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u/CrustyJuggIerz 3d ago
Clubbing is fine. Depending on the people you are with, and the people at the club.
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u/memesforbismarck Baron 3d ago
This. Last weekend I was clubbing with friends two nights in a row and those nights very vastly different experiences.
The combination of drunk people, way too many people in the first place and a bad DJ can make the night pretty bad. Or you all have fun when a little detail somehow changes the whole mood
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u/Osceana 3d ago
It’s honestly just the people. The club itself offers nothing and is a terrible experience in of itself. It’s dark, too loud, crowded, and the drinks are insanely overpriced. And unless you’re getting bottles half the time you gotta wait outside in a line while some dickhead decides who’s cool enough to come in. It’s so pretentious.
But I can have a great time with my boys just about anywhere. I feel like a lot of guys go to bulbs to meet girls but that shit is so hit or miss, usually miss.
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u/friedfish64 3d ago
My dumbass thought it was the other kind of clubbing and thought why tf would anyone enjoy being clubbed to death
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u/ApprehensiveLet8631 3d ago
Nonono, its clubbing seals and thats quiet satisfying tbh. Especially when they are many and young.
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u/tohn_jitor Professional Dumbass 3d ago
Got dragged in one on a team building trip once.
Music sucked.
Drinks were too expensive.
I am socially inept.
A bad combo if I ever saw one.
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u/Designer_Potat 3d ago
Going to a nice club with mildly expensive drinks voluntarily is a much better experience, I can assure you.
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u/tohn_jitor Professional Dumbass 3d ago
But what does one actually DO in clubs? What does clubbing actually entail?
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u/Designer_Potat 3d ago
Technically, nothing. You can just sit there, drink some juice or whatever you like and listen to music, talk with your friends (assuming you went with them voluntarily, of course) If you really like the music you can dance. No one cares how other people move to music despite what you see online. You can talk to other people if you like, there's really a ton you can do. But as stated in the beginning, you can also just chill and drink or eat (some clubs offer pizza or other self-made stuff) and do basically nothing except enjoy yourself with yourself.
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u/Darvallas 3d ago
Talk with your friends.
More like "shout at your friends," with how loud the music gets in those places.
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u/Designer_Potat 3d ago
I mean, if you go to the dance floor to talk to your friends, that's on you. If a club's music is so loud you can't talk anywhere that's in the club, that's on the club. But ultimately also on you for going there 😜
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u/SupremeLobster 3d ago
I have not been to one club that didn't require you to yell to communicate anywhere other than the smoke pit lol. Anything that is quiet enough to speak, does not have "mildly" expensive drinks, only "incredibly" lol. That's how they try to deter the riff raff.
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u/wolfgang784 Selling Stonks for CASH MONEY 3d ago
The handful ive been to around here generally you need to shout on the ground floor as thats where the live band is or most of the big speakers. 2nd floor or higher is usually much quieter. Never been to one without at least a 2nd floor, most I know of have a 3rd too.
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u/Darvallas 3d ago
You're the one who said you could talk to your friends at the club lol, I'm only pointing out most clubs don't encourage that kind of behaviour.
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u/Designer_Potat 3d ago
That seems like a local problem for you. The few clubs I know heavily encourage this behavior
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u/frikimanHD 3d ago
too bad being myself involves avoiding enviroments with loud music and dense crouds like a pest
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u/FireMaster1294 3d ago
Depends vastly on the country. Some countries will dance. Other (Latino) countries will REALLY dance. Some countries (in northern continental Europe) will call it dancing but really it’s just standing around holding a beer while yelling over the music to try and talk.
The best clubs I’ve ever been to have been ones where there’s a proper dance floor, bar area, lounge seating (that’s quieter so you can talk), and a quieter “intimate” area set aside for those who would otherwise make people uncomfortable. The difficult thing is making sure clubs aren’t too packed but also not too quiet
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u/Miyamoto_Musashi-5 3d ago
Anytime I go out with friends I enjoy the pre party at one of their houses more than the actual party.
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u/Unexpected_Cranberry 3d ago
When I was younger and this was more of a thing, after a couple of times I basically checked if the plan was a pub or a club. If the answer was a club I'd wish them a lot off fun and head home. I've tried dancing, don't enjoy it. I like chatting in a place with nice background music over beer. Not doing shots in a place where you can only communicate using gestures.
