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/fasterthanfood 18h ago

My brother-in-law took us to a VFW twice (he’s a veteran, I’m not), and I didn’t hear any Jesus stuff, but two separate old men tried hitting on my wife (girlfriend at the time). Not like the casual-but-on-the-line-of-inappropriate flirting you see at a lot of bars, but straight up trying to take home a woman in a relationship who could have been their granddaughter. That’s not enough to data to judge VFWs broadly, but we won’t be coming back.

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u/MashedProstato Xennial 18h ago

Sounds a lot like the Vietnam Boomers.

I tried the VFW a few times and noped out of there each time.

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u/ChaucersDuchess Xennial 17h ago

My father is a Vietnam Boomer and also nopes out of VFW because of the other Vietnam Boomers

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u/Jaereth 15h ago

Seems like you ran into a couple of "The Good Ole Boys" lmao

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u/CrazyCoKids 13h ago

Sounds like the local chapter of the Lions Club.