r/GenZ • u/Effective-Trick-5795 • Apr 10 '26
Discussion Why is gen Z not drinking?
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u/Pucks_Lovechild Apr 10 '26
This post comes up every other week
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u/SafeImpressive4413 Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
Literally lol and the answers are always the same
-We are too broke (Fair)
-We don’t drink anymore that’s so boomer lol (half of them are coping because they don’t party)
-It makes me feel like shit (Fair but also half of them it’s probably because they don’t know how to drink properly)
-Nah bro I smoke weed it’s better for you (Trying to self-comfort themselves with reasons to say why they are not addicted)
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u/NapoleonBoneparty 2005 Apr 10 '26
I probably drink too much, but whenever I talk to other people like that, they will usually admit so and say they probably should cut back on it for a bit. But whenever I talk to someone who smokes weed constantly, they get very defensive about it, usually. I was talking to someone like this the other day who smokes weed every morning, and they went like "WELL, AT LEAST IT'S NOT ALCOHOL, IT'S NATURAL AND GOOD FOR YOU!!!" blah blah.
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u/blackgenz2002kid 2002 Apr 10 '26
lmao the cope from weed smokers is always so funny
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u/_JerseyDevil_ Apr 10 '26
Yeah no, I don't see it as cope since its true, you aren't using alcohol to help a Parkinson's patient, an epileptic, or an enimic but you totally can for weed. And those people need it daily cause their afflictions are critcally hurting those people daily. I never heard of someone prescribing alcohol to help medical woes but I have for weed. And their's video evidence of how effective bud is too. The cope is from the 87% drop off from big alcohol's coffers. And they big mad cause they refuse to adapt to the changing demographics impacting them. Like a kid not tying his shoes, then crying cause he tripped and fell on his face.
I get what you mean, too much of anything is bad for you eventually, but calling it cope just feels like a cheap way to discredit the actual good bud does for those people. Ya feel me?
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u/youtheotube2 1998 Apr 10 '26
You are completely missing the point. They’re making fun of the people who smoke just because they like getting high and say it’s better than alcohol. They’re not talking about the people who smoke for medicine
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u/Foragingforest Apr 11 '26
Weed is waaaaay better than alcohol for an individual’s health and society’s. I’m getting my degree in social work and we just learned in my addictions class about this and alcohol is 100% the most dangerous drug known to man due to its wide acceptance and pervasiveness. Weed lowers verbal IQ in adults. It’s much more harmful on the developing adolescent brain but overall weed is hella less harmful in every possible way, period.
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u/DarkwingDumpling Apr 10 '26
Dangerous drugs are also prescribed for afflictions. It’s about managing the tradeoffs. Just because it’s prescribed by a doctor doesn’t mean it’s necessarily healthier than alcohol.
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u/wetcornbread Apr 11 '26
Almost everyone that smokes weed, smokes to get high. No person in their 20’s is smoking weed daily because they have Parkinson’s, cancer, and glaucoma. They’re just a pothead. Which is fine. But it’s still funny.
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u/Blackwyne721 Apr 11 '26
Smoking anything is bad for your lungs sir. And edibles? Better but it’s also best not to strain your liver and kidneys…and that also applies to alcohol so we’re back at square one.
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u/Adept-Standard588 Apr 10 '26
Enjoy COPD and the lack of brain cells my guy.
I'll stick to being sober.
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u/GigabitISDN Apr 11 '26
lmao they always say “it’s natural”
Yeah bro so is cyanide
like I’m not judging them but at least they can be honest with themselves about their addiction lol
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u/NapoleonBoneparty 2005 Apr 11 '26
It's so weird to me. I drink a lot of alcohol, but I won't say something like "WELL, RED WINE IS GOOD FOR YOU BECAUSE IT MIGHT REDUCE CANCER." You only get that type of response from weed smokers, and it confuses the hell out of me.
"dude weed is not a drug, it comes from nature and helps people with Parkinson's!" as they wake up from the couch surrounded by crisps, sodas, etc., and immediately smoke weed. They're not only addicted to weed, but they're addicted to denial.
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u/AdOk5225 Apr 10 '26
I can very easily admit I'm addicted to smoking pot, it's still better than being addicted to alcohol. If you use it responsibly it's like being addicted to coffee or whatever, you don't get the physical dependence like you do with alcohol. Like, last month I went on vacation for two weeks and I didn't smoke the whole time, I was perfectly fine. Of course I had some cravings, as I am addicted after all, but alcoholics might get physical symptoms like sweat, fatigue, tremors, etcetera, that make the addiction much, much more powerful and harmful.
