The Development of Taste - I.e. You're Lying to Yourself!~

What we think is good is not intrinsically derived from the fool on the hill we hope we'll go visit one day after some time passes and our bodies stop deceiving us; but no.  The way we sculpt out our own consumptive patterns is highly predicated on who it is that we wish to impress.  And while we want to impress them, whomever they are, by showing them how similar we want to be to them, we also show them, perhaps implicitly, what we think of them.

Of course if we urge our taste on others, than we probably think we're dominant over them, at least with regard to that item's field (food, music, et al).

The funniest suggestions, I think fall into the latter category, when person X, Bill, tries to show how erudite he is by introducing a seemingly avant garde work to person Y, Peter, but person Peter has been exposed to the work previously and is in fact much more knowledgeable than Bill.

Anyway, we're constantly besting each other with drinking stories in this way (to bring it back to drinking, as if you missed out!).  And while it may serve a purpose (like furthering our social standing,  or allowing the opening of friendship), it is also highly indicative of one's absolute obsession with alcohol and all things related to the bottle.  So find a more exquisite taste to procure, please, one that takes more than a few days.  I don't mind listening!  Or waiting, for that matter.