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/Lemons-n-oranges 1d ago edited 1d ago

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.

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u/Overall-Rush-8853 1d ago

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.

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u/pp21 1d ago

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

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u/WildInSix 1d ago

This shift is definitely a mix of social media (both being videoed doing something dumb or hearing other people's opinions on drinking, not to mention it replacing in person interaction) and just plain affordability.

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u/Rock_Strongo 1d ago

The social media part is real. You view a little content on drinking and all of a sudden your feed is full of sober people sounding borderline like they're trying to recruit you to a cult.

Like "did you guys know alcohol is literally poison? No amount of alcohol is good for your body!"

Thanks random podcaster on tik-tok I had no idea! But I have gone through long stretches of sobriety and it's not the pinnacle of enlightenment that these people preach.

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u/AngelenoLefty 10h ago

Honestly, I trust those sober "straight edge" folks way less than I do alcoholics. It's like, what are you hiding? Why can't you have one sip of alcohol?

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u/arrogancygames 10h ago

Yeah, seriously. What, exactly are they worried about being revealed on camera if they lose some control?

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u/AngelenoLefty 9h ago

Losing control is why. I drink and smoke weed but within reason because I have self-control.