Millennials think getting drunk is pathetic and embarrassing

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I read something about this the other day

metro.co.uk/2017/09/27/millennials-think-getting-drunk-is-pathetic-and-embarrassing-6958560/

I'm "late millenial", I presume this survey is more from those at the other end. Being early 30s I have friends on both sides of the bordering generations; I must admit, if I scroll down my Facebook newsfeed on an average weekend, I see more photos of my 37-45 year old friends getting hammered than I do of friends in their 20s. Drunken selfies, videos of them being raucous, pictures pretending to grope each other, blurry pics - it does come across a bit cringey at times.

I think that millennials get a hard time and called narcissists (and sometimes that's deserved), but I do think there's a generation in the "born in the 70s, with kids under 13, middle class" category whose decorum on social media could give millennials a run for their money at times
I realise that's a sweeping statement but that's based on my own personal experience so I hope it doesn't cause offence.

People are different- amazing news.

What a load of cack

Not the millenniums I know! They are out drinking more than I did. ( but they are all secondary teachers so maybe they deserve it )

I was talking to a guy in his forties who travels a lot and he said he'd noticed that "kids" in their twenties these days all seem really homogenous. He said its not just a clothes and style thing, but also even in their mannerisms (not sure what he meant by that). He put it down to the internet and its globalising effect. Once there would have been big differences between say German 25 year olds and American ones, but now theyre all connected to the same people and things via social media, series, etc.
My Mum (20 in the seventies) said the same re music: that there ised to he subcultures but not so much anymore.

Totally off topic i now realise 😂

Definitely not the ones I work with.

Hmm, I'd have thought drugs are the substance of choice, rather than alcohol?
Don't get many 'older' people popping Nox or party drugs (I know there are always exceptions)

I am a millennial. I am pissed right now. Hahahahah.

Almost my entire FB friend base falls into the "born in the 70s, m/c, young kids" category and I can't remember the last time there was a blurry, drunken pic on my news feed. You just have some dodgy acquaintances, obvs. I don't know many millenials so I'm not going to generalise about that entire generation (although I agree that music is very homogenous/dull as f*ck at the moment, that's for sure).

No millenials I know go a weekend without being drunk. And fair play to them

A high percentage of millenials don't drink (can't remember the number but it was in a presentation at work). It's a real structural shift in society

I help run a bar. This is most definitely not my experience.

Yes I have read young people drink way less alcohol than older people.

Not the millennials I know they are always out at festivals and on the lash.
There are more sober teens and people in their 20s though than there was when I was that age.

In some ways they are right, a messy drunk isn't fun. But I've noticed the early 20s kids at work are a lot more "clean living", abstemious, and likely to describe themselves as "straight edge". Late 20s friends flirt with food fads but my late 20s-early40s friends can also cut loose and party hard. I have a hobby with a great social life and a lot of this involves drinking and eating well- but people know their limits and the only real excess happens at the odd house party.

Yup but I thought drinking rates had declined amounts young people (like teenagers and 20 somethings) not millennial.

What I dont understand is how any of the younger generation is getting the money to drink habitually in bars like that. Then they moan they have no money.

I am SO offended op, I am your 70s, children under 13 rat faced drunken party loving monster mummy!

I am not sure my life would actually be worth living without the odd dancing night out on the tiles with my friends, it works as a tonic and a feeling of being liberated is good for everyone. Would I care if it was posted on social media? No not really because I don't obsess about the way I look, or care particularly about what others think.

I am so pleased my dc will learn from our mistakes and will look after themselves by not drinking, it will save them a fortune in dental fees!

The 60's and 70's crew grew up in 80's with that flashy apiration and conspicuous consumption. It was all flash lager and Moët for parties even in 6th form college round my parts.
Drinking never fell out of style with us.
I can totally see why kids in their 20's think we are are all embarrassing piss heads.

I am one and that certainly isn't my experience

The teens and early 20s that I work seem to prefer to smoke weed than drink.
I have a lad of 21 and his circle of friends hardly drink. They go to the city about twice every 6 months for a night out but the rest of the time don't drink.
However our town used to have a thriving night seen about 25 years ago and it is now dead. The young adults now seem to go out for meals as foursomes, into sport and fitness.

Sometimes if I have a drink at home I get looked at like I've got two heads or something!

Someone I work with finds it a bit weird that her grown up children and their partners earnestly spiralize courgettes all week and then indulge in drugs and alcohol at the weekend.

Don't know about millenials but getting drunk IS pathetic and embarrassing.

I organised an event at a university a couple years ago and we had problems getting keys to the SU-owned bar. Turned out they'd gone bankrupt because so few students drank alcohol! Did not compute...

Though my neighbours inform me that given all the Think 25 etc it was way easier in their late teens to source weed than booze.