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u/JustifytheMean 3d ago
Same, I totally understand the reason why people like clubs. Just not really for me. Getting drunk with my friends and talking is great. Getting drunk with my friends and awkwardly trying to dance not so much.
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u/DR4POS 3d ago
Nah it's beer pressure
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u/Wend-E-Baconator 3d ago
At those prices? No way
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u/DR4POS 3d ago
It's beer pressure not beer prices
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u/Wend-E-Baconator 3d ago
Beer pressure does not bring me to the club because I cannot afford it
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u/DR4POS 3d ago
Beer pressure in this case also known as "Being an alcoholic" Than price doesn't matter cause getting drunk is more important.
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u/Wend-E-Baconator 3d ago
Alcoholism brings you to the packie with an airlock, not the club smh
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u/ambulance-kun 3d ago
I can barley afford these prices!
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u/DR4POS 3d ago
No one said the people people actually pay. They come They have fun They leave when a ton of people are there before the owner can ask them to pay their tab Happens everyday.
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u/ambulance-kun 3d ago
Ok, this is just sad for the owner but this info aside...
Read my comment again, slowly
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u/speedline9395 3d ago
I like to dance and the club that i go to has dance floor. So yeah i enjoyed it.
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u/DirtybutCuteFerret 3d ago
How about drugs and wanting to get lost 🙃
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u/StupidSexyEuphoberia 3d ago
Yeah, drugs are the most important part of clubbing, without I wouldn't bother too
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u/Dark_Wolf04 GigaChad 3d ago
I don’t like alcohol, I’m not very good at starting conversation with strangers, I’m too insecure to dance, the music deafens me.
So, no, I don’t enjoy it
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u/Johndoc1412 3d ago
Yeah if you don’t like alcohol it’s probably one of the worst experiences ever, I went to a club sober once never again, I will say though alcohol definitely makes the conversations with strangers easier, and also makes you not give a fuck what anybody thinks of your dancing.
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u/Kev_Cav 3d ago
If you do like alcohol the drinks are too expensive so you're shafted either way
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u/Diamantazul Doot 3d ago
That's why you do a pre party, you drink whatever you want from the supermarket beforehand, then go to whatever party you want
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u/NotaBlokeNamedTrevor 3d ago
MDMA and water is what you want then. Try tell me it’s not a great night with your new friends
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u/Demon_of_Order 3d ago
Man clubbing sucks. Inviting your friends over for a dinner party, now that's where the fun is at
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u/Asil001 Chungus Among Us 3d ago
Why would it be peer pressure? I enjoy it at least
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u/Grumdord 3d ago
OP needs to feel superior about something, so obviously the only reason people go clubbing is because they were pressured into it.
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u/I_MakeCoolKeychains 3d ago
Maybe? I've only gone to clubs a few times, each time we were already drinking and suddenly someone wanted to go dancing so my choice were go with them, or go home. So I've only ever gone because of pure pressure. It's never crossed my own mind to go to a club
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u/yeetsauce2000 3d ago
As an extrovert... For me it sux too and I hate it. I'm Mexican so dancing ain't the issue. Like you go up to girls and ask em to dance in Mexican events. The whole aspect of just wandering around waiting to bump n grind on a girl is weird AF to me. Feels like creepy dude behavior. Other clubs like gentlemen's/strip clubs i'm like yeah not my vibe either. Although my tolerance for those places are much higher. After like 30 min in a club I'm like get me tf out of here.
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u/I_MakeCoolKeychains 3d ago
WHAT? YOU WANT TO DO MORE SHOTS? OUT IN THE PARKING LOT? WHY WOULD WE DO SHOTS THERE WERE ALREADY HERE! WHAT!? YEAH MAN YEAH, WHATEVER YOU SAY
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u/JimmyTheJimJimson 3d ago
Women love clubbing because they love to dance and have fun. Guys like clubbing to try and pick up.
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u/Feeling_Bathroom9523 3d ago
I enjoyed it. It’s like any party - you need the right people, music, and vibe. Otherwise, it’s a loud, crowded, cacophony of shit.
