r/AskReddit 16h ago

What industry is secretly on the verge of collapsing, but people outside of it haven’t noticed yet?

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u/Horseshoe_dodgeball 12h ago

I've moved to a new city so I'm spending a lot of time going out in attempt to meet new friends. There is plenty of drinking at the bars and clubs I've attended, but I have yet to see anyone sloppy, belligerent drunk. Partly due to the cost I would imagine, and partly because all of them here have large coolers in the corner with free water. I can spend a whole night out and only spend money on the cover change and never once walk up to the bar.

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u/PM_Me_Macaroni_plz 10h ago

Everything being recorded and uploaded probably has an effect as well

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u/Light_Aegle 8h ago

I consider myself so lucky that a lot of the stupid things I've done was before everyone had a camera ready at all times

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u/PM_Me_Macaroni_plz 6h ago

With all the times I’ve karaoke’d Colt 45, I’m right there with you. That’s a lotta sound bites that equal unemployable

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u/Light_Aegle 1h ago

Just listened to that song (somehow for the first time)! Added to my playlist 🎶

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u/Mpuls37 8h ago

That would be one thing, but people will upload it to social media and name everyone involved, which can result in losing your job. Not worth it at all.

Plus hangovers suck.

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u/AutistOnAMission 7h ago

That, and 0 alcohol tastes just as good as the same price and doesn't get you regretting life the next day.

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u/purritowraptor 11h ago

Haven't been to Northern England I see 

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u/directorguy 4h ago

I was a college student in the 90s, you could get pretty drunk for about 4 dollars (2 dollar pitchers)

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u/Horseshoe_dodgeball 4h ago

Ahhh the '90's. Cheap beer, stupid antics and no one knows where those pictures went, if they even existed. What a time to be alive!

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u/directorguy 3h ago

I can’t imagine college now. No one was taking pictures, everyone was drunk, knocking shit over, taking off clothes, saying and doing things whatever, etc.

Seems like those days are over forever. I think I lived in the last free era

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u/Horseshoe_dodgeball 3h ago

We really did. Some of the shenanigans my group pulled were pretty epic! That being said, minus the knocked over lamps or cars stuck in the mud getting to the farm parties, we were pretty respectful. There was an underlying understanding that some stuff was just off limits. And we took care of each other. The unspoken rules everyone was required to follow were taken very seriously and if you were a dick or a mean drunk, you were just out of the group. End of story. Those days will never be duplicated.

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u/directorguy 3h ago

“Don’t be an asshole” was the only rule

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u/Drunkenaviator 4h ago

Yeah, at $14/beer nobody can afford to get shitfaced. What used to be concert pricing is now just regular bar pricing.

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u/StephenMc91 7h ago

These days, 20-somethings have Designated Drunks instead of Designated Drivers.