Price of a pint + not wanting to be hungover and anxious all the time
Nice-Web5845 on
It’s good to see the younger generation have a healthier relationship with alcohol.
WickerMan111 on
You booze, you lose.
Migeycan87 on
I know my generation consumed massive amounts of alcohol in our teens and twenties.
When I went to college as a mature student, it was jarring how much less than us the next generation drank.
calex80 on
Coffee places on Sunday mornings do a roaring trade round my way. Mostly people under 30. Coming or going from the gym or even not and just choosing that as their social outlet.
stevewithcats on
Likely causes.
– Jesusmaryandjoseph the price of a Pint!
– Everyone on instagram isn’t fat and I don’t want to be
– Wanna share a bag???
– Those drink driving ads from the 90/00’s
SoftDrinkReddit on
bad news
what?
Irish People Are Drinking Less
Commercial_Gold_9699 on
In my opinion my parents generation was the last generation where drink driving was socially acceptable.
I’m the last generation of after work pints.
I can see it in work – it’s only the older crowd who stay later. The younger people want to be fresher for work. Cost obviously is a big thing now and it changed big time since COVID.
But coke is much bigger than it was years ago – again people who don’t want a beer belly would be on it.
Timely_Log4872 on
Yeah cos it’s too fucking expensive. Not that hard to work out.
Dependent_Quail5187 on
There’s only one answer. It’s the price of drink has gone absolute crazy. A lot of people just can’t afford to be splashing out €7 for a pint. When i last went out i paid €7.80 for a pint in Malahide.
So i go out far less than i used to but don’t drink any less.
ZxZxchoc on
An aquaintance of mine who works in the pub trade was telling me he was talking to someone who works for one of the main breweries.
Anywhere the brewery were providing drink for some function involving first years in a university – yer man told him that they only provide a quarter of the amount of booze they used to provide 20 years ago.
thats_pure_cat_hai on
All the student pubs in my town are gone, bar one. Every one of them used to be heaving from Monday to Friday morning before the students headed off home. Rag week used to be mental on that street with students drinking all morning. Place has been like a ghost town last couple of years. This started before covid and got progressively worse. We also had at one time a choice of 5 to 6 nite clubs to go to, late bars, etc. There is 1 nite club left now. Nite life has died a death in Ireland over the past 10 years.
It’s not just the young people who aren’t drinking, there was always aul fellas lining up rural pubs back in the day, I barely see any now. My father is approaching aul lad in the pub all day age, but neither him nor any of his friends go to the pub like that anymore
caisdara on
>The number of teetotallers in the 15-24-year-old bracket went from 17 per cent in 2007 to 30 per cent in 2022, according to the Health Research Board. Teenagers are also drinking later in life. In 1998, 83 per cent of 15 year olds had tasted alcohol, in 2018 it was just 31 per cent.
How can a 15 year old not even have tasted alcohol? That’s mad.
Leavser1 on
I can see it where I work.
When I was a chap we were out together after work all the time.
Nowadays? Everything has to be organised to within a second. There is zero spontaneity.
I think it’s linked to the housing crisis and people travelling much further distances to work personally. So there’s no sneaky few quiet ones and then slip home.
Plus the drink driving ban
Smiley_Dub on
A lot of people suggest that people are closing cocaine now rather than pints.
So say someone in their 20s could have a night out drinking 5 pints at €5 a go. That’s obvs €25 ex food ex taxi ex club (if they still exist)
So say that person doesn’t do 5 pints anymore. How much is the cocaine they’d buy?
In my mind it’s at least €25 but I’ve no idea of prices.
It could just be a healthier lifestyle. Young people want to look good. They also want a place to call their own. They could simply be living better and saving what they can.
Hour_Mastodon_9404 on
To put a more tempered spin on it – I think it has a lot to do with the increasing atomisation of society. People are increasingly preoccupied with “individual persuits” be that going to the gym themselves, running themselves, being on their phones, working later hours in the hope of career advancement, etc etc.
I think we’ve kind of drank the American kool-aid in this respect – going out and drinking with your mates semi-regularly is now looked down upon and seen as “wasted time/undesirable behaviour”. We’re becoming more and more obsessive about always being “productive” and how other people view us (ie I must be seen to be engaging in wholesome/personal development activities online etc).
I’m not sure this is a particularly great thing, societies become strained when interpersonal bonds are not encouraged (where have we seen that lately….), and research consistently shows that people are less happy in themselves than ever. At the end of the day, there’s no point in appearing physically healthy if your mental health is in ribbons.
Due-Communication724 on
If anyone’s interested I asked ChatGPT, 9.96 litres of pure alcohol is equal to 464 cans of 500 ml 4.3% beer
RigasTelRuun on
Because alcohol is so expensive and many bars in Ireland arent great places to hang out unless you are drink. When you drink less because it is more expensive you realise the place is a kip.
