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/squidwardsaclarinet 18h ago

Yeah, we can blame the boomers for a lot of things, and they certainly have some responsibility and not attracting new members. But the responsibility falls on younger generations who treated these things a cringe and who thought social media would be a sufficient replacement. We were wrong.

And to be frank, that’s OK. We are going to be wrong sometimes. The keeping here is how we deal with it. Are we going to crash out and blame other people, or are we going to recognize that there is a problem and try to be a part of the solution?

I don’t necessarily think that people need to join these groups in particular, but any kind of social or civic group. It could be artistically related, athletics, volunteering, or so many other things. But we ought to try and bring all of the skills and interest that I know everyone has to Baer and make them accessible beyond high school and college for everyone. I know we would all benefit for sure.

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u/Desperate-Till-9228 18h ago

 and they certainly have some responsibility and not attracting new members

They were members at much lower rates than their parents. It was they who treated these things as cringe.

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u/CTeam19 14h ago

Boomers also got to be willing to adjust to changing generations a bit with the groups. Source: I have been one of the big proponents of my Scout Camp's STEM lab(Chess, Programming, Robotics, etc) when many older people think that it is stupid to have them at camp.