The AI slop used to generate the ad poster contained a nice suggestion for an alternative name for this crap: Image
Saw this at the store this morning, took a double take
Submitted 3 weeks ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/72f8e228-c64a-4f67-ae44-2170e9896b61.jpeg
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frunch@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
ours@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s evolving and recognizes shit beer.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Badweiser is accurate.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I’m having trouble telling if the poster is AI slop or the entire picture is.
The box of Budweiser looks 99% fine to me (bear in mind, I’m not American so I don’t know if that’s what it looks like), but the text on the close edge of the top side of the box looks weird to me. Buuut it could also just be compression artifacts.
ShortFuse@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This shit should be illegal zero alcohol or not we should not allow advertisement of beer to children. Where the fuck protect the children groups on this shit?
protist@retrofed.com 3 weeks ago
The “protect the children” groups have federal cover now to actively harm children, which is what they always wanted to do anyway
flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
German here. I’m absolutely flabbergasted that this incomprehensible opinion has 20 upvotes.
0% alcohol is 0% alcohol. What the fuck are you talking about?
thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
There used to be candy that looked like cigarettes and soft drinks made to look like a champagne bottles, and at some point we decided that was not a good idea.
I drink and I smoke, but I also think it’s not a good idea to get children used to those things. You can drink responsibly but there’s no quantity of alcohol that does zero damage, and the less we get young people used to them the better.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So, there are these things called candy cigarettes. They are candy shaped like cigarettes. Despite simply being things like bubble gum or chocolate, it turns out that people who ate them as kids are about twice as likely to smoke real cigarettes as adults. This has resulted in them being banned as advertising tobacco products to children in a good number of countries. This add for nonalcoholic beer specifically saying that minors can buy it can easily be argued to be the same kind of thing, with the same kind of legal response. If consuming non-alcoholic beer as a minor results in significantly higher rates of alcohol consumption as an adult, then ads for non-alcoholic beer that target children, like the one shown, might be worth a ban.
baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I’m also German but nobody should advertise harmful drugs to children.
Vrtrx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What does you being German have anything to do with it? Completely ignoring that no, being able to legally advertise it as 0% doesn’t mean it has 0%, in Germany non-alcoholic beer is still beer and doesn’t get advertised to children. That would be fucking insane to do.
creamfresh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Absolute fringe opinion even in Germany. Most shops and bars refuse to serve 0.0 to teens below legal drinking age, ads also don’t target them.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Here in Estonia you have to be 18 to buy alcohol free beer and wine. The idea being “hey maybe let’s not get kids used to the flavour of drinks that are bad for them to be consuming even once they ARE 18”
osanna@lemmy.vg 3 weeks ago
Lmao. They don’t ACTUALLY give a fuck about children.
MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de 3 weeks ago
Why? Because it is also ~0%sugar? Ban ads for coke instead.
TopsickPilgrim@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
let’s just ban all ads. That’d make me happy.
blackberry28@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
This is very likely form the US where u need to be 21 to buy beer. So even a 20 year old would be a child to you? This is dumb af.
stopforgettingit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This store is stupid for making this sign and they can get in quite a bit of trouble for this with ABC. NA beer is still 21 and over, its not “beer for kids”
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Wtf is the point??
Is someone out there drinking Budweiser…for the taste?
froh42@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Is there a difference between Budweiser and having sex in a canoe? Nope. Both are fucking close to water.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Usually you’d start that joke with ‘what do x and y have in common’
Starting with what’s the difference works when there’s a difference. Like this, what’s the difference between a woman in a confessional and a woman in a bathtub? One has hope in her soul. ’
ech@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I have a parent who will only drink “lite” beer. I do not understand it. It takes like shitty water.
Polisheocket@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
In my experience it’s because they’re drinking 18 of them and don’t want to be sloppy drunk after 10-12 hours. I prefer the more direct method of hard liquor to be more efficient but I get the thought process.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s to beer what LaCroix is to fruit juice.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Maybe they’re keeping a better balance of hydration to alcohol for their old brain, and not having a fruity or sweet taste but not boring plain water as well. Lite beer can occasionally be refreshing. Although personally I’d rather pour half a beer into a cup of ice than drink most light beers.
JAPHacake@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
The sign is AI generated.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
makes me question if Budweiser did this or if the store did
s1ndr0m3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Budweiser probably did it. In every grocery store I’ve seen, the beer vendors set up all the displays.
stopforgettingit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You still have to be 21 to buy NA beer. Even if its 0.0, the stores will get in trouble for not carding.
Rooster326@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Why doe?
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Rates of alcohol use and addiction have been decreasing.
