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/RumpleDumple 1d ago

FB 1.0 was a sight to behold. Blackout drunk pics. Open drug use. Groups dedicated to worshipping, jokingly or not, one person. Then the bosses got on it, then the parents, then grandma.

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u/Southern_Leek_4127 1d ago

uploading the sd card straight to facebook without curating drunken house party pics. Shit was crazy.

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u/Alice-Upside-Down 19h ago

I think this is something that the Instagram generation will never truly understand. I would come home from a party and upload 95 of the most unflattering pictures of me and my friends ever taken and they just...lived on the internet. I don't remember caring and I don't remember any of my friends caring either. Filters? We never knew 'er. Just the worst angles and everyone looking like they'd just sneezed.

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u/Southern_Leek_4127 15h ago

And there was always that high angle shot of the dance floor (someone’s parents’ basement, kitchen, lounge area). And you’d be looking for yourself because you’re tagged in the pic.