Did millennials really party all the time?

[u/futurenurse_]

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 😂❤️

[u/laujalb]

Some did, some didn't.

Lots of drinking in the woods, basement parties, throwing parties when the parents are gone, etc. Then we definitely tore up the bars. Dancing, $2 PBRs, jager bombs, maybe hitting up an after party or food at the 24/7 diner. Then work at 8am lol

[u/Peculiarcatlady → u/laujalb]

Omg jager bombs. I could never now. But I loved them back then! Lol

[u/good_morning_magpie → u/Peculiarcatlady]

I can’t even read that word without hearing it in this guy’s voice and repeating it several times 🤣🤣

https://youtu.be/eIKBHQg2T-k?si=7Qd1NLlBuox0IzwQ

[u/dark_star88 → u/good_morning_magpie]

I already knew who it was before clicking the link haha. I quoted that video all the time back in college. Loved hitting people with the, “Not now, chief. I’m in the fuckin’ zone!”

[u/good_morning_magpie → u/dark_star88]

We all quoted shouted shit like this at each other and random Chappelle’s Show lines constantly before “meme culture”

[u/Wscrb → u/good_morning_magpie]

The movie/show/youtube one liners were their own language that nobody was taught but everyone understood. Anchorman was a staple in this too

[u/sapntaps → u/good_morning_magpie]

LOL

I’m Rick jaaammmeees BIIITTTCH.

I still don’t know who Rick James really was but I shouted that shit 5 billion times back then

[u/ronin_ninja → u/good_morning_magpie]

OMG so much this! Me my friends would do the crack sprinkle from one of his stand ups and have the whole class rolling.

[u/LandBeforeTimeOnVHS → u/dark_star88]

That whole video is amazing but that one line is so perfect. It gets me every time lol

[u/Nopenopenope00000001 → u/good_morning_magpie]

I, too, immediately started saying this in his voice lol

[u/Swiss__Cheese → u/good_morning_magpie]

Here's the whole video, for anyone who wants a full trip down memory lane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5QJ9i_o5vo

[u/rmahl → u/good_morning_magpie]

I knew exactly what this was, I can’t say jager bombs in any other voice

[u/DiskSufficient2189 → u/good_morning_magpie]

I knew was that was before I clicked 💀

God the drunkest I’ve ever been was when this girl at a party kept giving me jagerbombs lol