What Gives Us Our Taste?

[Snake Hips]

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

I think the question can be answered by availability and supply and demand. My dad didn't have the choices we have today and his dad had even fewer choices. Some smart people started giving us choices with micro brews and premium cigars and it turned out to be a good idea. Some rise to the top (not neccesarily the best but the best marketers) and they create demand which keeps them in business. Does it make us bad to partake in things our parents couldn't? I bet if the same stuff was available back then, it would probably do pretty well. Not as well as today because of te internet but pretty well.

MCS

Didn't say that it makes us bad. I just find it interesting that there's been such a change of consumer taste, and I suppose choice is a good answer to that. Old dad had a choice of maybe three domestic cigars and the two local beers while we have easy access to hundreds of cigars and beers from many, many places. But I think it's more of a curiosity thing because these things are available to us. How many of us would be satisfied with only our very favorite of each? I guarantee all of us would choose variety instead, simply because things are available to try. Brand loyalty is interesting too. We all have favorites, so shouldn't we logically be loyal to those brands or products?