
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> > Way to make it political.
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> Cause that is what he does.

Just a bomb thrower.

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**Author:** ![butler](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@butler](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/butler)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/12 "2022-09-26T14:38:58Z")

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For me…its IPA beers.

We are frequent visitors to breweries…and they are everywhere.

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**Author:** ![butler](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@butler](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/butler)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/13 "2022-09-26T14:39:30Z")

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> [@BMWMTBer](#):
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> > [@crparrothead](#):
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> > > Way to make it political.
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> > Cause that is what he does.
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> Just a bomb thrower.

You cannot just steal my phrase… 🙂

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**Author:** ![BMWMTBer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/bmwmtber/32/5106_2.png) [@BMWMTBer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/BMWMTBer)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/14 "2022-09-26T14:39:49Z")

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> [@butler](#):
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> For me…its IPA beers.
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> We are frequent visitors to breweries…and they are everywhere.

That may have peaked, I’ve seen a Down tick in IPA at breweries.

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**Author:** ![Bears54](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/bears54/32/7_2.png) [@Bears54](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Bears54)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/15 "2022-09-26T14:51:53Z")

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> [@butler](#):
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> For me…its IPA beers.

Brewers make what sells, I like a good IPA, mostly in the summer months. My local microbrewery has a large selection but the IPA’s, largers and a few other styles sell the best.

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**Author:** ![crparrothead](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/crparrothead/32/6648_2.png) [@crparrothead](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/crparrothead)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/16 "2022-09-26T14:54:13Z")

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> [@BMWMTBer](#):
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> That may have peaked, I’ve seen a Down tick in IPA at breweries.

Was out at Renaissance Festival again this weekend.  
My preferences were a milk stout and a honey mead.

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**Author:** ![Bears54](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/bears54/32/7_2.png) [@Bears54](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Bears54)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/17 "2022-09-26T15:07:30Z")

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> [@crparrothead](#):
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> My preferences were a milk stout and a honey mead.

My wife likes stouts and porters, I’ve tried mead a couple times and isn’t my thing.

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**Author:** ![kcflyer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/kcflyer/32/5299_2.png) [@kcflyer](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/kcflyer)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/18 "2022-09-26T20:57:20Z")

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I do not understand the fascination with “hoppiness” in beers. I prefer to enjoy my beer, not tolerate it.

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**Author:** ![sgtFriday](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sgtFriday](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/sgtFriday)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/19 "2022-09-26T21:12:47Z")

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> [@kcflyer](#):
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> I do not understand the fascination with “hoppiness” in beers. I prefer to enjoy my beer, not tolerate it.

I think extra hops in beers were originally used as a preservative, mostly by the Brits when shipping unrefrigerated brews to places like India. They may have been a bit hoppier than traditional British Session Ales, but I suspect they were nowhere near the acidic hop bombs that the macho boozers claim to enjoy as a further indication of their overall manliness. I’ve been homebrewing for over a dozen years and seldom use more than 1/2 ounce in the boil and an ounce or two at the end for aroma and flavor. Just like you add delicate herbs a spices as final touches on cooked items. (BTW, before I started brewing, I didn’t know the difference between beers and malt liquors. Malt liquor is basically beer without hops, that’s too flat for me).

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**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/user_avatar/discourse.thelastforum.com/wintermute/32/35_2.png) [@Wintermute](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/u/Wintermute)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/why-is-it-so-popular/50927/20 "2022-09-26T22:34:31Z")

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> [@crparrothead](#):
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> YouTube influencers

and influencer. WTF! I don’t get it. FOMA?

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