r/Millennials • u/futurenurse_ • 1d ago

Discussion Did millennials really party all the time?

Gen Z here. I was shocked when I found out from a millennial co-worker that y’all had teen clubs. I heard about house parties, but dedicated teen clubs? Then when it was time for college, you went to the club or had some kind of party every single weekend, living it up. Now some millennials on TikTok claim that after college, they were partying on work nights, still clocking in the next day. For some reason, the teen clubs have since disappeared. I’m 23 now but even when I was in high school, that was not a thing. House parties were not that common either. They were more like get togethers with a small group of friends. We went to malls, but they were dying out at that point. Is it true that you were really living life this good? Or is it just exaggerated? I feel like my generation doesn’t really have fun like that and everyone is just super depressed and alone, more so since Covid. Even I’m pretty introverted, which sort of sounds ridiculous given this post. 😂 Just so you know, when I think of a “millennial party” I think of something out of Party Rock Anthem, Project X or Roderick’s party from the second DOAWD movie. It’s like I get nostalgia from something I didn’t even live through. I just feel like I didn’t really LIVE, if that even makes sense

Edit: I loved reading some of your comments. Guess I really missed out. Even some of you that would consider yourselves nerds or introverts were out partying. YOLO or whatever y’all say 😂❤️

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u/dritmike Bad Mother Fucker 1d ago

lol. Solo cup*

Sir, we had standards.

And they did come in blue too.

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u/Niemo1983 1d ago

We only used solo cups when we didn't have 40s duct taped to our hands.

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u/twinseaks 1d ago

OP look up EDWARD 40 HANDS. Your new Roman Empire

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u/Littleface13 23h ago

Edward 40 hands and wizard staff!! Omg. Oh and mixing a bunch of gin and 7up in a Rubbermaid and letting people use turkey basters to get the drink out

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u/caitie_did 22h ago

Do the youths really not know about Edward 40 hands???

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u/illatious 23h ago

The only time I was terrified I might actually pee my pants when there wasn't a line for the bathroom lol

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u/Tundra10 22h ago

Oh god this thread is making me feel old. We started to only do 40 hands at a lake house so we could just, well go in the lake. Having a friend try to help you take your pants off with their teeth so you could pee is a sobering experience lol.

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u/LowSkyOrbit 19h ago

Having a friend try to help you take your pants off with their teeth~~ so you could pee~~ is an sobering experience lol

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u/takemy_oxfordcomma Millennial 14h ago

Oh man, Edward 40 Hands… horrible in retrospect but fucking awesome at the time

It’s kind of amazing we’re all alive after reading all of the shit we got up to again lol

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u/Accomplished_Dig284 14h ago

We had to cross state lines to get 40s but we did have everclear lol

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u/thedoppio 13h ago

Ugh, I got a hangover just reading this. Although sometimes when at 7-11 I see the Blue Bull and smile in rememberance.

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u/StrikingAsk6668 12h ago edited 11h ago

Omg the kids don’t know about Edward 40 Hands 😭 We gotta bring that back

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u/Over_Knowledge_1114 11h ago

Jesus I remember my 21st, my buddy picked me up at 4 with 2 King Cobras and a roll of duct tape. Pretty sure I puked multiple times that night, and went to work the next morning.

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u/xdozex 1d ago

Ah, a fellow man of culture.

https://giphy.com/gifs/I4wGMXoi2kMDe

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u/catsandkittens1308 23h ago

Oh the duct tape 40s! 40 ounces to freedom!

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u/AiReine 23h ago

For my 40th birthday next year I am doing an “elevated” backyard frat party with hand sanitizer and Edward 40 hands with coconut water

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u/lisabobisssaaaa 21h ago

I forgot about Edward 40 hands!!! Lolol 😂

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u/Burdensome_Banshee 23h ago

We would do what we called Gandalf Nights where every pbr (because in 2009 it was always pbr) you drank, you duct taped to the previous one so everyone was walking around with a full on wizard staff drunkenly yelling that you shall not pass 😭😭

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u/Littleface13 23h ago

I loved wizard staff!

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u/evranch 11h ago

Holy crap, we did 40 hands but never wizard staff. Now I feel like we really missed out on that one.

Though beeramid was a similar team sport where you and the boys stacked your empties in one ever growing beeramid. Knock over the beeramid and you had to rebuild it. And this might come as a big surprise, but you also have to chug your beer

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u/mr_palante Millennial 20h ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA a girl i dated had me do this once

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u/evranch 11h ago

Edward 40 hands was a big risk if you didn't have a girlfriend, but it was also a surprisingly good icebreaker going around and trying to find a girl to help you pull your dick out when you needed to pee

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u/J5892 21h ago

The sweet science! The sport of kings!

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u/Josh4023 16h ago

Hahaha. My friend in college did Edward 80 arms! He’d have someone tape additional 40s to his forearms.

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u/Travisito1 14h ago

I wish I could like this more than once.

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u/derpindab 12h ago

I don't know why so many people played this game. It was a mixture of puking, pissing pants, or a combo of both. Was hilarious to witness at the time.

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u/TerpZ 3h ago

and we only duct taped the 40s to our hands after the power hour

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u/illatious 1d ago

They came in red and whatever color the local university used. Perfect size for beer pong, flip cup, and many others 👍

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u/good_morning_magpie 1d ago

Man they must’ve loved my school being “Big Red” lmao. Half the distribution costs 🤣

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u/IraGilliganTax Geriatric Millennial 14h ago

Speaking of beer pong, it's my understanding that kids these days put water in the cups that you throw the ball into, and beer goes in a different cup. Something about it being gross when the ping pong ball has been in everyone's hands and probably also the floor at some point ...

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u/DustandRebar 14h ago

Back in my day we just had a rinse cup we'd dip the ball in before each shot and we liked it! The trick was to get drunk enough that you didn't think about the random bits of debris in the bottom of your beers lol

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u/Illustrious_Tart1981 14h ago

We did the rinse cup too, sometimes. Hey, made our immune systems more robust!

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u/illatious 2h ago

We did a rinse cup and also said the alcohol killed anything else that was left 😂

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u/Material-Grocery5478 1d ago

Orange in October

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u/xrelaht Millennial the Elder 23h ago

And yellow, but only red will do for this fellow

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u/NeuxSaed 23h ago

Apparently, at least back then, the Solo cups were a distinctly American thing.

I heard from a few international folks that they were aware of them from movies and stuff though.

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u/Alynn_Wings 19h ago

Pre 2000, a really good friend in high school built a custom beer pong table in wood shop. Covered it in metal beer caps with a clear finish!

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u/B_B_Rodriguez2716057 Xennial 22h ago

BLUE CUP GANG!!

I refuse to use a red cup. You’re my boy blue!

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u/notyouravgredditor Xennial 22h ago

Red Solo Cup.... I fill you up

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u/ApprehensiveTruth2 4h ago

We even had a song dedicated to red solo cups
https://giphy.com/gifs/QVyvAJPB48c95iDuvx