People keep a conversation going by talking about things that aren’t very important. If they’re talking about alcohol at the table, alcohol is serving the purpose of being an appropriate form of small talk for the occasion. Men usually prefer talking about drinks over food because food is typically homemade, which means that any positive or negative statement made about it is an evaluation of the skills of the person who did the cooking. When people react to a bottle, a positive reaction is a compliment to good taste, but a negative reaction still isn’t personal enough to be insulting.
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