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Originally Posted by montsnmags
I don't know, Maggie. I see what you're saying (thinking wine and beer tastings and food matchings, etc.), but in the case of your food/food pill scenario, one precludes the other. In the alcohol/pill scenario, a person can still enjoy a (non-alcoholic) drink and all its taste and social sensations while popping a pill for the sensory high desired.
Saying that, I think people will still enjoy alcohol, from a legacy, industrial inertia, marketing, fashion, experiential perspective. So perhaps I contradict myself, Maggie. 
Cheers,
Marc (who loves his dessert wines) |
Marc, I think some people drink to enjoy the sensory pleasures of alcohol, others to get drunk and some to do both. I think a pill would be handy for an alcoholic, for instance, to get through the workday, lol. I drink for taste, consistency and such, which includes the taste of the alcohol itself. So taking a pill wouldn't appeal, because I'm not out to get drunk, or even necessarily buzzed, though that can be great. My husband isn't much of a drinker, but is a foodie who cooks a lot with alcohol. No pill will substitute.
I'm not saying there won't be alcohol substitutes or that people won't use 'em. Just saying that there's pleasure in alcohol that can't be substituted with a pill, and having a non-alcoholic drink and taking a pill wouldn't be necessary for some people.
I'm having merlot as I type. Cheers.