As an elder millenial I’d like to proudly declare I have never gone to and escape room or axe throwing because those would require some sort of social interaction.
I drink a lot of IPAs though, you don’t need to speak to people to do that.
Old millennial here. Want to drink at home by yourself while I drink at home by myself?
We can drink at home by ourselfs while hanging out in the same discord chat
This is the way
Edit: (to add some actual discussion) it’s honestly really nice since Ubers are getting expensive and no one will drink and drive. Sure it’s not the same as hanging out in person but it’s the next best thing.
Actually for real it is, my buddies and I just hang out and drink and smoke and have a gay old time. Maybe we’re all playing dufferent games, sometimes maybe somebody or nobody is playing nothing just chilling.
FR, this is what my wife and I do. We’ll get on a group call and chill with friends separately. Sometimes the same game, sometimes not. Less stress, saves money, still fun.
And you get to say bye and go pass out when ever you want!
Late xennial here, you’re a little late, but sure.
We drinking again? I still haven’t stopped from last night.
(stares at naked wrist) it’s blur o’clock, I can’t remember when the fuck I started, and I pretty sure I’m on an entirely different goddamn continent than the one I started on. So far it’s going pretty drink.
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Beware of accounts promoting division between millennials & Gen Z. They’re trying to prevent a powerful political alliance.
Thank you for calling that out. I’ve saw them do that on Reddit right after the election.
The Gen Z bit is accurate, at least for current college students. I’m amazed at how little they do, how few relationships they have, etc. I actually feel quite bad for them.
The kids aren’t alright
I also feel quite bad for us.
I feel bad that I don’t see kids outside playing anymore, but I definitely see less young people out drinking and driving and getting into fights and shit as a plus in my book.
Older Gen Z here. Getting involved in community organising helps.
It’s hard when everyone is doing the same thing, there’s a very strong force pulling you in that direction
yes i do want to do the escape room axe throwing thing
I do not trust certain friends around throwing axes precisely because they’re way into the idea of throwing axes
Then do it!
zoomers don’t leave the house because the world is currently on fire
It’s been burning since the world’s been turning
But we didn’t start the fire!
We didn’t light it, but we’re trynna fight it…
World has always been on fire
… and if you’re a stick (or a plant in general), the best thing you can do in that case is to not leave the house.
Sometimes the best thing a flower can do is die
…wait I think that’s the wrong reference
if you’re a plant, throw some seeds, bury them, hope they’ll make it once the climate’s better.
You have the opportunity to help shape the new world.
TIL I’m a zoomer. Sheesh skibbidi rizz Ohio
That’s more alpha than zoomer.
On God, no cap All facts no printer
Caps lock, no fax urinal
no fax
That’s something I can get behind, even if it’s at a urinal.
Does your urinal require a cover letter?
No, but it’s certainly appreciated.
What’s a zoomer? Old gen Z?
It’s just another word for gen z.
What’s the range of birth years for being one ?
wait i always assumed you were anyways
I don’t want a fucken culture war between the generations like what happened with baby boomers. Gen X forward are all fine by me, live your life, be conscientious of other people and where they’re at in life, and for shits sakes lets be open to changing our societies based on different generational challenges. The generational wars were always stoked by cynical conservative bread and circuses propaganda, fuck em, stop paying them attention.
And this is why my millennial D&D group invites zoomers to join us, no better way to bridge that gap!
In my experience Millenials are super inviting to Zoomers, but not the other way around. But that could just be because they are literally slightly more mature than Gen Z.
I dunno if it’s maturity or just…
Look I interact with a lotta kids, and they are not alright. If you told me a large number of zoomers literally did not know how to invite their friends to real life activities, I would believe you. I’ve spoken with a lot of Zoomers who are so socially awkward they don’t seem to understand a spoken conversation. I feel like we have an obligation to invite them to stuff, just to show them that there is a world off the net that’s worth living in.
That’s how it always is. It has nothing to do with the “generation,” but more the stage of life someone is at.
I didn’t get invited to things with people a generation or two older than me when I was younger, because I was an immature little jerk. Now I do, because my stage of life is a lot more similar to theirs now that my kids are more independent and I’ve learned to behave.
Sure, but I know I didn’t rip on the genXers just because I was an immature little shit. I ripped on my peers because I didn’t give a shit about the older generation, and by the time I did, I knew genX was cool, if a bit detached and the real enemy was the capital class (and boomers to an extent because of how wrapped up in chasing the status they’ll never have while pulling the ladder up behind them).