This is just getting them started early like cigarettes always tried to do.
stopforgettingit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ok, I did the digging on this because you asked. I actually just assumed because I was carded for NA beer that this was a law.
In the US, federally it is not illegal to sell less than 0.5% without carding. But many states treat NA beer the same as normal beer and they require the person be over 21. In the states that do not require 21 and over for NA beer many (most) stores and bars will still card because its better safe than sorry when it comes to ABC and losing your license.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Eliminating reasonableness is the first step in creating an abusive legal system.
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The real reason is you don’t. Not in every state. Some defined it by a strict measurable standard. Others defined it to close off what’s depicted in this image. Others defined it to describe what was banned as oppressed to what you measure, so that if you’re selling beer you can’t sell it to kids. No checking labels, no “well, it’s my home brew so I don’t know”. Is it beer? You can’t sell it to kids.
The last one is almost funny because you can almost feel the confusion about why the concept of non-alcoholic beer even exists.
SippyCup@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Because it’s beer. Generally the way laws are written in the us, they call out beer, wine, and spirits, or some such wording, not being available to under 21s.
Laws generally do not mention alcohol content of whatever it is you’re buying.
Vice is difficult to regulate, and laws surrounding vice are imperfect
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The same reason why vapes are considered “tobacco products” despite not containing any tobacco and considered “flavored” if they contain any flavor (or no flavor) besides “tobacco” flavor (which is actually just caramel flavoring since vape juice has no flavor by default). It’s because politicians are stupid and short sighted and most of these regulations make little sense outside of government control.
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Looks like a ChatGPT poster
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is a chatgpt poster
Matty_r@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Yep it always does those stupid lines on either side
quarkquasar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The amount of adult stuff being deliberately pointed at children has increased quite a lot over even just the past couple years, because the corporations know that no one is going to come after them for it.
Hell, at my work, we replaced a court-ordered anti-smoking sign with a giant wall of cigarettes, so that we could make room for a bunch of new fruity flavors of nicotine pouches so that kids can become new addicts.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
You didn’t like the smooth draw of a candy cigarette as a kid?
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
I can almost taste the chalk now.
Dingo_Kidneys@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
It’s always been the goal to get children consuming products. It’s a known function of humans that they usually stick to whatever they were doing when they were kids well into adulthood. It’s harder to convince an adult with pre-established routines and preferred products to switch over.
You’re right though that it’s getting pretty blatant now, but that’s to be expected as we dismantle food and drug regulations.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you can die in an industrial accident at 14, you should be able to enjoy the great taste of beer after work - even if you still have to wait for the alcohol.
cosmos8188@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
Not just the children - under age also includes teenagers and young adults in this case. Honestly, indoctrination has always been the case, since there is a push that drugs are harmful for all, why not indoctrinate the youngest of all: children. By the time they grow up to be teens they will be addicts.
Atomic@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I suspect this is legal because “under aged” in the US doesnt explicitly mean “under 18”, since the legal drinking age is 21.
cosmos8188@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
To be fair, under aged also doesnt mean child.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They saw that younger people aren’t drinking nearly as much, so they thought this might be a solution? Get kids used to the flavor earlier?
Sadly, I’m sure there are plenty of shitty parents who would buy this for their kids.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t think there’s many parents that would buy this for their kids. I grew up knowing friends parents would would just straight up buy you actual beer. But knowing them, if they saw this, I imagine them saying “Then what’s the fucking point??? Pussyass bullshit!” While at the same time putting 2-24packs in the cart, and then saying “For you and your little friends when they get here.”
TwinTitans@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It says on the bottle not to be consumed by those under legal drinking age.
foggy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Raw_Toast@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
I raise you, Kids Extacy. WCGVqpsIVIOCagD.webp
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just what we always wanted.
The enjoyment of beer without all that pesky euphoria.
daychilde@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Alcohol never did anything for me except make me sleepy. And now with kidney failure I can’t have social anyway.
I keep na beer because I like the taste and probably every month or so have one with pizza or something.
Even cheap beer is fine.
SteveLeo@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
What a desperate piece of signage
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
“Great for drivers!” If you still want to smell like alcohol when you get pulled over but without having drank any.
bangupjobasusual@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I wonder how they will advertise their grape flavored beverage…
BigBenis@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I still get carded often when I buy NA beer. Often the cashier will even acknowledge that it’s NA but say that they still have to card me.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I always thought it was because there is alcohol in it still. NA beer I thought was classified as .5% or less. So legally they are still regulated.
Alcohol free is 0%.
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Fruit juice naturally has around 0.5% alcohol. It’s just a side effect of wet sugar.
There’s no legal federal limit, it’s all state law. Some states go by that 0.5%. others go by a definition that includes “things sold as beer” essentially.
