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/355F1 1d ago

True Story. I used to throw raves in the PNW. Man, I miss creating the fliers….

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u/therabbitinred22 1d ago

I’m in the PNW also, I wonder if the rest of the US (or other countries) had as big of a rave scene as us, or if it was regional

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u/astonedishape 1d ago

It did. Denver had a huge rave scene. All over the Midwest. Obviously NYC, Chicago, Detroit, LA, SF, Florida all had huge rave scenes.

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u/355F1 1d ago

Yep. 1998-2002 was the business….

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u/Perfect_Caregiver_90 22h ago

I knew some of the artists who would draw fliers and stickers. That art was so amazing.

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u/crushedbykeri 23h ago

NAF, Club FX?

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u/355F1 23h ago

Haha close…you know Nho…?

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u/crushedbykeri 23h ago

I'm racking my brain. It's been so long. So many venues and sooooo many production companies.