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1985 to 1995 wonder years
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Anyone else remember this era. Non stop clubbing, raves, parties, spanish holidays. It was basically a free for all and sexfest most weeks.
Begs the question what on earth does the youth do now apart from playstation and xbox.
I had some amazing times
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"Wasn't it an era of record unemployment and recessions, and people were scared of aids?"
Blimey. I guess you could have had that outlook. But I worked since 16 yo non stop, I was a labourer and earned 25 quid a day which was more than my city mates lol.
Time of my life and no aids here.  |
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"I think I was the only person ever to go on an 18-30 holiday to Ibiza and not get laid.
That was 1985 and I married in 1986."
Classic. Oh well.
I was in San Antonio in 1988, it was amazing. Just as dance era was starting. Met a lovely scouae girl among others. |
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"Watched dads porn on vhs when no one was in
Going out to clubs you had to chat goes up no phones, no dating sites, only fools and horses, hit man and her, list is endless "
All very good examples. Loved OFaH
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By *oxesMan 12 weeks ago
Southend, Essex |
"Anyone else remember this era. Non stop clubbing, raves, parties, spanish holidays. It was basically a free for all and sexfest most weeks.
Begs the question what on earth does the youth do now apart from playstation and xbox.
I had some amazing times
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I said what up bruvs
What you daud is true but to a lesser extent. The youth (GEN-Z) are more or less like that generation but with certain exceptions.
1) pubs and clubs are now seen as expensive (cost of living crisis) and samey. so they go less often but want a greater experience so instead of going to a club which is similar where ever (and expensive) you go. They rather save up and have one big blowout on a festival, or Ibiza/Berlin. The pandemic has taught petite that you don't need a pub or club to have a good time.
2) Gen-Z are now more health conciouse than previous generations so would rather not spend the time at clubs and pubs getting wasted to the early hours of the morning.
3) Gen-Z are more risk adverse. And perceaive a greater pressure to do well at uni, Sport, socially, career and academically etc. Extra things that are seen as a hinderence like clubbing are dropped. Gebln-Z and Alpha generation will inhabit the world left behind by boomers and millenis and they apparently do not want to make the same mistakes as we made to the planet. Gen-Z often are more anxious than previous generations so are less likely to enter environments where they are not comfortable.
4) Gen-z also have a smaller but closer knitted group of freinds and would rather spend a nice quiet pint talking to them or playing a computer games with them rather than dancing in a club where you can't hear each other or your bit unsure of the intentions of the single bloke trying to dance with you.
5) Gen-Z are not millennials we are in our 30-40s now we have young families looking eaggly and outbid the other heavily for the 2 bed buggalo for 375k and we are simply too old to go clubbing. The age of the jilted generation and the millennium is over. And it shows 300 nightclubs in London have closed perminatly since 2019. Nearly 1/2 of clubs in the UK have closed and a lot of pubs have also closed. Now they're are other reasons why but the most renouned and super clubs have closed. But quite simply to many of Gen-Z the 90s might be back in fashion but clubbing isn't that's something your rents did as it's considered to be as un cool as a certain Blue and white social media site.
Now of course this is a huge generalisations off gen-Z based on works wide trends and data collected by a number of orgs. And that there will always be that one person where what I written is as unusual as a tandori in a kabab shop. |
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"Watched dads porn on vhs when no one was in
Going out to clubs you had to chat goes up no phones, no dating sites, only fools and horses, hit man and her, list is endless "
There were dating agencies, you sent letters with photo's, it's how we met  . Then there were contact magazines (old version of Fab!), again you sent a letter and photo and waited a week or more for a reply. |
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"Anyone else remember this era. Non stop clubbing, raves, parties, spanish holidays. It was basically a free for all and sexfest most weeks.
Begs the question what on earth does the youth do now apart from playstation and xbox.
I had some amazing times
I said what up bruvs
What you daud is true but to a lesser extent. The youth (GEN-Z) are more or less like that generation but with certain exceptions.
1) pubs and clubs are now seen as expensive (cost of living crisis) and samey. so they go less often but want a greater experience so instead of going to a club which is similar where ever (and expensive) you go. They rather save up and have one big blowout on a festival, or Ibiza/Berlin. The pandemic has taught petite that you don't need a pub or club to have a good time.
