Remember when we could drink fruity drinks and still be a badass?

I don't think I ever had St Idea, but yeah, a lot of those sweet "malt beverages" and cheap fortified wines have this rancid, chemically smell that really isn't like anything else.  Like Mad Dog 20/20- a ton of fruity sweetness masking a vile, rotten underlying taste and smell.   I've always wondered why those kinds of drinks are are so nasty in particular, especially if their whole purpose is to appeal to drinkers who dont like the bitterness of beer.   Puking that stuff up  seems like teenage rite of passage. Can't imagine doing now in my 40s.