Thoughts on why Gen Z is not drinking alcohol?

[Kim]

It's because people don't socialize the same way as before.

I largely blame phone cameras. That embarrassing night out in the past that was quickly forgotten? It can be held over your head for years now and have real consequences.

The vibe changed once everyone had a video camera on them.

 

[Lapsus of the bepsus]

cuz they say ur not supposed to drink when on xanax

 

[Rekeita's Kidneys]

Almost everyone throughout human history has consumed alcohol. That shit isn't going away.

 

[Preacher ✝]

I reckon its a combination of financial and observational concerns.

A lot of them have seen what alcohol has done to others and had anti-alcohol propaganda drilled into them throughout schooling, so alcohol is seen as more of a risk than a fun time. It's also expensive, especially at bars where theres a significant upcharge for little to no tangible benefit. They don't need to go to bars for a lot of the traditional reasons, dating is online, hanging out with friends is online, music is online, etc. At that point if you're going to drink why pay a premium to drink somewhere else when you can save money by drinking at home and not have to worry about transportation?

 

[Whatevermancer]

It's because people don't socialize the same way as before.

This is an interesting point, and I think it's the answer to this question. I assume zoomers don't hang out with their friends IRL as previous generations, right?
And we drank mostly when we hang out with friends.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

Okay, then who is buying all those faggy seltzers like White Claw? I'm pretty sure only zoomers drink that gay shit.

Like 50 bucks of alcohol lasts a week if you wanna get drunk every night when your dumb and in your 20s if that?

I'm calling BS on that. You'd have to either be drinking expensive shit or have Rekieta levels of alcoholism to go through 50 bucks of alcohol in a week. You'd have to drink 1-2 handles a week which is pure alcoholism to do that, and the stats are pretty clear that only a few percent of people are like that. I know for a fact how hard it is to reach those levels of alcoholism because when I was younger I used to every 2 weeks go through a handle of vodka and big 1800 mL bottle of sake, and goddamn did I feel horrible every morning after. It's absolutely insane to even drink like that one night a week, and to be spending 50 dollars a week on liquor you'd need to do that 6-7 nights.

 

[Reminmyster]

i dont know why these people keep making "gen z ain't doing this", they just seem to be stupid click bait article/videos.

 

[Commissar Fuklaw]

When I was young and messed up in the head from 18-21 I drank scotch and bourbon. From 21-25 I went to beer to deal with working and trying to figure out my life. Then from 25-30 I discovered MDMA which made me mellow, have a chatty cathy fun time and I didn't feel bad the next day so on the occasional catch up with mates I did that instead. Since 30 I haven't touched a thing and I really don't care to since I figured my shit out (for the most part). Gen Z's problems are different to Y's and have grown up in a lot more depressing, melancholic time and that reflects on how they cope with it. They're never going to have a post-2008, pre-2013 EDM 'everything's gonna be fine, let's party' era.

 

[CYBER VERMIN!!]

Beer's for queers!

 

[OrangeJuliusEvola]

I think it's the death of non-chaperoned social gatherings in youth culture. Talking to the Zoomies I know, they just don't do house parties or beach parties like where I was introduced to drinking in high school, clubbing and bar hopping is expensive as fuck for college students now, and woke consent culture on campus has made frat house ragers and dorm parties damn near verboten due to fears of rape or being accused of rape.

Add to that, as others have mentioned, drinking is something us Xers and Millennials tend to make part of their personality (I'm very guilty of this), and the younger generation just doesn't want to partake in something geezers like us do.

Honestly, as much as I love beer, good on the kids. If they don't swap in weed as a crutch, they'll be ahead of the game. Vaping may be cringe and tacky as a habit, but it doesn't make you unproductive or a retard.

 

[PhoBingas]

Or the 2000s pill mills, perhaps?

Everybody between the ages of like 13 and 45 was taking E pills back in the 2000s. Is ecstasy even still a thing? Plus like 2006 to 2009 saw the rise of oxycontin, as least in my neck of the woods.

 

[BradeRunna]

I'm a Millennial and I don't drink smoke or do any drugs. I don't know why Zoomers don't drink. But I would probably say economics plays a role. Alcohol isn't that cheap. Another possibility is they are using something else.

Most bars here are full of young people

It depends on your age. People that you think are young might seem old to others.

why do people make everything a generational issue

It often is. As time goes buy things change.

 

[Gorton Colu]

Weed ain't much better.

Don't get it twisted. Weed is for faggots. I'm not even sure I'd say weed is better than alcohol. Stoners are for sure more annoying than alkies.

 

[Powerhouse of the Cell]

Because we have switched to weed.

Drinking is out style.

I personally don't drink because of family history of alcohol addiction and so I feel like I could be genetically predisposed to addiction to that.

Though I have no problem with trying other types of substances.

 

[Tanuki Mixed Nuts]

I just don't like dulling my senses man. If I'm gonna do something to feel numb I'm just gonna go to bed.

 

[Wahgonga]

If Gen Z has a hard time finding hooch, it's because us old Gen X'ers drank most of it.

 

[COME ON OUT YOU RAPIST]

Add to that, as others have mentioned, drinking is something us Xers and Millennials tend to make part of their personality (I'm very guilty of this)

Maybe I don't get out enough but the most I've heard of this is someone asking what beer you prefer, and you have an answer (as if most pilsners don't taste identical.)

I just don't like dulling my senses man. If I'm gonna do something to feel numb I'm just gonna go to bed.

It has more to do with loosening up, not having some deficit of your senses or ability to think. This is a misconception young people have about alcohol.

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

Don't get it twisted. Weed is for faggots. I'm not even sure I'd say weed is better than alcohol. Stoners are for sure more annoying than alkies.

Don't worry, I'm sneeding. I've always argued in that debate that if I'm at home and my mother fell and broke her hip and needed a ride to the emergency room, I could drive over there, pick her up, and take her to the hospital with a beer or two in my system. I cannot do that while high. I mean you COULD, but it's a lot more difficult. Despite whatever faggot stoners like to say, weed makes you a worse driver.

 

[HyperboreanRightsActivist]

It depends on your age. People that you think are young might seem old to others.

I only see oldheads in shitty dive bars. Larger bars are full of college-to-mid twenty year olds

 

[WelperHelper99]

Booze turns you into Nick Rekita and makes you abuse children. Simple as.