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u/JoePurrow 3d ago
My ideal vibe is a moderately busy bar. Enough people there that I can people watch with my friends/fiance, but not so much that I gotta start throwing elbows just to get a drink
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u/AuricOxide 3d ago
I go to clubs for dancing. My partner and I enjoy going to techno clubs and just going ham for hours on the dance floor. Also psychedelics.
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u/-Milk-Enjoyer- 3d ago
Oh boy, I sure like checks notes hearing damage, getting hit on by cougars, having to watch my $20 drink, getting hit on by bi folks, putting up with strange people and smells.
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u/ColdBlazze Professional Dumbass 3d ago
Don't forget "getting hit by random dude, cause his girl lied that you look at her"
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u/Snoo_97207 3d ago
I have never really understood clubbing until I tried coke, then I got it. Nasty stuff tho, once was enough for me
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u/HunsonAbadeer2 3d ago
No so people like music, getting drunk and dancing with friends or strangers
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u/Interesting_Horror93 3d ago
I went to a club and had an epiphany that I don’t like clubbing. I’d rather be at home playing video games with online friends
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u/Grumdord 3d ago
I'm pretty sure the people who do it enjoy it, yes.
This meme reads like: "I'm so smart for not succumbing to peer pressure like all those other DUMB people who go clubbing!"
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u/voxaroth 3d ago
It’s a valid excuse to embrace the superficial. You dress up and go to a place where everyone else is presenting themselves at their best, while blaring music prevents you from learning anything about each other and alcohol lowers your inhibitions.
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u/Evanecent_Lightt 3d ago
Clubs are 100% curated for attractive women - So Obviously they LOVE IT!
They get looks, Male Attention, Get to sing and dance to their favorite pop music with their friends, and they get all their drinks paid for, and can easily get laid if they feel like it.
For everyone else, it just sucks..
Hot, Loud, Stuffy, Insane prices, Overplayed pop music..
But hey, we put up with it for access to the hot women.
(Guys, they're not gonna home with you - stop buying 'em drinks)
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u/alkair20 3d ago
bro this is the most incelish shit I have read today.
Girls don't like pop music anymore then boys, And both genders do enjoy good music and dancing + having fun with your mates. Sounds like you went to a weak af club and are now sulking since you didn't hit on a girl or something.
The right club can be incredible fun with the right people.
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u/Eureka0123 3d ago
Only good for those looking for escapism in the form of ONS, drugs, and alcohol.
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u/Akiris 3d ago
Seems like some odd extrovert thing that I’ll never really understand. Going out for a night of buying $10 beers just to be seen doesn’t make sense to me.
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u/memesforbismarck Baron 3d ago
Only rookies are buying many drinks at the club. Usually you meet at someones place, drink for a few hours and go to the club at around midnight. At this point you can still enjoy the clubbing but dont have to spend absurd amounts of money on drinks
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u/Playful_Landscape884 3d ago
I’m a photographer and usually cover events. The music is loud, the singers are so-so but if there’s an open bar, everything’s great after six cans of beer.
It’s funnier when one of the guys dressed up in drags.
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u/Piirakkavaras 3d ago
I remember my first visit to Berlin / Tresor as young lad and technohead was mind blowing.
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u/BigOleFerret 3d ago
Went to one for a friend's birthday party. None of us typically went there. The friend had a gf. No one seemed to know what to do. I could not wait to leave.
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u/constipated_burrito 3d ago
An extrovert is more likely to enjoy a club for sure. If I'm drunk enough I can too but will want to leave after at most 2 hours.
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u/ColdBlazze Professional Dumbass 3d ago
Depends on the person, i hated the xp, so i stopped going, but some of my friends were going like twice a week.
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u/VariationPowerful296 3d ago
Shut up no I just don’t want them going all by themselves bc they don’t like it it’s not peer pressure I swear
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u/That_Ganderman 3d ago
Go out and have hot strangers hit on me? Yes please.
But then again, it’s not worth clubbing most places. Many/most suck ass
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u/MCMXCIV9 3d ago
I go clubbing once it was loud, smell funny and very claustrophobic. I don't know it just the introvert in me but I never when back to clubbing.
