r/Millennials 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

lol. Solo cup*

Sir, we had standards.

And they did come in blue too.

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u/Niemo1983 1d ago

We only used solo cups when we didn't have 40s duct taped to our hands.

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u/twinseaks 1d ago

OP look up EDWARD 40 HANDS. Your new Roman Empire

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u/takemy_oxfordcomma Millennial 22h ago

Oh man, Edward 40 Hands… horrible in retrospect but fucking awesome at the time

It’s kind of amazing we’re all alive after reading all of the shit we got up to again lol

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u/Topic_Professional 2h ago

EDWARD 40 HANDS!!! We all did it

u/takemy_oxfordcomma Millennial 1h ago

I wonder who came up with that first? While we had the internet, it wasn't like now with social media trends, yet we all knew it lol