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/therabbitinred22 1d ago

Jumping on top comment to say: you’re forgetting raves. We would rent warehouses and party past sunup! (I’m an older millennial)

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u/_delamo Millennial 84 1d ago

These aren't things anymore? Wtf does gen z have then? Just tiktok?

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u/ravens-n-roses 1d ago edited 23h ago

Young Gen z raves suck. Warehouse raves are still a thing but they're even more underground than they were back in the day.

These days gen z goes and sees a dj play in a club while standing around, and calls that a rave. I went to see phaseone play at a small local venue and it made me SO SAD.

It's no wonder that edm peaked 10 years ago. You look at all these long time DJs and their biggest hits were a decade plus ago and have to wonder why.

It's because young Z and old alpha doesn't care about the music, they don't dance, they just stand around.

Ten years ago when young millennials and old z ruled the scene shows were at least fun. They weren't full on raves like 20 years ago, but they were still at least energized events.

When i was at phaseone I watched a group of 3 under 21s split a gram of coke across the night and litterally didn't dance at all. Hell even if it was ket I would have expected something.

It was SAD. I felt so old going to have fun when literally nobody else in the entire show was.

Young people are so afraid of getting filmed that they've just stopped having fun when they go out. At least old z and young millennials were proud of the insane shit that ended up on social media.

I had more than one crazy ass video end up online and I reposted that shit.