I very met some very mature Gen Z! They just happen to be the ones that don’t spend a lot of time on social media haha
The shitheads writing the culture war articles and voting for Trump and his kind in greater numbers than the boomers are Gen X.
Make friends across generational and income lines. Yes, it gets awkward sometimes.
So you’re saying I should make a point of banging wom n in their mid 20s?
Not how I would have put it. I was thinking of platonic friendships
You’re right, I should have some purely physical, no strings attached flings with multiple women in their mid 20s.
No law against it, but not sure you’ve grokked the spirit of my original statement. It’s about building solidarity. I would add including across gender lines in your case.
If I were to prescribe a resolution for you this year it would be to become really good friends with 1 woman, and to fuck 1 man.
I’m serious. If you haven’t tried it already, then I think it might really shake some baggage loose for you.
I’m with you on the value of platonic female friendships. Miss me with banging s dude though. And you make a wonderful point about having intense, passionate, no strings attached sexually charged, animalistic flings with women in their mid 20s.
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cynical conservative bread and circuses propaganda
It’s not “conservatives,” it’s mainstream media in general. Mainstream media lives and dies by viewership/readership, and the thing that sells clicks/views the most is drama. Age related drama is timeless and relatively easy pickings, because it doesn’t really matter what you say about a given generation, a number of people will identify with it, a number will disagree, and everyone seems to have an opinion.
It’s incredibly stupid and a big reason why I generally avoid mainstream media, except for coverage of important regional, national, and international news.
Same, but I gotta say that I have noticed a trend of zoomers just calling everything Millennials do as cringe. Usually every generation makes fun of the next generation, but this time it’s the other way around. Making millennials the target of both the older and younger generations.
I feel called out, somehow by both.
Me too, and I’m Gen X.
I’ve just spent my evening nit leaving the house drinking wine and playing hell let lose with nt wife sitting behind ne playing the sims.
That’s peak millennial in my opinion
I played on my Steam Deck while my SO watched some drama last night, and we ended the evening w/ my SO bawling into my shoulder about something emotional that happened, which I had no context for but still gave some emotional support for.
Seems pretty Millenial to me as well. 😀
Yoooo - played Elden Ring whilst SO played TOTK on the same couch drinking wine and then we went to bed and totally didn’t do it because we’re both super tired 🙌 Peak Saturday Night Millennial Club
As a millennial this hits way too close to home lol - although I guess now it’s Inzoi for her instead of the sims (for a bit).
I don’t drink because I don’t wanna, and I don’t leave the house often because everything is too expensive. Home is nice and I have everything I need here. I’m basically a mid-40s zoomer I guess.
Same but also I don’t have any friends to go out with anyway, to fill out the full requirement I guess.
Key point here: Millennials still make an effort to hang out, outside of the internet. Hoo boy that birth rate is really going to plummet. Lets see how well the capitalist’s infinite growth system works when the next 3 generations are smaller then each other. How does retirement work for the proles?
If you think capitalism is bad wait until you see what’s coming next: neofeudalism
Extremely wealthy few who control everything. No more payment, you’ll simply be a serf. No more owning, you won’t own anything, all in your life will be leased.
In that world, you have kids because your told to, or else. Individual freedom? What are you a lord? A feudal master?
I doubt anyone will have to be told to have kids. Putting people in misery will leave them grasping at anything to have a moment’s respite of pleasure. Right now they can do that with hobbies and ‘toys.’ In the future? Only the embrace of your fellow miserable hopefully-only-half-kin will be an option, and kids will start popping out.
That’s ok. At this point trump’ll tank it all first, saving us the reich wing tax incentives to bang out kids and talibangelicals preventing women from obtaining jobs or higher education so they can stay barefoot and pregnant kn the kitchen.
Gen X here. When I get bored I go out to eat by myself. Without the drinking though. I’m lonely, not gonna lie.
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I have a partner I love, still enjoy being alone when I can.
I would too. I get overloaded on social interaction pretty quickly.
When I am bored I go to the explosion museum of naval firepower. Its next to a brewery.
Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
Wtf its an actual place! The name sounds so ridiculous i’s not sure if you were havin a laugh or not. :)
It’s a real place and a couple years ago I had a years ticket to go in as often as I like and take the ferry around the harbour to see other things too like the historic dockyard (Victory, Warrior, Mary Rose) and the submarine museum. All included in that one ticket. It wasn’t even that expensive really. Lasted for a year.