2) Gen-Z are now more health conciouse than previous generations so would rather not spend the time at clubs and pubs getting wasted to the early hours of the morning.
3) Gen-Z are more risk adverse. And perceaive a greater pressure to do well at uni, Sport, socially, career and academically etc. Extra things that are seen as a hinderence like clubbing are dropped. Gebln-Z and Alpha generation will inhabit the world left behind by boomers and millenis and they apparently do not want to make the same mistakes as we made to the planet. Gen-Z often are more anxious than previous generations so are less likely to enter environments where they are not comfortable.
4) Gen-z also have a smaller but closer knitted group of freinds and would rather spend a nice quiet pint talking to them or playing a computer games with them rather than dancing in a club where you can't hear each other or your bit unsure of the intentions of the single bloke trying to dance with you.
5) Gen-Z are not millennials we are in our 30-40s now we have young families looking eaggly and outbid the other heavily for the 2 bed buggalo for 375k and we are simply too old to go clubbing. The age of the jilted generation and the millennium is over. And it shows 300 nightclubs in London have closed perminatly since 2019. Nearly 1/2 of clubs in the UK have closed and a lot of pubs have also closed. Now they're are other reasons why but the most renouned and super clubs have closed. But quite simply to many of Gen-Z the 90s might be back in fashion but clubbing isn't that's something your rents did as it's considered to be as un cool as a certain Blue and white social media site.
Now of course this is a huge generalisations off gen-Z based on works wide trends and data collected by a number of orgs. And that there will always be that one person where what I written is as unusual as a tandori in a kabab shop. "
Interesting but hey lets keep it light. Its a post for fun not a competition. With the night life gone as it has thats my question. Cant all be dating sites surely.
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By *oxesMan 12 weeks ago
Southend, Essex |
"Anyone else remember this era. Non stop clubbing, raves, parties, spanish holidays. It was basically a free for all and sexfest most weeks.
Begs the question what on earth does the youth do now apart from playstation and xbox.
I had some amazing times
I said what up bruvs
What you daud is true but to a lesser extent. The youth (GEN-Z) are more or less like that generation but with certain exceptions.
1) pubs and clubs are now seen as expensive (cost of living crisis) and samey. so they go less often but want a greater experience so instead of going to a club which is similar where ever (and expensive) you go. They rather save up and have one big blowout on a festival, or Ibiza/Berlin. The pandemic has taught petite that you don't need a pub or club to have a good time.
2) Gen-Z are now more health conciouse than previous generations so would rather not spend the time at clubs and pubs getting wasted to the early hours of the morning.
3) Gen-Z are more risk adverse. And perceaive a greater pressure to do well at uni, Sport, socially, career and academically etc. Extra things that are seen as a hinderence like clubbing are dropped. Gebln-Z and Alpha generation will inhabit the world left behind by boomers and millenis and they apparently do not want to make the same mistakes as we made to the planet. Gen-Z often are more anxious than previous generations so are less likely to enter environments where they are not comfortable.
4) Gen-z also have a smaller but closer knitted group of freinds and would rather spend a nice quiet pint talking to them or playing a computer games with them rather than dancing in a club where you can't hear each other or your bit unsure of the intentions of the single bloke trying to dance with you.
5) Gen-Z are not millennials we are in our 30-40s now we have young families looking eaggly and outbid the other heavily for the 2 bed buggalo for 375k and we are simply too old to go clubbing. The age of the jilted generation and the millennium is over. And it shows 300 nightclubs in London have closed perminatly since 2019. Nearly 1/2 of clubs in the UK have closed and a lot of pubs have also closed. Now they're are other reasons why but the most renouned and super clubs have closed. But quite simply to many of Gen-Z the 90s might be back in fashion but clubbing isn't that's something your rents did as it's considered to be as un cool as a certain Blue and white social media site.
Now of course this is a huge generalisations off gen-Z based on works wide trends and data collected by a number of orgs. And that there will always be that one person where what I written is as unusual as a tandori in a kabab shop.
Interesting but hey lets keep it light. Its a post for fun not a competition. With the night life gone as it has thats my question. Cant all be dating sites surely.