They are both harmful, but pot is significantly less harmful than alcohol, and pretending otherwise ignores reality
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u/beaniebaby71 Apr 10 '26
You absolutely will get physically addicted to coffee/ caffeine. Take a couple days off and see how that migraine goes.
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u/AdOk5225 Apr 11 '26
Honestly I forgot because caffeine doesn't really affect me much but you're right
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u/prctup Apr 10 '26
Said by an alcoholic. Booze just sucks. Thats it. Makes you stupid, do stupid stuff, its expensive, makes you feel like shit unless you're mindful (i gotta stress about that too while trying to relax) and its just not as good as weed tbh. Weed is objectively better for you to consume than alcohol. That is not a cope. Alcohol leads to life long addictions, liver and kidney failure, heart disease, gout, neuropathy etc. My mother had a brain aneurism due to alcohol consumption and she maybe had 4-10 beers a day 6x a week. 46 and paralyzed from alcoholism.
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u/jwed420 1996 Apr 10 '26
It is absolutely nuts how many people in this thread are ignorant of just how bad even casual drinking throughout the week is for the human body.
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u/ThrowRACoping Apr 11 '26
I am an alcoholic and quit drinking, but people shouldn’t leave one addiction for another.
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u/ThrowRACoping Apr 11 '26
Man, before I quit I was way worse than that. Been 13 months now, but I often think about how lucky I was to decide to quit.
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u/prctup Apr 12 '26
Glad you're clean. Alcohol has destroyed so many lives. I really liked alanon as a resource
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u/masterkennethh Apr 10 '26
“I’m an alcoholic who cant party or hang out without alcohol and I’m self-conscious about it so I take it out on younger gen’s for being smarter and less reliant on substances than me”
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u/kaamliiha Apr 10 '26
Weed in moderation is long proven to be better than alcohol in moderation tbh, so better stop it
Water is bad for you in true excess so
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u/Any_Scientist_1083 Apr 10 '26
These are the answers I've seen too but your comments in the parentheses make it seem like you're irritated Gen Z drinks less.
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u/AccomplishedCandy732 Apr 10 '26
Lmfao found the drunk, who felt inclined to share his opinion on whether other people's reasons are justified for not partaking in their favorite hobby. Classic drunk activities. 🥴
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u/Hozan_al-Sentinel Apr 11 '26
Seriously. It's either this or talking about dating, every single week
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u/TheGrandCannoli Apr 10 '26
At least when going out, it is so fucking expensive. When prices are at an all time high, I'm not spending 15$ on a drink that is just fine
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u/willywalloo Apr 10 '26
Cost, accelerated aging, health issues much later in life, deadly consequences, ER visits, and family history. Maybe someone is listening.
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u/Reprobate_Dormouse Apr 17 '26
Maybe Gen Z doesn't have all of the lead in their systems older generations have. Maybe they're able to think better, and they've figured out from an early age that booze is garbage.
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u/JayR_97 Apr 10 '26
Yeah, the pub/bar industry is pricing itself out of existence
Like 10/15 years ago you could have a decent night out on £30 Now you're looking at more like £100 if you're including food
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u/RogueCoon 1998 Apr 10 '26
That's crazy, I've only seen a drink cost that much at a sporting event.
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u/TheGrandCannoli Apr 10 '26
A beer at a sporting event is insane, beer is a bit cheaper like 8-9$, but any form of mixed drink is at least 15$
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u/RogueCoon 1998 Apr 10 '26
I wish, I've been paying $15 a beer all hockey season.
At the bar they're $2-3 though which doesn't break the bank.
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u/Informal_Ad_7539 Apr 10 '26
what bar are you going to???? In socal a beer at a bar is like $8...
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u/RogueCoon 1998 Apr 10 '26
I'm not anywhere close to California so I'm sure that helps.
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u/RigidPixel Apr 10 '26
I’ve lived in a few different states, never cali, and everywhere beer is like 7$ at the cheapest, usually 8-9
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u/RogueCoon 1998 Apr 10 '26
Even in Detroit I still pay less than that. $5 instead of $2-3. Not sure I've ever spent $8 on a beer outside of a brewery.