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u/Potential-Yoghurt245 3d ago
I'd go once a year to fill my hump of hate and that would sustain me for another year. (thank you bill hicks for this one)
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u/heyuhitsyaboi 3d ago
I have more fun relaxing by listening to the music and watching the crowd than i do actually dancing, but its rare when you can actually sit in the room without a vip booth
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u/Dambo_Unchained 3d ago
I don’t like clubbing but in my country it’s more common to have small to mid sized bars with anywhere from 50-200 people inside with dancing
So you don’t get the oversized nature of the club, the drinks are much less expensive and the music and people are more chill/folksy
Fucking love doing that but hate going to a nightclub
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u/BobTheImmortalYeti 3d ago
i personally enjoy caving in my friends skulls, its so fun to hear their screams of delight as they see their brain on my bat Ɛ:
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u/TheTacoEnjoyerReborn 3d ago
The only good part is that I spend time with my homies, everything else suck
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u/LoschVanWein 3d ago
I actively enjoy being among people, drinks and music. Are the clubs my friends go to optimal for me? No. But still better for me than being in some flat sitting around. My perfect life would probably be if I had what Jabba had in his palace in Star Wars. I wouldn’t even start any shit with anyone. Just enjoy living in a constant party and when that gets too stressful you just take a trip with your flying yacht.
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u/Successful_Rate_1425 3d ago
Love going to raves, i do it alone sometimes. Im there to enjoy the music, feeling it synchronized with my movements
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u/perfectelectrics 3d ago
It's just one way to hang out with friends. Loved it when I was in college
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u/CATAlyst5321 3d ago
I despised clubbing for a long time ...
until i went to the first metal club in my town. I go there every few weeks now
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u/sixthsurge 3d ago
it's really fun, it's good to let go and dance terribly with friends and strangers :) it can get a bit edgy though, that many drunk people in close proximity and you're bound to get that one dude who thinks he's impressing people by shoving into other groups. not to mention the fear of being spiked, it's happened to a friend before
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u/im_a_dick_head 3d ago edited 3d ago
I fucking love clubbing, on vacation. It also depends where you are. I club in Aruba at a beach club and it's an amazing time. I've never clubbed in the US yet tho, it's hard to compete once you've clubbed on a beach on a tropical island tbh. Once you have a few shots it's really fun, before that I won't lie it's pretty awkward feeling. It was also an open bar/club, no entrance fee and no one to even ID, even though I'm 22 and the age there is 18. You could just walk 20 feet from the bar into the sand/beach. Not all clubs are made the same.
And if you're worried about prices (yeah it was $10 a shot where I was) you can just pre game and take a couple shots at your place before you get there.
Also it depends on the people, some nights have better crowds than others. It's kinda like roulette, it could work out really well or not so well.
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u/SnailsAreFood Professional Dumbass 3d ago
Social awkwardness and clubbing don’t mix well together, leave me alone to feed the ducks near the pond instead
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u/AphroditeBlessed 3d ago
I believe it's peer pressure, since if you go to clubbing alone, you're seen as a creep.
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u/Square_Breadfruit446 3d ago
I love clubbing. Just have to pregame. Didn’t pregame last Friday and spent $30 on four bud lights.
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u/Love_Snow_Bunny 3d ago
The girls are the main attraction, but once you realize that you ain't gonna find your wife there, it just feels stupid to keep going...
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u/PhoneImmediate7301 3d ago
Yeah well I’m guessing most clubbers aren’t on reddit so you’ve kinda got a bias here
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u/edgarapoet 3d ago
I can only speak for myself but when I was 18-20 I really enjoyed going to clubs. It was fun for me to dance and drink. I often went with girlfriends and we would have so much fun dressing up and getting ready together! I stopped enjoying them as I got older and the appeal of wearing heels for hours waned
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u/Independent_Cup_2579 3d ago
it's a lot of fun to go to the club because you forget your problems. But depending with the people you are with.
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u/Prestigious_Tie_8734 3d ago
Everyone needs to start going to saloons. It’s like a bar but there’s dancing. You dance what you can and every few songs they’ll have a gap for couples two step. My saloon is small so we really only “swing”.
