Club, next club, bar, late-night Thai food, next club. This sounds like many millennials' Saturday nights in the late 2000s/early 2010s. One of those millennials asked in a Tiktok if Gen Z still does that sort of thing.
Ashley Tea, the TikToker who asked this, had a suspicion that Gen Z weren't living the same lifestyle she was able to have in her early 20s "indie sleaze" era, or even being "emo in 2005."
"What does [Gen Z] do for fun?" Tea asked. The pandemic ruined their bar coming of age, and Tea wasn't sure what they all ended up doing with their Friday and Saturday nights.
Gen Z replied, and it was, well, kind of depressing to read about. They certainly aren't going to clubs.
In general, they aren't doing well.
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For one thing, it's too expensive to go out anywhere, thanks to the state of the economy these days.
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Some talked about what they did do, including...improv games?
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Or, as many commented, video games.
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There was a surprisingly large group of Gen Z who do fiber arts like crochet and knitting to pass the time.
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Another millennial chimed in with thoughts on these arguably better-for-your-liver activities.
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Another proposed that maybe they are just reverting to even older forms of getting together.
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Finally, someone nailed it: there's nowhere to go anymore that doesn't cost money just to be there.
@thegriffinest/TikTok
Well, congrats to Gen Z's clubbing budget, but also here's hoping they can get out some more, eventually, if they want to.
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