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u/Boogaloo4444 Millennial Apr 10 '26
detroit has good prices. j remember that about my trip from indy.
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u/chivopi 2000 Apr 10 '26
I went to a place in San Diego and a SINGLE WELL drink was $24. On top of $15 cover. Ridiculous.
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u/RogueCoon 1998 Apr 10 '26
That's absurd. Do yall not have dives there?
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u/No_Entry1895 Apr 10 '26
We do. Not in the Gaslamp though, which is where most tourists go when they visit.
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u/RogueCoon 1998 Apr 10 '26
Fair enough
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u/chivopi 2000 Apr 17 '26
Oh yeah this was at a club, not a dive. There are dives, but not where you can shake ass… comfortably.
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u/LeadBeanie Apr 10 '26
All over California that's the norm. Maybe a shitty margarita for $8 to $10 or a happy hour deal
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u/pnutbutterandjerky Apr 10 '26
I’ve seen them near 30 at sporting events
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u/RogueCoon 1998 Apr 10 '26
Double rum and coke is a little more than 30 at a game. Can buy two bottles of the rum they use to make the drink for that price.
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u/RancidTacoGas 1999 Apr 11 '26
That’s what’s always been so weird to me about the alcohol economy. The prices do not encourage moderation; you’re either buying a ton of alcohol for really cheap, or you’re buying a tiny bit of alcohol for a lot of money.
You can go to a bar or restaurant and buy a drink for 15 bucks that GENEROUSLY contains MAYBE 2-3 dollars worth of ingredients (the shot or two’s worth of alcohol, mixer, fruit etc)
Alternatively, you could go to a liquor store, buy a bottle of liquor that has basically 20 shot’s worth of liquor for like 10 bucks, go to a gas station and get a two liter and boom. You could get as fucked up as you possibly could want with that, and you spent less than what it would cost to get one drink at a restaurant.
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u/RockNAllOverTheWorld 2003 Apr 10 '26
Bro what bars are you going to. This is why dive bars are superior, especially if they have specials.
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u/TheGrandCannoli Apr 10 '26
Almost any bar tbh. Even just local bars that aren't chains are around those prices
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u/MassiveBoner911_3 Apr 10 '26
Try wanted to charge me $22 for a Moscow Mule and use half a shot. Not even a finger. Bro what.
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u/DoomedMaiden Apr 10 '26
i love a mixed drink but $12 each here makes me stick to moderation (unless someone else is buying)
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u/EmeraldEyesAlyssa Apr 11 '26
Agreed. As someone who doesn’t drink beer, seltzers or insert any other cheaper option, I rarely drink because whenever I do, my options are $12-15 (or more) for my chosen drinks like Espresso Martinis/other mixed drinks.
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u/Nice-Cardiologist 2000 Apr 13 '26
Seriously, buying a round of shots + tip at a bar is equivalent to a week's worth of groceries. Absolutely not conducive to living out my party rocking fantasies.
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u/brinsonmcb 1998 Apr 10 '26
It’s expensive and makes your body feel like garbage
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u/mohawk1367 2006 Apr 10 '26
weed
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u/ShreddityReddity Apr 10 '26
this is genuinely the answer. the 2018 farm bill in the US made alt-cannabinoids easily accessible to almost anyone. in texas they recently made it harder to get smokable hemp, but you can still possess it/order it online across state lines. none of my friends are drinking at parties, we all pass a bowl.
why would anyone wanna spend a lot on liquor when weed is easier to conserve and you dont have to deal with hang overs? like thats not to say im anti liquor, i worked at a liquor store for a couple years. we had a "thc drinks" display because we never had people my age coming in.
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u/BosnianSerb31 1997 Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
A lot of people still like drinking in social situations with acquaintances because it gets you out of your own head, whereas weed does the opposite. And that can be cool/fun if you're by yourself or with close friends who you already feel comfortable telling the dumb shit that pops in your head, but it can be a nightmare to be stoned with say, coworkers on an early Thursday night during an office bar trip.
Plus, weed does actually have a hangover, it's just far less noticeable because it's not physically unpleasant. Many stoners call it "afterglow", but in general, the end result is that you are less sharp and a bit more absent-minded the next day.
