I already started

We can drink at home by ourselfs while hanging out in the same discord chat

Late xennial here, you’re a little late, but sure.

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Thank you for calling that out. I've saw them do that on Reddit right after the election.

The kids aren’t alright

I also feel quite bad for us.

Older Gen Z here. Getting involved in community organising helps.

GenZ has fallen victim to car culture and commodification of literally everything. There are no places to go and many younger people never even knew different. Life's only affordable or respectable in the 'burbs where there's nothing to do and nowhere to go without a car. Meanwhile inner cities with intact structures are bulldozed for more car infrastructure or unusable because of traffic.

Everywhere people can go costs money. Even the internet is no commons any more, peer pressure pushes people into walled gardens where algorithms push brainrot.

You can't blame the people being affected by our literally unlivable world. It's been getting worse for some time now and in some aspects millennials had it worse than gen X who had it worse than the boomers. No single generation is to blame for losing the class war, however I hold every single person not fighting against the capitalist class accountable.

It's hard when everyone is doing the same thing, there's a very strong force pulling you in that direction

As a young person, I have never had an opportunity to do much of anything. I blame living in a suburban wasteland and being overly sheltered. I mostly just read, program and go on bike rides. There isn't anywhere in my city to actually hang out besides the walmart parking lot or the library. I do spend a unhealthy amount of time at the library.

I do not trust certain friends around throwing axes precisely because they're way into the idea of throwing axes

Then do it!

It's been burning since the world's been turning

World has always been on fire

You have the opportunity to help shape the new world.

... 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.

That's more alpha than zoomer.

What's the range of birth years for being one ?

wait i always assumed you were anyways

And this is why my millennial D&D group invites zoomers to join us, no better way to bridge that gap!

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.

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.

Me too, and I'm Gen X.

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).

Same but also I don't have any friends to go out with anyway, to fill out the full requirement I guess.

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?

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.

I have a partner I love, still enjoy being alone when I can.

When I am bored I go to the explosion museum of naval firepower. Its next to a brewery.

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.

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 :)

They should make a group for people who drink alone to socialize with, like "Alcoholics Identified" or something.

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 ☆⌒(> _ <)

I wish I had friends

As much as the whole generation thing is made up, sometimes being a zillenial (late millennial/early gen z) really makes one feel left out of everything

There's no reason. Drinking is expensive and even if you have friends it's easier to talk to/play with them online. Also, women keep telling us they don't want to be approached at bars, so now bars are losing the quick-fuck market.

Easy fix: drink.

We exist, come find us. 😁

I was thinking the same thing lol.

Me and a couple buddies got motorcycles over the past year. We're literally going to go for a ride tomorrow, then meet at the local axe throwing range. I've been looking forward to it all week!

You are allowed not to buy them, so far.

I guess buying hops is a lot easier than gitting gud at brewing.

Most of CTs breweries also have a nice stout. My favorite is the romanov bourbon barrel stout at Woodbury brewing company.

Would you like me to add some fruit juice to your beer?

Our best local brew(Red oak) is a Bavarian amber lager. Only the people that hate beer drink IPA.

Wasnt the millennial hate the first post?

Non-joke answer: Indian Pale Ale, a style of beer popular with a lot of homebrewers and beer enthusiasts.

International Phonetic Alphabet

The cilantro of beer.

Cool.

I don't drink at all and consume my fair share of garbage content, and I consumed way more when I was younger. I also don't like going out, probably because I'm pretty introverted and going out w/ friends takes energy, so I save that for more special occasions like birthdays. My typical evening is playing video games, working on side projects, or reading a book.

They are, they're Biden's peers