I wonder if LW (and other bodies) can make money for itself using similar click-thru tactics used on book buying but for online alcohol stores
A web site for promoting rationality giving itself a financial interest in promoting a drug that produces irrationality?
alcohol can spur on bad judgement; but can be useful in certain circumstances. I probably use more alcohol for cooking than for drinking. The user's choose how they use it. and if indeed we have that many drinkers; promoting non-drinking for health reasons should be encouraged. (contention about healthy drinking aside for a moment)
I wonder if LW (and other bodies) can make money for itself using similar click-thru tactics used on book buying but for online alcohol stores.
Hm, I haven't even tried that. I have noticed that - as we live without a car - it is always purchasing liquids that is the heaviest and most inconvenient. Every weekend, I put on a handcart 24l sparkling mineral water, 12l beer and every 2-3 weekends 12l milk and push it home from the shop. (This comes from the case sizes. It is funny how the whole idea of metric is to have things divisible by 10 and then they make 12 box milk cartons and 6 x 2l mineral water cases and so on.) Thankfully our apartment house is fully wheelchair accessible which comes very handy in cases like this.There is an elevator etc. Buying actual food is far, far easier than these heavy liquids. My gut instinct would tell me ordering a 12l case beer online would be too expensive in shipment costs, it is just too heavy and bulky. Probably better reserve it not for the quantity stuff, but for the rare, special, quality type whiskey or wine, the kind of thing to sip and not chug, but then wouldn't you be afraid they break it?
if a transporter breaks a package that's usually their problem to pay for it and deliver you a new package.
I don't know where you are from but there are dedicated alcohol retailers here. I assume they realise the costs of alcohol and transportation troubles and have some kind of solution to it. Alternatively you could accept the transport cost as "the cost of convenience".
I recently heard a story of a friend who walked to his local bottle shop and then caught an Uber home because it was more convenient than carrying his drinks that distance; at ~$5-10 extra for "delivery fee" its not very much more expensive, also he got a ride home.
I have been trying to accept the costs of living and "convenience" in my life more, and be more willing to pay for services that can put small and pointless problems "out of my mind", to give me more opportunity to put my mind to better use.
As a follow up post to: http://lesswrong.com/lw/m2r/lesswrong_experience_on_alcohol/
I tallied the responses.
In rought categories:
Doesnt drink: 11
Drinks: 19
Drinks heavily: 4
Disclaimers; I had to make judegements as to people who didn't like alcohol who drink very rarely (but are not morally opposed to the thought of it), and people who drink regularly as to how much would put them into the "drinks heavily" category. I think I did an okay job of it.
I wonder if LW (and other bodies) can make money for itself using similar click-thru tactics used on book buying but for online alcohol stores. Drink responsibly!
I will try to update this tally if any more responses are received.
I hope the following question finds its way onto the lesswrong survey:
How regularly do you drink?
daily (or almost daily)
5 days a week
3 days a week
twice a week
once a week
a few times a month
less than 12 time a year
less than 2 times a year
never
(and possibly)
Has your drinking habits changed since last year?
I drink more
I drink the same
I drink different things but about the same amount of drinks
I drink less
(follow up post on spice preferences coming in a few hours)
(Edit*2: 25/4/15 added some commenters to the tally)