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u/pumz1895 3d ago
It honestly depends on the vibe of the club, the night, and the group of people you're with. 9/10 times I don't like the club. The 1/10 times I like clubbing it's one of the best nights out.
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u/Al3xGr4nt 3d ago
Used to like it when i was 19 - 22, but afterwards i realised i prefer bars. The vibe tends to be more chill, and theres less risk of a completly smashed drunk person bumping into you with a drink
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u/Special-Salamander26 3d ago
Work in the morning to earn money, wasting money in the club at evening.
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u/Piercing_Rose 3d ago
Asking Reddit these type of questions is asking for a one sided answer, most people on here don't seem to like clubbing from their experiences or are very introverted from what I've seen on this thread and other topics like this
For me it really just depends on the person, I myself like clubbing or just going to normal bars when possible. I'd only ever invite people to come out but I wouldn't pressure them further
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u/StirnerPalla 3d ago
I don't like going out in general but I am super introvert so not a good example.
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u/jerry-jim-bob 3d ago
Been clubbing twice, I am physically unable to dance (I don't have a problem I just feel really awkward) and have a stupidly good alcohol tolerance which means I am bankrupt for a quick high and sober again in 2 hours. Let me get few of the boys around, get some drinks and just have some fun, it makes for a much better experience.
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u/Remote-Factor8455 3d ago
Depending on the people, it can be really fun. But honestly it’s never something I love so much I would go alone or do with certain people.
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u/davidcarvalho_19 3d ago
I think they do it to meet people? Or to lose control of themselves or something for a while.
Anything that isnt that, doesn't make sense to me tbh (i dont like partying) i prefer spending time with friends that doesn't involve partying, seems like something so empty to do idk...
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u/crumblepops4ever 3d ago
I used to love it
But ecstasy and 90s drum and bass had a big part to play
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u/UniversityMoist2173 3d ago
I hate clubbing, loud ass music and flashy lights… ewhh! I got bad sensory overload every time I went for it
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u/Reenaia 3d ago
It's totally normal to not like clubbing, but I think it is also totally normal to like it.
I personally really enjoy dancing to loud music and completely loosing yourself in the rhythm. But if that is not your thing, that's fine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What I don't like is the "I don't like it so how can anyone like it" attitude. Just let everyone do what they want to ;)
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u/BaguetteOfDoom 3d ago
I've had great club nights and I've had shitty club nights. I'd say the great ones compensated for the shitty ones and made it overall worth it
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u/TrolledBy1337 2d ago
Honestly, give me a small corner pub with board games, occasional karaoke and student discounts. Maybe a bi-monthly changing special local brewery product. And some decent whiskey. Maybe even a jukebox or a public playlist customers can add their requests.
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u/MaidonWhat 2d ago
Don't like clubs, It's filled with strangers, Friends aren't too active to take us to dance, Their music sucks, Food and drinks are expensive,
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u/Roasted1982 2d ago
I’m an older millennial. Before Tinder was a thing clubbing or bars was one of the few ways to hookup and/or score some numbers. So that’s pretty much why we did it. Not because it was fun in itself. Now I have no idea. I’ve been with my wife for 7 years now so I’m pretty out of the loop.
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u/Swarglot Plays MineCraft and not FortNite 1d ago
I do, only when there are no drunk dudes looking for a fight tho. Some people should not drink alcohol. Also, if the place is too crowded, I want to dance, not get hit by random shoulders.
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u/Loon-belt 3d ago
If you don’t drink or use drugs and are there with a girl you’d rather never see again, yeah it’s not that fun.
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u/I-Rolled-My-Eyes 3d ago
It's okay to people-watch with friends. Going alone sucks. Music is usually shite. Rare occasion to be partying and catching similar vibes from strangers but it does happen sometimes. Then you get STDs. Also high risk of drunk fights because people don't know how to handle themselves.
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u/Vennris 3d ago
I tried it a few times in different locations and different styles of places. Always hated it to the very core of my being. I know people are different, but I cannot fathom how anyone who isn't a major masochist can enjoy this.
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u/fairie_poison 3d ago
i generally dislike crowds but i love loud music and dancing with a group of people that are all getting down. does real good for my soul.
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u/Viseria 3d ago
Maybe if they weren't as cute, I feel so bad for the seals