You have to remember the average FTer isn't your "typical" person.

He/she flies on average 198K miles a year.
He/she would rather starve than eat at McDonald's.
He/she would rather sleep outside than set foot inside a 3 star or less hotel.
He/she sees a human under the age of 3 and starts having heart palpitations at the thought of one of "those things" being within hearing distance on a flight.
And most importantly he/she is smarter, cooler, has a better personality and is in general a better person than 98.87% of the general population.

And so yes in this rarefied and elite world, one discusses issues such as champagne and caviar. What do you expect to discuss? Baseball? What are you some kind of plebeian?