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Happy anniversary, everyone. Saturday marks the day Prohibition was repealed in America, 76 years ago. Prohibition was originally instituted under the idea that it would eliminate drunkenness, crime, poverty and insanity as well as save the country a heck of a lot of money. Within a couple of years, though, everyone was convinced that Prohibition caused drunkenness, crime, poverty and insanity and they wanted it gone.

By 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and allowing much of America to get legally sauced again. But what if that never happened? What would the world of today be like with Prohibition still in place?

Hipster Speakeasies
One thing Prohibition guaranteed was the availability of booze. It was everywhere. Today that would be just as likely, but much more efficient bootleggers could diversify their marketplace. Thus, on Friday night you could go to a sports speakeasy and watch a game, and on Saturday you could all try to avoid that hipster speakeasy full of scruffy-looking artist types sipping their bathtub blue curacao and discussing the merits of David Lynch.

More Capone
If there's one thing a bootlegging industry needs, it's fascinating organized crime bosses who are seemingly untouchable. (See what we did there?) The modern world would have to have its fair share of Al Capones; clever mobsters who now have the advantage of an abundance of technical savvy, virtual empires and probably highly skilled lawyers who could have wriggled out of that whole tax-evasion thing.

The Virtual Cottage Industry
Back in the day mobsters ruled most booze production with an iron fist. Today, the Internet gives us both an abundance of information -- like access to Grandma's old-world hooch recipe, as well as a worldwide marketplace. Much like niche businesses that already exist on the Internet, inexplicably thriving while selling clogs made from sea shells, so too would niche booze sites thrive, offering underground channels to get the finest homemade raspberry wine and spiced rum delivered right to a back alley near you.

A Complete Pop-Culture Paradigm Shift
Rap and hip-hop are heavily criticized for the lifestyle its lyrics and videos portray -- that of excess, greed and materialism. It's not all rap, but there's definitely a large portion of it, and the influence of Courvoisier, Cristal and even gin and juice can't be denied. With prohibition in place, Snoop Dogg might have still recorded "Bathtub Gin and Juice," but the whole genre would have had to shift its focus to really spicy ginger ale, or off beverages altogether.

The Death of Sport
There's no reason to assume soccer would be lost to the world (that we know of) but it seems highly unlikely anyone would be enjoying football, hockey or baseball without beer. Especially baseball. Remember that drought a few years back when game attendance was at an all time low? Imagine that, only without beer.