The Most Delicious Cocktails

Here's why I'm wrong for this world. Someone I know announced to friends on social media that he plans to open a great cocktail bar with absolutely the most delicious cocktails. His friends were supportive. What a great idea. Hey, who doesn't love great cocktails?

A few months later, he posted photos of himself taking a class in mixology at a bartending school. The response was overwhelmingly enthusiastic. Can't wait to try your great cocktails! Shortly thereafter, he opened his bar. A labor of love!

Molar-grinding though it is, this, in and of itself, is not why I'm wrong for this world. This is just why the world is wrong for me.

The killer is that the top two paragraphs would be completely opaque for 99% of readers. "What exactly is your problem with this, Jim?"

I'm a slob who wants a genuinely delicious cocktail, not the proposition of one (see the "Face-In-Hole Board" section here). Is that so crazy?


Also, I'd like to live in a world with genuineness, broadly. Where we sip and are moved to go "Mmm!", and not just grimly peck out "YUM!" on Instagram.