When pouring liquid....

[Stinsok]

why do people start pouring, then raise the container up, then lower it before finishing?

[MatticusMania]

Increase in gravitational pull?

[jeremyr]

to get a better look at how full it really is?? I could see depth perception playing a part in why people would subconsciously do it.

[sarcastro83]

man... you gotta stop worrying about it... man... just like... let... let it... like... don't focus on the pouring... man... don't focus on the jug... just... like... like don't even focus on the liquid... or the pouring, man... just... let it... let it pour YOU...

[Let It Fall]

Originally Posted by Stinsok

why do people start pouring, then raise the container up, then lower it before finishing?

Start off low, so you dont spill it everywhere and look like a dumb ass.

Go up higher as to say, look i can move while I pour and look how high I go, I think grown ups still have child like fun sometimes.[subconsciously of course]

Then lower it either because.

A) you realize you were missing some or splashing
B) You want to show off because you can go up AND down.
C) As the container empties its not as predictable and you still dont want to look like a dumb ass.

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by Let It Fall

B) You want to show off because you can go up AND down.

This is why I do it.

[codeinedreams]

bartender trick - cuz it looks cool

[warwick.hoy]

keeps the foam down if you let the beer/soda run down the inside of the glass.

[knumbskull]

just drink straight from the bottle or beer tap. job done.

[Jon_West]

Originally Posted by sarcastro83

man... you gotta stop worrying about it... man... just like... let... let it... like... don't focus on the pouring... man... don't focus on the jug... just... like... like don't even focus on the liquid... or the pouring, man... just... let it... let it pour YOU...

[Thunderscreech]

When someone is pouring you a drink of really expensive whiskey or other intoxicant, lowering the glass and raising it abruptly causes more liquid to fall into the glass, because you increase the distance from the glass to the bottle, more volume it required to fill it, and the magic of physics causes more liquid to be pulled out of the bottle and into your glass. Of course, if your friend wise up to this trick, they will just lower the bottle with your glass.