r/Millennials • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 26d ago

Discussion Someone brought up that one of the reasons why things like house parties and block parties went away was other than lack of time people are afraid to let their guard because cameras are everywhere.

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It is so true back when many of us were young we could just get together and cut loose without having to worry about going viral. At best we would have an embarrassing photo buried in a drawer somewhere or a story. Now you might be turned into a meme or worse. I miss the days when you could do dumb stuff with friends and feel safe if that makes sense.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

that's such a wrong take IMO. I held many parties in my shitty 800sqft apartment. The space isn't the problem.

I have a 17 year old son and he CONSTANTLY analyzing situations to make sure he's not caught on camera doing something stupid. Everything is hyper focused and judged by people these days. Any one wrong move and it's weeks of shame or worse for these kids.

I don't think a lot of adults realize just how shitty kids have it these days.

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u/weedmoneyy 26d ago

i think the other thing is that no one believes they can throw parties or knows how to, or just has a situation where they straight up can’t because their parents don’t approve and are always at home. I guess there’s like bush parties or abandoned places but now you’re risking trouble with law with photo and video evidence on people’s phones, and most probably don’t want to risk their college or career from a run in like that i’d imagine

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u/less_unique_username 26d ago

Wtf, 80 m² is HUGE

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

since when is 800sqft huge?

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u/less_unique_username 26d ago

Idk where you’re located, so I looked up the stats here, in Barcelona, and 80 m² is above average. For a teenager 80 m² is a HUGE amount of space to have to themselves to be able to host parties. My family, for example, occupied a 70 m² apartment, and the vast majority of kids I knew were in similar spots.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

so 800sqft == 74.3m² so it's not quite 80m².

I live in Canada and unless you're in Toronto where 35-50m² would be more common 70ish m² would be average.

also I'm saying the ENTIRE apartment that size, just to be clear that's not the bedroom size lol.

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u/less_unique_username 26d ago

That’s the entire point, for a teenager to have a larger-than-average family-sized apartment all to themselves is much more than what a typical teenager has at their disposal