(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ok so here's the thing. When I drink rum or vodka my mother is disgusted with me but she herself drinks wine. What's the difference? They both have they same effects. So it made me think, does the alcohol you drink define you socially? This is what I've noticed.

(THE STATEMENTS BELOW ARE WHAT I'VE SEEN THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME, I'M NOT SAYING IT APPLIES TO EVERYONE!)

1. Beer - Usually the men with low pay such as my own father.

2. Rum, Vodka, etc. - Usually people that are young, like to club and what not.

3. Wine - Usually more mature adults that tend to have class, or at least make a stride to have class.

Either way I find it unfair for adults to be judgemental of what we drink and actually I find it to be unfair for anyone to frown upon whatever anyone drinks! Alcohol is alcohol, the majority of us drink it and as long as we drink responsibly I see no real problem.

It's because your mother isn't looking down on the drink itself but the people that are associated with the drink. For example, many years ago cider was looked down upon because it was associated with cheap drinkers eg. the homeless and college students. Over the past few years advertisements have changed ciders "image" to a more social drink, one that's an alternative to lager.

Wine isn't really a drink that you use to get drunk, it's more like a cup of tea, you enjoy the drinking, not the side effects. The opposite is definitely true for vodka, it's horrible if it's not mixed and people just endure the rotten experience so they can get drunk.

So it's really two things that define the image of a particular drink, who drinks it and why they drink it. This is why your mother is so pissy about vodka, it's usually associated with young idiots, like myself.

Finally someone with a reasonable answer unlike that idiot Phobick up there.