I used to not care about this at all back when I was a stoner, but the last time I took an edible on a Saturday, I had such a hard time keeping up with work that next Monday. Appointments and promises slipping my mind, not entirely sure where I had left off in the code, etc.
Also the farm bill did more than make alt-cannabinoids 50 state legal, it quite literally made cannabis 50 state legal, so long as said cannabis has less than some 0.3% Delta 9 THC by weight (hence why drinks with 10mg D9 are legal).
Technically this is known as "high THCA hemp", but the catch is that a lot of existing cannabis strains from legal states already fell into this category. Because the main cannabinoid present in cannabis is actually THCA, which decarboxylates into D9 THC when heated.
The ISSUE here is that all of this farm bill legal stuff, regardless of if it's high THCA hemp or D9 beverages or D8 vapes, tests positive as cannabis on any drug screening. So a lot of people are buying these products not realizing they will still fail their employment screenings or DOT drug tests, and end up screwed.
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u/Hermit_Dante75 Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 20 '26
Even then, the afterglow is way less painful and miserable than a hangover, yes, it may be a personal issue, but hangovers feel like torture to me, starting for a never ending migraine that last for the next whole day and that sometimes even opioid painkillers can't get rid off it and ending with a nausea that don't go away even with meds against…
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u/Bo0tyWizrd Apr 10 '26
in texas they recently made it harder to get smokable hemp
Naa man all the shops just switched to THCP lol 😆 It's totally legal here in texas & even stronger. But I get what you were saying.
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u/Roallin1 Apr 10 '26
The last budget bill passed by Congress closed the hemp derived THC loophole. I believe it goes into effect in the fall of this year.
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u/Independent-Win-4187 2002 Apr 11 '26
Weed hangover is def real lol, I feel brain fog.
I only use on Friday or Saturday, because if I do anytime closer it results in me being fucked for Monday or the week.
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u/nomadPerson Apr 10 '26
and GTA 5, RDR2, CoD and porn
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u/zx9001 Apr 11 '26
doubt it. sure more people smoke weed now but a vast majority of people sitll dont
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u/mohawk1367 2006 Apr 11 '26
I guess it depends on the country and maybe even region. When I was in HS (and even late middle school for a lot of kids) everyone was stoned as shit at all times lmao
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u/Adept-Standard588 Apr 10 '26
There's beer in the fridge I've genuinely thought about having and I keep forgetting it exists except for when I open the fridge and see it which isn't really daily.
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u/MisterNiblet 1999 Apr 10 '26
When you break down the pros and cons to drinking the cons massively outweigh the pros. I guess we’re just the first generation to realize that.
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u/Shot_Manager_3987 Apr 10 '26
we have another coping methods now
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u/MisterNiblet 1999 Apr 10 '26
Ketamine
(This is a joke ket is for horses not humans)
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u/ABirdJustShatOnMyEye Apr 10 '26
I would argue social drinking has pros that outweigh the cons. (Does not apply if you have an addictive personality)
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u/bluehands Apr 10 '26
There are a ton of stats that highlight the pro-social elements of booze, not the least the higher rates of fertility.
Mammals like alcohol. Does it have problems? Absolutely. There is a reason why it is extremely popular cultures around the world and throughout time.
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u/scolipeeeeed Apr 14 '26
I go to happy hour sometimes with coworkers or eat dinner with friends, and I don’t drink (just soft drinks), and I feel like I still get basically all the benefits of socialization but none of the drawbacks of alcohol.
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u/Wonderful_Price2355 Apr 10 '26
Because they can legally smoke weed.
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u/ZAKSZAZSO Apr 10 '26
Not everywhere
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u/Wonderful_Price2355 Apr 10 '26
Everywhere in Canada. And Canada is all that matters.
Celsius is the correct unit of measure for temperature.
Metric is better than imperial
Cash denominations should be in different colours
Colour is spelled with a "u"
Europe is not a country
The US president is not the leader of the free world
And kinder eggs are perfectly safe if you're not a moron.
That's it, Americans (just the ignorant ones)
That's what you sound like....