Wow! The Mary Rose… you just sent me down memory lane. I hadn’t thought about that ship in decades. So i saw that ship when it was still going through that water treatment business. Blew my mind then, i’s really young at the time.
And now i realise i’ve been to Portsmouth, we were staying over in Eastbourne at the time.
The trip was full of museums and castle visits all over the south of England at least between Battle and Tintagel. So we could easily have been to the Explosion museum as well. I’ll have to dig out the old scrap books and see if somethings written in them about it.
The years ticket to all of those sounds like a great way to spend some weekends, get to enjoy the harbour as well.
Looks like its £51 normally for unlimited access to everything for a year. Not sure how often they do it, I got it much cheaper because they were doing it for a pretty good discount for anyone with a PO postcode. Not sure if it was literally every PO postcode or just some of them.
Oh nice! Over here in Perth the State Gov just had all Summer with all the Museums free. It was cool, no matter who, you just kinda walked in. They’ve recently redone the main museum ‘Boola Bardip’ its a pretty incredible place now. Didn’t see much war stuff, but i’s flying through it with a kid, so there were whole floors we missed.
Skip the alcohol and go to a modern laser tag arena with friends. Insanely fun. They somehow got the Halo 2/3 announcer over a massive intercom system, and they have similar games. Feels like a match from when we were kids!
Skip the alcohol
No.
Depends on the arena. The one in my area, absolutely zero chance of them ever being that cool.
Also, I wouldn’t skip the alcohol. How else would I have had a couple full bottles of sake on my 21st if I had skipped it?
We have inexpensive arcades as well, which are a ton of fun. $5 gets you about an hour of entertainment, and I wouldn’t go over 10 because you’ll probably get bored of the games before you use up your credits if you put too much on it.
Some other options:
- go karts - a little expensive for the fancy ones, so shop around
- shooting range
- trading card game nights at the game shop
These all cost money, but probably not much more than drinking, and they’re generally more enjoyable without alcohol. You can show up alone and have a great time, and there’s just enough social interaction that you won’t feel so alone.
But maybe this is my millenial side showing.
Meanwhile me, who is lonely to tears, yet drinks alone and consumes brainrot content at the same time while crying:
They should make a group for people who drink alone to socialize with, like “Alcoholics Identified” or something.
Hmm, maybe we could call it “Big Alcoholics Rally” or something. Maybe we could organize them as community centers, and give it a neat acronym. Hmm…
Hey. Don’t do that.
Hey, hope you’ll learn to deal with self destructing habits, every steps in the right direction matters !
And dont be too harsh on yourself, perfect is ennemy of good as we say in France, especially if its derail you from wanting to get better :)
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This is all good advice, but even if you don’t follow it at least part of the issue isn’t that you’re alone, but what you’re doing while you’re alone…
Like. Years ago I decided to build a nine foot tall statue in the living room of my one bedroom apartment. It took me months, and it’s actually terrifying, but it also interests people. Like. No one responds to “I have an eight and a half foot tall statue in my living room” with “okay”.
Having hobbies isn’t just a way to meet people, it’s a way to learn new skills, grow as a person, and have something you can look back on and say “I did that”.
If you spent all your time alone building or making things you’d probably feel a lot better about the time you spent alone, and doubtlessly people would pick up on that
And before you say, “but hobbies are expensive,” I bet there are a lot of things you’re interested in that are cheaper than alcohol. You just need to find those things and start them.
Yeah. I was broke af when I made my statue. It’s mostly… I guess technically mortar. Cement and sand and burlap and chicken wire. Cement is not expensive.
And the best thing about hobbies is you can be creative. You can go dumpster diving to get “found materials” to make a statue, or go to the thrift store, or maybe the local wrecking yard. There are a ton of options for cheap stuff that can be attached together to make something interesting.
I’ve found some really, really weird art besides the dumpster behind my building, and the steady stream of old electronics has really helped in learning how to solder.
You don’t even need to open up a dumpster honestly.
Try out some MeetUp groups local to you. I found a local Web Developers hang, a local Snow time activities and a local board game groups that i’ve met some cool people from!
Nooo, don’t drink alone. It’s so bad. I’m sending you an internet hug ☆⌒(> _ <)
