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Do Gen Z'ers simply not know how to have fun?
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:35 pm
This article seems to think so:
Millennials Don't Think Gen Z Knows How To Have Fun
I definitely kind of see this with my nieces. Given my youngest niece is definitely just flat out more academically oriented. But my oldest niece just spends a lot of time at home. I pretty much never hear of her going out to bars, social events or even house parties. Even when she was at a major SEC university and living on campus (she just graduated in December and sorry, no pics
). Heck I wasn't exactly the biggest social butterfly when I was in my early to mid 20s but I still went to plenty of bars, social events and house parties.
The article essentially blames it on costs. Bars and Clubs have gotten so expensive they pretty much only cater to the rich or those kids living off mommy and daddy's credit cards.
In many ways it does make sense. The days of bars having free or highly reduced drinks for ladies nights seem to largely be gone. And the days of $1 or even $2 beer specials are also long gone. Honestly I can't remember the last time I went out even to a restaurant or any bar and didn't pay at least $5 for a regular junk Miller Lite or Bud Light. Drinking at home, while sadder, is just flat out cheaper.
There also just seem to be less fun places in general to hang out. Again everything is focused on the wealthier classes. I'd never heard the term "gentrification of fun" but I can kind of see it.
Millennials Don't Think Gen Z Knows How To Have Fun
I definitely kind of see this with my nieces. Given my youngest niece is definitely just flat out more academically oriented. But my oldest niece just spends a lot of time at home. I pretty much never hear of her going out to bars, social events or even house parties. Even when she was at a major SEC university and living on campus (she just graduated in December and sorry, no pics
). Heck I wasn't exactly the biggest social butterfly when I was in my early to mid 20s but I still went to plenty of bars, social events and house parties. The article essentially blames it on costs. Bars and Clubs have gotten so expensive they pretty much only cater to the rich or those kids living off mommy and daddy's credit cards.
In many ways it does make sense. The days of bars having free or highly reduced drinks for ladies nights seem to largely be gone. And the days of $1 or even $2 beer specials are also long gone. Honestly I can't remember the last time I went out even to a restaurant or any bar and didn't pay at least $5 for a regular junk Miller Lite or Bud Light. Drinking at home, while sadder, is just flat out cheaper.
There also just seem to be less fun places in general to hang out. Again everything is focused on the wealthier classes. I'd never heard the term "gentrification of fun" but I can kind of see it.
This post was edited on 12/22/23 at 9:38 pm
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Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:37 pm to TheMT83
Their faces are looking down at a screen too much to look up and have fun.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:39 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Everyone’s are unfortunately. Smartphones have fricked up the whole world
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:40 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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Their faces are looking down at a screen too much to look up and have fun.
Good point as well. Being 40 and being at college from 2002 to 2007 I feel like I personally hit a sweet spot. I largely grew up with technology but am old enough to not be digitally native. I remember not having a computer at home and I remember not getting my first cell phone until my senior year in high school. I was also lucky enough to go to college before smart phones and social media took over. It was all just in its infancy, you still had to genuinely talk to each other.
The amount of social skills that have been lost in Gen Z I think is really concerning.
This post was edited on 12/22/23 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:42 pm to TheMT83
Every generation has a different idea of what’s fun. With that said, the loss of the Third Place has been a social issue for several decades now, with Gen Z possibly being the first generation to truly lack any Third Place with the death of mall culture.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:43 pm to TheMT83
quote:they're all fat and on anti-depressants/benzos
Do Gen Z'ers simply not know how to have fun?
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:44 pm to TheMT83
They are scared of their own shadows.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:44 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
We really just don't give a flying frick for what Millenials consider fun.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:45 pm to TheMT83
The Covid lockdowns did a number on millions of Americans
Look for the suicide rate to increase for the foreseeable future. Many of the children of TD posters will unfortunately commit suicide
Look for the suicide rate to increase for the foreseeable future. Many of the children of TD posters will unfortunately commit suicide
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:45 pm to BoardReader
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Member since Dec 2007
quote:hmm
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Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:45 pm to Joshjrn
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Every generation has a different idea of what’s fun. With that said, the loss of the Third Place
Let’s be honest brother bear, The Third Place survived much longer than it should have. Bottom of the barrel strip club.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:45 pm to JackieTreehorn
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They are scared of their own shadows.
Every adult they interact with tells them that the world is staggeringly dangerous and constantly out to get them. Not exactly their fault.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:47 pm to Joshjrn
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Every generation has a different idea of what’s fun. With that said, the loss of the Third Place has been a social issue for several decades now, with Gen Z possibly being the first generation to truly lack any Third Place with the death of mall culture.
Agreed. Thinking about it yeah I really don't know where kids would hang out nowadays. Sure I grew up in the 90s and early 2000's and that was already past the peak of mall culture but malls were still very much alive at that point.
And heck even bars. I remember a bar I used to go to where they had pool tables, darts, air hockey and some Dave and Busters type arcade style games.
That bar is still there but the prices are twice as high and they changed their focus to again attract a wealthier crowd. The pool tables, darts, air hockey and arcade style games were removed probably 10 years ago for additional seating. And definitely no more half priced drink nights like there was 15 years ago.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:54 pm to TheMT83
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Agreed. Thinking about it yeah I really don't know where kids would hang out nowadays. Sure I grew up in the 90s and early 2000's and that was already past the peak of mall culture but malls were still very much alive at that point.
And heck even bars. I remember a bar I used to go to where they had pool tables, darts, air hockey and some Dave and Busters type arcade style games.
