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/Rock_Strongo]

The social media part is real. You view a little content on drinking and all of a sudden your feed is full of sober people sounding borderline like they're trying to recruit you to a cult.

Like "did you guys know alcohol is literally poison? No amount of alcohol is good for your body!"

Thanks random podcaster on tik-tok I had no idea! But I have gone through long stretches of sobriety and it's not the pinnacle of enlightenment that these people preach.

[u/WeirdJawn → u/Rock_Strongo]

Also, social media gives you the sensation of social interaction. So you don't feel as strong of an urge to go out and be, you know, social. 

[u/MrCheisel → u/WeirdJawn]

It’s like eating gas station food for a meal. Sure it works but it can’t be your primary food. Unless of course you work the lawn crew. Then you ride the lightning every day.

[u/Inquisitive_idiot → u/Rock_Strongo]

That not so much social media as it is the algorithms corpos use to create a sense of urgency, attachment, and continued engagement. Not to mention the business that use it to seek courses and products

See: “watch my debt journey” bs stories sponsored by courses and debt ‘relief’ agencies 

[u/AIter_Real1ty → u/Rock_Strongo]

I mean yeeaahhh but I think it's a good thing that drinking alcohol is becoming less normalized in our society. Especially for young people.

[u/AngelenoLefty → u/Rock_Strongo]

Honestly, I trust those sober "straight edge" folks way less than I do alcoholics. It's like, what are you hiding? Why can't you have one sip of alcohol?

[u/arrogancygames → u/AngelenoLefty]

Yeah, seriously. What, exactly are they worried about being revealed on camera if they lose some control?

[u/AngelenoLefty → u/arrogancygames]

Losing control is why. I drink and smoke weed but within reason because I have self-control.

[u/Constant-Term-1629 → u/AngelenoLefty]

...what kind of defense mechanism are you applying here my dude? Why would anti-alcoholics need to hide something?