"You are holding a container. It is labeled beer. Do not give it to anyone under 21.”Other times stores just assume and card everyone because it’s waaay easier than nuance and you’re not legally required to sell non-alcoholic beverages to minors.
robin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
They say “contains less than 0.5%” because that’s the cutoff that makes something legally beer. It more than likely has none, much of the time. That’s just the law (US):
0.5% it’s beer and subject to laws < 0.5% it’s not beer, technically a soda or something
So they label it as <0.5% simply to show that it’s in the latter category
But the grocers just do whatever. Hell, half the brands don’t have required nutritional info (beer doesn’t need it, soda does) but the real problem is that:
The regulatory agencies are captured and don’t do shit anymore. TECHNICALLY the FDA should be stepping in and making them put full nutritional information on all the brands of NA “beer” and making sure it is labeled and sold like a soda.
But the larger companies that sell it are just misclassifying it and creating problems to be as lazy and risk avoidant as possible.
filcuk@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I quite enjoy ‘Supermalt’, a malt drink with NO alcohol. It has a large warning for 18+ on the shelves at Tesco, yet I’m not carded on checkout.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
I think a lot of it is due to stupid shop policies. I have been refused sale of a teaspoon for not having ID.
Monte_Crisco@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Now we just need a platform for kids to gamble away their crayon colors so that they’re ready to do the same with their very first paycheck.
lemmygarden@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Loot boxes are gambling for children
Jiral@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not only 0% alcohol, also 0% taste and 0% beer. There are great alcohol free beers out there btw. This ain’t it.
Blanka@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you try them in Europe they are great. And even there underage kids are not allowed to buy them
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What’s this actually taste like? I figure it’s basically what they added to bud light to make bud select if it wasn’t just water. Bud light - 110 calories, 4.2% alc. Select - 55 calories 2.1% alcohol.
I remember looking at it when it came out and thinking they filled half the bottle with carbonated water and sold it for slightly more.
njordomir@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nonalcoholic beer could very well be a healthier choice than cola.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
The alcohol is the only reason to choke down the horsepiss that is beer; 0 alcohol beer’s only consumer base are self-loathing masochists.
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
We have purchased the N/A Corona from time to time. I still have to flash my ID to purchase N/A drinks.
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I don’t know if this is a hot take or not but alcohol free beer is pointless. I don’t believe anybody actually drinks beer for the taste because it objectively doesn’t taste all that great, people like beer because of the association it has with having a good time with your friends, nobody drinks it as a refreshing beverage.
The fact that beer doesn’t actually taste all that good is why people invented cocktails.
Lasherz12@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Seems fake. It’s also not legal AFAIK to sell non alcoholic beer since it’s still got some alcohol in it. Then again I guess vanilla extract and mouth wash does too.
richardisaguy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, teach them kids to drink from a young age, i’m sure it will be good for them
mufkin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Fucking yuck
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I live in California and they card me at my local grocery store if I buy 0% beer.
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
So, just shitty barley tea being advertised by ai slop
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
jesus christ this is blatant child advertising and child harm. Fuck Budweiser.
ech@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Can’t even bother to make propaganda without sloppifying it. This is a real low point for humanity.
Squatcher@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Wow this is terrible and also cherry on top ai created sign 100%
daggermoon@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
What makes you think it’s AI?
SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Look at the text on the beer can. It’s gibberish.
DahGangalang@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Like other commenter said, its more a general vibe.
Its the blocky graphic on either side with smaller text labeled modern squared off graphics in the middle. Its the font. Its the spacing. Its got the same general flow of the dozens of AI generated websites I’ve seen.
Its too cleanly unclean.
sidebro@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I also think it’s AI. It’s not something in particular I can point out that makes me think that, it’s more an impression. An impression that comes from having seen a ton of slop.
NathanDerWeise@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
The “emphasis whiskers” are a dead giveaway. Plus I’ve seen multiple AI generated posters with this exact color/font scheme. You’re gonna keep seeing it over and over now that you know what to look for, unfortunately.
ech@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
The style of the text is a big giveaway to me. Generated text has gotten a lot better (ie usually legible), but it’s pretty much always that same block letters that aren’t quite perfect enough to be a typeface, but also not designed well enough to be made by hand.
The general format of this one is also fits closely to a lot of other generated posters I’ve seen (some examples: lemmy.ca/…/2d35f3bf-bc05-4971-8c8d-9e69fe857bde.p…). It’s hard to describe, but hopefully you can see what we’re talking about.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
The meaningless feature section in the middle of the poster.
redwattlebird@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
It doesn’t look like it was designed by hand. There’s no meaning or sense of planning in the design.