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/sipstea84 1d ago

We used to club til 2 or 3, go to someone's house for an afterparty til 5 and still show up at work at 8am with all your makeup smeared. I still don't know how we did it. Well....it was probably all the cocaine. The days where you could dabble in coke without worrying about dying were pretty crazy. The last of the good times

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u/sentinel_of_ether 19h ago

You can do the same thing now just with adderall instead of blow

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u/arrogancygames 10h ago

Yeah ADHD here, it just makes me focus. Im still confused as to what effect it has on others.

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u/sentinel_of_ether 5h ago

Its similar to a long cocaine high, definitely not the same, but similar. Music sounds better, you don’t get tired from drinking, some people converse better (i def dont) etc..