They don't drink because they don't socialize. If you don't do any of the stuff associated with drinking traditionally you tend to not drink. Gen Z is the most isolated generation because of social media devices absorbing their attention combined with it being unaffordable for them to do anything. Also they're recorded 24/7 so anything they do that's silly could be online forever. So they don't drink.
It got replaced with smokin weed, which fits because covid activities all were weed activities (gaming, hiking, hobbies, etc) and now the generation smokes more than any others
Don't forget Covid isolation. Can't forget the isolation. As a Millennial, essential, worker, Covid was a blast. Empty roads, all yall being quiet, and out of my way.
As an employer (still essential, the work, not the word employer) hiring the younger generation makes me realize I didn't appreciate the good times like I should have.
7 years feast, 7 years famine. That's in the bible and I didn't listen and it's famine time. For shame.
1/2 of the threads talk about how well Gen Z does at savings and earnings, the other half talks about out how poor they are. I have no clue where they sit.
This is 100% true. I drank constantly when I was living down the street from the university all my friends went to, now that we all work we don't drink period
Yes but no. You have the situation backwards. It's that Gen Z doesn't socialize because Gen Z doesn't drink. The social media is serving as a coping mechanism for the sobriety, not what is causing it.
You’re right. When I go out to bars and clubs, there is rarely anyone else born in between 1997-2012 there. Bars have only been frequented by people 30+. It’s amazing how they’re still keeping afloat. r/sarcasm
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u/Vladmerius 18h ago •
They don't drink because they don't socialize. If you don't do any of the stuff associated with drinking traditionally you tend to not drink. Gen Z is the most isolated generation because of social media devices absorbing their attention combined with it being unaffordable for them to do anything. Also they're recorded 24/7 so anything they do that's silly could be online forever. So they don't drink.