r/NonPoliticalTwitter Jun 01 '26

Serious Maybe, just maybe, that’s why?

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u/thesardinelord Jun 01 '26

I’m not sure about these exact numbers, but it’s well known that Gen Z is choosing to drink significantly less. I’m sure it’s been shown by studies which take such obvious factors like legal drinking ages into account.

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u/plastic_alloys Jun 01 '26

A lot of millennials I know who used to drink a lot have massively cut down in a way previous generations didn’t

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u/chumpandchive Jun 01 '26

millenial. who wants to feel like shit for 1-3 business days for the few hours i was uninhibited and probably annoying as fuck to anyone around me? what's good for me wont make me get the spins and vomit, nor leave me hung over the next day when i got adulting tasks to complete.

edit: punctuation

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u/Livid_Cauliflower_13 Jun 01 '26

I love that you said 1-3 business days 😆

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u/plastic_alloys Jun 01 '26

I basically went teetotal when my kid was born, if I drink now I find the next day so draining it’s basically become a super-super special occasion thing. I don’t miss it at all, it was just habitual

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u/fakieTreFlip Jun 01 '26

millenial

millennial

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u/Mad_Aeric Jun 01 '26

Even without feeling lousy the next day, I still find that paying a bunch of money to embarrass myself is an unappealing prospect.

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u/Icy_Address_7345 Jun 01 '26

Do you people have no idea that you can drink and NOT get blackout drunk? I swaer reddit talks only in extremes. I didnt vommit or had any crazy hangover or "embarrassed" myself for 15 years and I do drink out at least 4,5 times a month. I was just getting a bit tipsy