That bar is still there but the prices are twice as high and they changed their focus to again attract a wealthier crowd. The pool tables, darts, air hockey and arcade style games were removed probably 10 years ago for additional seating. And definitely no more half priced drink nights like there was 15 years ago.
John Taffer is glad you're gone, it was all part of the architecture.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:56 pm to TheMT83
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In many ways it does make sense. The days of bars having free or highly reduced drinks for ladies nights seem to largely be gone.
This is just false. Go on any of the tigerland bars instagram pages and they post their drink deals all the time. Examples are the house does 5 dollar bottles of wine on Fridays or Mikes does free drinks on Fridays and the line of people to get in for that is usually down to the corner store by Alvin dark. Maybe your niece just didn't like going to the bars which is fine , or maybe she just doesn't want to talk to her family about going out.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 9:58 pm to TheMT83
they like to cut their wieners and titties off.
if that isn't fun, i don't know what is.
if that isn't fun, i don't know what is.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 10:01 pm to TheMT83
One thing I have found is alot of Gen Zers are terrified of driving. Not all of them but many are delaying getting their license.
This shocks me because that was the ultimate goal of every teen in my generation (well all generations until this one). You got your license as soon as you turned 16 (or whatever the local age requirement was). Everyone did. Boys, girls, jocks, nerds, loners, greasers, bikers, goth, gay, hippie. preppy, emo, rich, poor, city, country, white, black...EVERYBODY got their license as fast as possible.
Because a driver's license meant freedom. To do what you want without your parents hovering over you.
But Gen Z does not want freedom. They are like dogs afraid to leave their safe kennel. Maybe the cause was COVID, or cell phones, or social media or helicopter parents. I dont know what made them like this but they seem to be scared of living.
And that should worry all of us.
This shocks me because that was the ultimate goal of every teen in my generation (well all generations until this one). You got your license as soon as you turned 16 (or whatever the local age requirement was). Everyone did. Boys, girls, jocks, nerds, loners, greasers, bikers, goth, gay, hippie. preppy, emo, rich, poor, city, country, white, black...EVERYBODY got their license as fast as possible.
Because a driver's license meant freedom. To do what you want without your parents hovering over you.
But Gen Z does not want freedom. They are like dogs afraid to leave their safe kennel. Maybe the cause was COVID, or cell phones, or social media or helicopter parents. I dont know what made them like this but they seem to be scared of living.
And that should worry all of us.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 10:05 pm to tigersbsbfan23
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This is just false. Go on any of the tigerland bars instagram pages and they post their drink deals all the time. Examples are the house does 5 dollar bottles of wine on Fridays or Mikes does free drinks on Fridays and the line of people to get in for that is usually down to the corner store by Alvin dark. Maybe your niece just didn't like going to the bars which is fine , or maybe she just doesn't want to talk to her family about going out.
I think what I would say is no doubt there are still some places that do specials. Overwhelmingly probably places like Tigerland that cater almost exclusively to a university student population. But get even 15 minutes away from a big university and you won't find places that offer any drink deals or a decent happy hour anymore.
So even for young adults just out of college in their early to mid 20s there's not a lot of places to go and meet others their age. They end up getting restricted to meeting people through family, meeting people through work and maybe meeting people through church/religion.
And lets be honest, using Tigerland as an example kind of proves my point. Tigerland has been going downhill since the 90s. Sure go to Tigerland where you have a decent chance of being shot. Not a good example of a good time for young adults.
This post was edited on 12/22/23 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 12/22/23 at 10:11 pm to Linoge
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One thing I have found is alot of Gen Zers are terrified of driving. Not all of them but many are delaying getting their license.
This shocks me because that was the ultimate goal of every teen in my generation (well all generations until this one). You got your license as soon as you turned 16 (or whatever the local age requirement was). Everyone did. Boys, girls, jocks, nerds, loners, greasers, bikers, goth, gay, hippie. preppy, emo, rich, poor, city, country, white, black...EVERYBODY got their license as fast as possible.
Because a driver's license meant freedom. To do what you want without your parents hovering over you.
But Gen Z does not want freedom. They are like dogs afraid to leave their safe kennel. Maybe the cause was COVID, or cell phones, or social media or helicopter parents. I dont know what made them like this but they seem to be scared of living.
And that should worry all of us.
Terrified or just neutral when it comes to driving. You are right that due to technology driving isn't the right of passage for Gen Z that it was for previous generations, even Millennials, and to me that's sad.
Like you I couldn't wait to get my license to get away from mom and dad and be able to go places on my own. Even if it was just to a park, a mall or even to a movie it was great having that freedom and not being completely reliant on mom and dad to go anywhere.
That's another thing of course that Gen Z doesn't have. Besides mall culture the movie experience. I remember many times where I would go with friends to the movie and we would hang out easily an hour before the movie and then go to a friends house or just hang out after the movie. Of course with technology and the movie experience getting stupid expensive that's another area Gen Z has lost.
A driver's license was freedom like you said and Gen Z doesn't seem to care about that. Which is scary for my generation because it means they won't bother to even fight for freedom. They'll give freedom away. We saw that during the lockdowns during Covid. They absolutely value safety over freedom.
They seem to look at social media and cell phones as being what a driver's license was to us. They see that as being their connection to the outside world. They see that as being their freedom. In some way I say to each their own but to me it's not freedom. Definitely not freedom in the way a car was for all of generations prior to Gen Z.
This post was edited on 12/22/23 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 12/22/23 at 10:12 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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Their faces are looking down at a screen too much to look up and have fun.
This is the answer.
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