There’s definitely a performative masculinity thing but I also think it’s (maybe subconsciously) because movies and culture have portrayed hard liquor as the sort of drink you drink alone. It’s a flimsy cover for the fact that they don’t have any real, egoless connection to friends. I’ve drank some real nice single malts in my time, but I’d rather be on a beach sinking cheap lagers or Smirnoff Ices or whatever, playing cricket or doing spontaneous karaoke or just chilling with like 15 people I actually dig.
There’s definitely a performative masculinity thing but I also think it’s (maybe subconsciously) because movies and culture have portrayed hard liquor as the sort of drink you drink alone. It’s a flimsy cover for the fact that they don’t have any real, egoless connection to friends. I’ve drank some real nice single malts in my time, but I’d rather be on a beach sinking cheap lagers or Smirnoff Ices or whatever, playing cricket or doing spontaneous karaoke or just chilling with like 15 people I actually dig.