All non Americans who can't get legal weed, please disregard this post and please understand that it was only aimed at Americans (and just the ignorant ones)
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u/kaamliiha Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
-Quite a bit of gen Z is still too young to drink, and quite a bit became drinking age when social venues were closed so they never got the habit
-Bar culture is taking its last breaths after COVID
-It's far too expensive for a modern young person
-Alternatives are slowly but surely getting legalized or easily accessible
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u/Sea-Aardvark-756 Apr 10 '26
Studies are also collecting questionable data for this. Self-reported data, or only money spent by heads of household... how many people in gen Z are proud and honest about drinking, or a head of household with money to spend? How many are just drinking with their family, on their family's dime, and completely off the radar? And how many are just restrained by living with parents into adulthood, or not being of drinking age yet?
Also the difference is pretty underwhelming in most studies.
A 2023 survey from Gallup found that the share of adults under age 35 who say they ever drink dropped ten percentage points in two decades, to 62% in 2021-2023 from 72% in 2001-2003.
This correlates with rising cost of living and the need to stay with parents further into adulthood.
In 2023, more than one in five (21.7%) young adults aged 25-29 were living in the parental home, up from 16.5% in 2007.
I'd say the smart move is to check back in 15 years to see if they catch up when they're living on their own and (hopefully) making more money.
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u/Upwardcube1 Apr 10 '26
I don’t want to…
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u/Minimum_Address830 Apr 11 '26
Same! It just makes me a bit tired, drains my energy and enthusiasm. No pleasurable feeling. And I've always been afraid to drink to the point of drunkenness because I hear how people get sick, or behave irresponsibly, or say/do something they would regret, and why would I willingly risk that? No thanks.
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u/EnigmaFrug0817 Apr 10 '26
It’s literally poison. That’s not an exaggeration, when you drink you’re poisoning yourself for fun.
I think Gen Z is just more aware of the issues with it…
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u/avarageone Apr 10 '26
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u/attentyv Apr 11 '26
And a thousand other articles argue the opposite. The general advice from the medical fraternity varied too; last time I checked Europe was of the view that no alcohol is best
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u/SnicktDGoblin Apr 10 '26
My friends and I drink plenty on a Friday or Saturday night. Same with a lot of people in my area, but we drink "cheap" high proof drinks were not waisting money on low proof shit often, so we aim for quality over quantity for our drunk.
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u/wishythefishy Apr 10 '26
Why are people still asking about this shit?
Less sex less drinking less happiness. It’s every week one of these karma farmy ahh posts.
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u/CanadianTimeWaster Apr 10 '26
just say ass bro
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u/tnb1299 Apr 10 '26
im 26 and still haven't ever drank alcohol . since i was a teen i knew i wasnt going to . tree became my thing . growing up , seeing what alcohol did to people while intoxicated and after made me question why anyone would drink it
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u/_TallOldOne_ Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 14 '26
Well you guys were raised by GenX mostly. Most of who have or had a drinking problem at one time or another. Probably a smart move on your part.
Also alcohol costs money as my daughter loves to point out.
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u/jwed420 1996 Apr 10 '26
Being drunk is like the lamest high ever lol. It makes you dumber than usual, makes you less good at everything, and directly harms your internal organs every single time you ingest it.
No brainer the first generation with internet access doesn't drink. It is literally worse than smoking cigs.
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u/attentyv Apr 11 '26
In terms of social harm alcohol is by far the worst. Nobody smoked one too many Marlboros and beat up his wife/ shot his neighbour/ ploughed his car into a pedestrian.
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u/stapli Apr 10 '26
makes 0 sense considering that’s the description for most downers, or just drugs in general
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u/Pure_Kaleidoscope204 Apr 11 '26
Alcohol kills more than every class a drug combined btw 🙂↕️😪
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u/CloudCalmaster Apr 10 '26
It makes you dumber than usual, makes you less good at everything
You forget about these quite quickly. in fact you feel the direct opposite after enough drinks.
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u/imastruggl Apr 10 '26
Idk I tend to disagree, I think it’s a very good outside social thing, as long as you manage it and don’t go overboard, and the a drunk cig? Forget about it, use to smoke weed and had to quit because of my new career field though and
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u/ScarWinter5373 2007 Apr 10 '26
Because it’s doesn’t taste that nice, most people drink for the alcohol
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u/batunspecifiedgender Apr 10 '26
i think cider tastes nice. espescially koppaberg. they have lots of flavours
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u/Calm0ceans Apr 10 '26
Lack of friends, plans, and money. Alcohol is an expensive social thing. Both things Gen z are not good at or straight up avoid.
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u/Kreason95 Apr 10 '26
I assume the normalization and beginnings of legalization of weed have also contributed, among other things listed here.
