I'm lucky to be a part of something like this. I get together every Tuesday with a group for a whiskey tasting. We talk about the drink of course, but we also e

I'm lucky to be a part of something like this. I get together every Tuesday with a group for a whiskey tasting. We talk about the drink of course, but we also end up talking about politics, social issues, day to day nonsense, etc. I'm significantly more left leaning that anyone else in the group, and most of them are also 30 years older than me, with the other two still being a few years my senior. We bicker a lot, but it's gotten me to see things from a ton of different perspectives. And even if we don't agree, it gives me a chance to better argue against those points later or at least better understand why someone might think that way. Obviously I don't think we're the brightest minds in town or anything like that, but I think there's something to be said about this sort of social gathering. It's almost like sparring with people I just disagree with but (mostly) like so that I'm better equipped against the real thing.