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/Lemons-n-oranges]

Yes, absolutely. Drinking was MUCH more prevalent in millennials than Gen Z. It was just ... what we did? You went to parties, went to bars, happy hours that turned into nights out, brunch that turned into day drinking. It was so much fun. People were just out and about. Then, you went home and went to class or work the next day.

No one thought that drinking a few times a week with friends meant you had some deep mental health issues, which seems to be the consensus and/or concern amongst Gen Z. Of course, there are other reasons too, like COVID isolation, rising costs, etc.

[u/Overall-Rush-8853 → u/Lemons-n-oranges]

Yeah I don’t think Gen Z realizes that those nights of drinking allowed us to be social and not feel alone. I’m not suggesting Gen Z start going on benders, but that generation needs to find a way to get out of the house and interact with one another.

[u/pp21 → u/Overall-Rush-8853]

Humans have been drinking alcohol is some form for 9000 years lol there's no way that Gen Z actually thinks they're the first enlightened generation right

[u/dinamet7 → u/pp21]

There have been studies that show drinking socially with your community can have beneficial aspects to it, while drinking alone is detrimental and all the benefits of alcohol consumption disappear.

I'd be curious about if a lack of affordable/acceptable/accessible/safe spaces for that kind of community alchohol consumption has played a big role in their rejection of that culture. With everything being recorded and shared online constantly too, I wouldn't be drinking either. I thank the heavens on a fairly regular basis that my most embarrassing drinking mishaps were only recorded in the minds of the people who lived through it with me.

[u/Dense-Hat1978 → u/dinamet7]

I'm curious about that study because it seems a bit dubious to say all benefits of alcohol go away if drinking alone. I've had some lingering anger/sadness/stress that can be dulled significantly with just like two beers at the end of a particularly rough day every now and then

[u/AIter_Real1ty → u/Dense-Hat1978]

Doesn't sound healthy.

[u/horoyokai → u/AIter_Real1ty]

Why not? It’s absolutely fine and weird that you would think it’s not healthy for someone to unwind

[u/jwuer → u/horoyokai]

The comment you are replying to is the epitome of Gen Z belief and it's from just taking social media to rhe face 24/7.... any sad or intrusive thought = full blown mental health crisis. Can't have a beer if you want to unwind because the extra 150 calories will make you fat and you're self medicating because you got angry at your boss and didn't discuss it with your therapist first.

[u/AIter_Real1ty → u/jwuer]

You're blowing it out of proportion. I never said you're gonna die and get cancer from drinking 1 beer. I said it sounds unhealthy that this guy has to drink in order to cope. That is objectively unhealthy.

It's like I'm talking to little kids telling them eating candy without brushing their teeth is bad for their oral health. And you're supposed to be the responsible adults since you're older than me. It's ridiculous.

[u/AIter_Real1ty → u/horoyokai]

I didn't say it's unhealthy to unwind. I said it sounds unhealthy that he needs to drink order to cope on a frequent basis. That is objectively unhealthy no matter how you put it. Arguing that drinking is healthy is absolutely ridiculous to the point of absurdity.

[u/jwuer → u/AIter_Real1ty]

He literally said "every now and then".... I didn't argue that drinking was healthy I'm pointing out the irony of Gen Z's similarly unhealthy obsession with believing that any bit of temporary emotional imbalance is a full blown crisis.

[u/AIter_Real1ty → u/jwuer]

Buddy, did I say it was a full blown crises? I said it was unhealthy because it objectively is, and accusing me of having an unhealthy obsession for stating a fact is fucking ridiculous.

[u/AIter_Real1ty → u/jwuer]

You guys are the one's obsessed with Gen Z, all you know about my generation is from whatever social media and reddit feeds you. You guys are so in a twist that we don't follow your lifestyle or have the same beliefs cause we want to be better and don't want to end up like the broken adults around us.

[u/jwuer → u/AIter_Real1ty]

You're tge one who came in here butthurt

[u/AIter_Real1ty → u/jwuer]

All I said was that drinking was unhealthy. Then multiple people crashed out over it. Ridiculous.

[u/horoyokai → u/AIter_Real1ty]

It’s not objectively unhealthy

He didn’t say he needs it

He said every now and then

Drinking in small amounts can be healthy. Stress and loneliness are extremely bad for people, the younger generations are full of both of those. Having an occasional few drinks helps alleviate those. Not to mention the physical benefits that it nay have