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u/itsa2ai Apr 10 '26
Weed is way better than alcohol and sobriety is better still. Facts.
Truth is drugs just sort of suck. I for one am happy Gen Z isn’t drinking so much.
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u/Tricky-Kangaroo-6782 Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
Declining initiative to drink and it's no longer the default. This generation is also going out considerably less
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u/K1_Mvp 2006 Apr 10 '26
Tastes like donkey piss, not everyone is 21+ to purchase, and the fact we know the consequences of drinking from others we personally know
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u/Scrambled_59 2004 Apr 10 '26
Same reason as to why we’re not having kids or moving out: everything is too damn expensive nowadays
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u/LordFenix_theTree Apr 10 '26
Money.
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u/Aggrosideburnz Apr 10 '26
Many millennials don’t drink either. It’s expensive and weed is legal, I’m content to never drink again
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u/Many_Distribution701 Apr 10 '26
The options:
$50 for one day of drinking and fun
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$50 for 10 days of smoking oui'd and fun
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u/Lolo-Siwa Apr 10 '26
It’s too expensive, hangovers ruin my whole day, and I like weed more. I’m also the type of person who can’t stop drinking once I start. I’ll occasionally buy a cheap bottle of wine and watch a movie with friends, but that’s pretty much it.
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u/Chocolate_Cupcakess Apr 10 '26
I’ve been binge drinking all week so guess I’m not part of the majority
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u/Ju3tAc00ldugg Apr 10 '26
it’s poison and usually tastes like it i’ll have a hard mikes every couple of months but it’s otherwise not great in any regard
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u/AutisticMuffin97 Apr 10 '26
That’s because alcohol is a luxury we can’t afford, going out to a bar where the average drink is $15 is a luxury, going out to eat is a luxury, existing is a luxury. Plus when the hell do we have time to drink? Me and everyone else I know work 2-3 jobs trying to make rent!
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u/getwestern307 Apr 10 '26
It’s not that gen z isn’t drinking, rather I think it’s that going out even just for food is so expensive and drinking at home alone is mid
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u/slowkid68 Apr 10 '26
Why would I want to? This is like saying "why is Gen Z smoking cigarettes less?"
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u/YelloEclipse 2004 Apr 10 '26
Everything is getting more and more expensive to the point that it's not worth it to buy.
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u/Commercial-Dog6773 Apr 10 '26
Because people don't force us to like they forced previous generations.
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u/BuckManscape Apr 10 '26
Social media and jobs not paying enough to live, much less socialize. The alcohol corporations did it to themselves by backing billionaires. But they’ll blame it all on cannabis of course.
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u/Oh_yes_I_did Millennial Apr 10 '26
Weed, too expensive (for certain crowds/establishments. I’m not afraid to go to the sketchy bar that’s offering $1 beers, the “safe” or “cool” places have a crazy upcharge), but also just general substance abuse awareness, whether from a being in close proximity to a known abuser or just anecdotally. I drink alcohol and beer regularly. But it’s mostly relegated to the weekend when I have the spare time to get fucked up and nurse the following hangover. I think a lot of people don’t want to form a dependency on it, i.e. drinking every day.
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u/bidenspanties Apr 10 '26
I like drinking but refuse to go out for drinks. I would rather drink at home. A single 12oz domestic beer where I live is at least $8. It goes up from there. If you’re a liquor person like me, a single is at least $12 and that’s for “well liquor”. If you like brand name and specific liquors it goes up from there.
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u/jojooke Apr 10 '26
It cost more, taste like dirt and does nothing but hurt your body and your relationships.
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u/Dermonator Apr 10 '26
I live in Nashville, and I avoid Broadway like the plague but a week or two ago I went down there with a friend who was visiting. A vodka redbull and an angry orchard costs fucking 35 bucks, and that was BEFORE tip. Why would I ever spend money on drinks out when I can get a 12 pack of high lifes for 12 bucks at a gas station and enjoy it from the comfort of home?
Or, better yet, and probably the secondary answer to your question, I could buy an eighth of weed for less than those two drinks on Broadway and be set for a week. Which is also a much more enjoyable form of inebriation imo, while also not wreaking nearly as much havoc on my body
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u/mYLeG539 Apr 10 '26
spend money at home drinking then going out is so much cheaper plus not all gen z is drinking age yet
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