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Appologies Im like the matrix sometimes I can't help but go deep and wavy too explain things or have meaning. When sometimes some progress just want action. |
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My wonder years started a bit earlier than that, probably 1980, but I know what you mean. By 1985, my first wife and I had had our first threesomes, explored an open marriage, found a reliable source of VHS porn videos and were shagging ourselves stupid when we weren't shagging someone else. It was a great time and I look back to it a lot. |
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"Anyone else remember this era. Non stop clubbing, raves, parties, spanish holidays. It was basically a free for all and sexfest most weeks.
Begs the question what on earth does the youth do now apart from playstation and xbox.
I had some amazing times
I said what up bruvs
What you daud is true but to a lesser extent. The youth (GEN-Z) are more or less like that generation but with certain exceptions.
1) pubs and clubs are now seen as expensive (cost of living crisis) and samey. so they go less often but want a greater experience so instead of going to a club which is similar where ever (and expensive) you go. They rather save up and have one big blowout on a festival, or Ibiza/Berlin. The pandemic has taught petite that you don't need a pub or club to have a good time.
2) Gen-Z are now more health conciouse than previous generations so would rather not spend the time at clubs and pubs getting wasted to the early hours of the morning.
3) Gen-Z are more risk adverse. And perceaive a greater pressure to do well at uni, Sport, socially, career and academically etc. Extra things that are seen as a hinderence like clubbing are dropped. Gebln-Z and Alpha generation will inhabit the world left behind by boomers and millenis and they apparently do not want to make the same mistakes as we made to the planet. Gen-Z often are more anxious than previous generations so are less likely to enter environments where they are not comfortable.
4) Gen-z also have a smaller but closer knitted group of freinds and would rather spend a nice quiet pint talking to them or playing a computer games with them rather than dancing in a club where you can't hear each other or your bit unsure of the intentions of the single bloke trying to dance with you.
5) Gen-Z are not millennials we are in our 30-40s now we have young families looking eaggly and outbid the other heavily for the 2 bed buggalo for 375k and we are simply too old to go clubbing. The age of the jilted generation and the millennium is over. And it shows 300 nightclubs in London have closed perminatly since 2019. Nearly 1/2 of clubs in the UK have closed and a lot of pubs have also closed. Now they're are other reasons why but the most renouned and super clubs have closed. But quite simply to many of Gen-Z the 90s might be back in fashion but clubbing isn't that's something your rents did as it's considered to be as un cool as a certain Blue and white social media site.
Now of course this is a huge generalisations off gen-Z based on works wide trends and data collected by a number of orgs. And that there will always be that one person where what I written is as unusual as a tandori in a kabab shop.
Interesting but hey lets keep it light. Its a post for fun not a competition. With the night life gone as it has thats my question. Cant all be dating sites surely.
Appologies Im like the matrix sometimes I can't help but go deep and wavy too explain things or have meaning. When sometimes some progress just want action. "
Lol. No worries mate. You go deep but keep it to sex ha ha |
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"My wonder years started a bit earlier than that, probably 1980, but I know what you mean. By 1985, my first wife and I had had our first threesomes, explored an open marriage, found a reliable source of VHS porn videos and were shagging ourselves stupid when we weren't shagging someone else. It was a great time and I look back to it a lot."
True wonder years . Good man |
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Nope.
Didn't do any of that at all. Never been clubbing or to a rave and never had the opportunity to travel.
Started work in 1984 on £40 a week but had too many responsibilities to even consider any of the above and sex wasn't an option either. |
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"Nope.
Didn't do any of that at all. Never been clubbing or to a rave and never had the opportunity to travel.
Started work in 1984 on £40 a week but had too many responsibilities to even consider any of the above and sex wasn't an option either. "
Well my friend I am sure you have made up in later life with plenty of wonder years. Its never to late to party |
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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It was an awesome time. Was in the clubs at 13 and there were rock, goth, alternative nights in london most nights. Now they run monthly at the weekend. Left home at 16 had my own business selling vintage clothing in Camden Market which I'd get from jumble sales. Got to see so many great bands and tons of awful ones as it was always someone's friends band playing somewhere. Lived across the road from the skate park so got to skate and hangout with friends. Had the most coolest best friend/flat mate in the world and everyone crashed at our place. Tattoos were affordable and all the guys had prince Albert's back then. |
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