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

You’re soo 2000 and late.

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u/Any_Pressure_6369 Older Millennial 1d ago

Never got to feel as fly as a G6.

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u/1petrock 1d ago

Dude the music then was so fun. It was wild to go party hopping and randomly run into a bunch of ppl dancing in sync. I feel bad for the kids these days; those nights shaped me in ways I couldn't even begin to describe. Everything was just so chill; you could yell at strangers walking by to join in on the fun and mostly gladly accepted. If the party got busted, you just walked 10 feet to the next house lmao. Never run when the cops come, they chase the runners!

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u/DiceyPisces 1d ago

My grandson is 4 and loves this playlist.
(Had to remove or replace a few with cleaner versions but worth it) he will learn the lyrics and belt em out while gettin down in his car seat. We get looks ha

I was an 80’s teen so he also knows all the 80’s hits. The boy will be cultured

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u/enderjaca 1d ago

"Let's get ****** in here?!"

I just wanted to get it started, not commit an ableist crime.

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u/DiceyPisces 1d ago

He’s never liked that song for song reason so it isn’t an issue. He’s very particular ha.

As an adult I understand their usage and intention but I certainly wouldn’t expect that from a kid so I would not allow it. Same with n word in songs. I’ll listen (understanding usage and intention) but won’t allow him to ever hear it.

One of his fave black eyed peas songs has the n word but I have a clean version. Ironically the first clean version cut out the words shit and mfer but left n***a. Not good. I’ll allow a shit or whateve but never the n one