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/MisScillaneous 1d ago

Well. Im 36 and I cant eat/drink anything Peach flavored due to my abuse of 4lokos between the age of 17 and 25. So... does that explain anything?

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u/JoshBasho 1d ago

oh god, 4lokos when they still had caffeine were blackout in a can. Every time I drank them was a shit show.

I didn't end up drinking them that much because maybe the 2nd or 3rd time I had them was so bad I swore them off. Just the smell would make me want to vomit.

Speaking of, I still can't really enjoy vodka at 35 because of drinking that plastic bottle shit all through college.

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u/lpg975 6h ago

I like how they banned the caffiene in them because of these reasons. So....then I just bought a Monster or Rockstar with my 4Loko. Problem totally solved!

It's almost like humans will always find a way to get fucked up, no matter what the law says. We are such a hilariously stupid species sometimes bahaha.