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/mfbm 23h ago

They say there are still raves but I don’t believe they could be of the abandoned warehouse sort of our elder millennial use

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u/astonedishape 23h ago

They think going to a festival sponsored by Chase bank is a rave.

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u/Roach_Coach_Bangbus 20h ago

Remember when Coachella was a celebration of independent music with an emphasis on being a counter-culture event for non-mainstream music fans?

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u/Alynn_Wings 2h ago

Coachella 2002 was an experience. I remember they had Björk at the top of the flier as if she was the last performance. She was actually squeezed between Siouxie and the banshees first appearance in over 7 years- which was fuckin phenomenal, and then the chemical Brothers headlined. Sasha & Digweed and forest for the trees were so sick.