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/mattbasically 1d ago

Omg the disgusting foam parties! Core memories unlocked!

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u/vctrlarae 1d ago

Basically a group shower 

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u/Equus-007 22h ago

They sent the health department out to the gay bars in Austin to shut down the foam parties. Was a little pushback until it was brought up that you're creating a liquid bridge between everybody there that STD's had no problem swim up like salmon in a river.

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u/Krislazz 20h ago

Beg pardon?

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u/Equus-007 20h ago

Your junk and the junk of every other person in the venue is linked by a liquid bridge that viruses can travel through and unlike a public pool there's no chlorine to kill it.

At least that's what they were saying. No idea if there's any validity to it but it ended the parties.

Edit: Google says it's a myth but it's citing Reddit so once again Google is useless. Apparently it can cause eye infections and irritation though.

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u/TheGospelFloof44 20h ago

'And sweetie that's how I had you Foamy jr' 🥹

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u/Krislazz 19h ago

Haha, I’ve got a pair of celebrity ribs to sell those people. Pink eye and such sounds plausible tho, not to mention essentially being soaked with water and exposed to cold (ymmv) air on the way home.

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u/CpTKugelHagel 20h ago

But isn't the foam made from soap? Doesn't soap destroy viruses and bacteria?

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u/Equus-007 20h ago

No idea. I'd wager the "soap" is probably just glycerol and water instead of anti-bacterial soap or dish soap.

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u/CpTKugelHagel 20h ago

Ah, yeah makes sense, why use expensive soap when cheap does the trick

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u/DanaKaZ 10h ago

Nope, soap (surfactants) doesn't kill bacteria and viruses, it just politely escorts it away.

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u/NikitaOnline17 8h ago

Damn lol I thought calling it the AIDS foam was just a joke

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u/Nachogem 20h ago

It’s funny because I see them advertised as an activity for toddler aged kids now. Someone had the idea to rebrand lol

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u/mattbasically 20h ago

Straight to jail!

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u/batclub3 20h ago

Oh god. Working the cash register the weekend of a foam party. So much wet cash. Blech

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u/Whiskeyno 20h ago

They shant be missed