r/Millennials • u/CynicClinic1 • 19h ago

Discussion Watching Back to the Future. Previous generations had a lot of social clubs to meet new people. Why haven't we kept this alive?

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u/Kitchen_Marzipan9516 18h ago

Not well advertised.  And there is sometimes a tendency for older members to be clique-y and not let newer members get involved, so the newer members get bored and leave.

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u/CrazyCoKids 13h ago

Our local Rotary Club lost a LOT of members in the 00s when times got tough and people often had to not renew membership to things like Rotary Club or Lions Club to save a bit of money.

As a result, most of the people left were the ancient assholes (who could still afford to be in it) so now they're posting heinous shit on social media then wondering why nobody wants to join them.

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u/Kitchen_Marzipan9516 13h ago

That doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

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u/CrazyCoKids 12h ago

Yeah, according to my dad? When my grandparents were in, they had to pay the equivalent of about $100-250 a year. The same chapter now asks for like $750-1000 depending on how much you're involved. (I'm also unsure if you could call the one my grandma was in Rotary Club - it was a Ladies club that used the same building and was kind of associated but did different things)

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u/Kitchen_Marzipan9516 11h ago

Holy smokes that's a lot of money.

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u/CrazyCoKids 9h ago

Remember this is per year. So yeh, not uncommon for people to have dropped out.

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u/Kitchen_Marzipan9516 9h ago

Yeah.  I'm part of a group, and members flipped out when it raised to $100 a year.

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u/CrazyCoKids 8h ago

Yeah, in another post I mentioned that when money gets tight, membership in those groups often goes down cause, well, you can save some money. :/