Then we had a couple years of lock down that broke the habit. People realised they dont get the enjoyment for the cost.
Oldestswinger on
I still enjoy it
spellbookwanda on
Because we are broke from paying overpriced necessary bills and being price gouged by every service.
Gorsoon on
I’d like to see a graph that shows the decrease in alcohol consumption overlapping one with the rise is cocaine consumption, I wouldn’t touch the stuff myself but apparently it’s everywhere.
DelGurifisu on
If coffee was €7.50 and you’d have about 8in a sitting we’d fall out of love with it.
Ok-Republic-8528 on
Sure alcohol consumption is well down, but cocaine use is through the roof, which is surely worse for society
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Price of a pint + not wanting to be hungover and anxious all the time
It’s good to see the younger generation have a healthier relationship with alcohol.
You booze, you lose.
I know my generation consumed massive amounts of alcohol in our teens and twenties.
When I went to college as a mature student, it was jarring how much less than us the next generation drank.
Coffee places on Sunday mornings do a roaring trade round my way. Mostly people under 30. Coming or going from the gym or even not and just choosing that as their social outlet.
Likely causes.
– Jesusmaryandjoseph the price of a Pint!
– Everyone on instagram isn’t fat and I don’t want to be
– Wanna share a bag???
– Those drink driving ads from the 90/00’s
bad news
what?
Irish People Are Drinking Less
In my opinion my parents generation was the last generation where drink driving was socially acceptable.
I’m the last generation of after work pints.
I can see it in work – it’s only the older crowd who stay later. The younger people want to be fresher for work. Cost obviously is a big thing now and it changed big time since COVID.
But coke is much bigger than it was years ago – again people who don’t want a beer belly would be on it.
Yeah cos it’s too fucking expensive. Not that hard to work out.
There’s only one answer. It’s the price of drink has gone absolute crazy. A lot of people just can’t afford to be splashing out €7 for a pint. When i last went out i paid €7.80 for a pint in Malahide.
So i go out far less than i used to but don’t drink any less.
An aquaintance of mine who works in the pub trade was telling me he was talking to someone who works for one of the main breweries.
Anywhere the brewery were providing drink for some function involving first years in a university – yer man told him that they only provide a quarter of the amount of booze they used to provide 20 years ago.
All the student pubs in my town are gone, bar one. Every one of them used to be heaving from Monday to Friday morning before the students headed off home. Rag week used to be mental on that street with students drinking all morning. Place has been like a ghost town last couple of years. This started before covid and got progressively worse. We also had at one time a choice of 5 to 6 nite clubs to go to, late bars, etc. There is 1 nite club left now. Nite life has died a death in Ireland over the past 10 years.
It’s not just the young people who aren’t drinking, there was always aul fellas lining up rural pubs back in the day, I barely see any now. My father is approaching aul lad in the pub all day age, but neither him nor any of his friends go to the pub like that anymore
>The number of teetotallers in the 15-24-year-old bracket went from 17 per cent in 2007 to 30 per cent in 2022, according to the Health Research Board. Teenagers are also drinking later in life. In 1998, 83 per cent of 15 year olds had tasted alcohol, in 2018 it was just 31 per cent.
How can a 15 year old not even have tasted alcohol? That’s mad.
I can see it where I work.
When I was a chap we were out together after work all the time.
Nowadays? Everything has to be organised to within a second. There is zero spontaneity.
I think it’s linked to the housing crisis and people travelling much further distances to work personally. So there’s no sneaky few quiet ones and then slip home.
Plus the drink driving ban
A lot of people suggest that people are closing cocaine now rather than pints.
So say someone in their 20s could have a night out drinking 5 pints at €5 a go. That’s obvs €25 ex food ex taxi ex club (if they still exist)
So say that person doesn’t do 5 pints anymore. How much is the cocaine they’d buy?
In my mind it’s at least €25 but I’ve no idea of prices.
It could just be a healthier lifestyle. Young people want to look good. They also want a place to call their own. They could simply be living better and saving what they can.
To put a more tempered spin on it – I think it has a lot to do with the increasing atomisation of society. People are increasingly preoccupied with “individual persuits” be that going to the gym themselves, running themselves, being on their phones, working later hours in the hope of career advancement, etc etc.
I think we’ve kind of drank the American kool-aid in this respect – going out and drinking with your mates semi-regularly is now looked down upon and seen as “wasted time/undesirable behaviour”. We’re becoming more and more obsessive about always being “productive” and how other people view us (ie I must be seen to be engaging in wholesome/personal development activities online etc).
I’m not sure this is a particularly great thing, societies become strained when interpersonal bonds are not encouraged (where have we seen that lately….), and research consistently shows that people are less happy in themselves than ever. At the end of the day, there’s no point in appearing physically healthy if your mental health is in ribbons.
If anyone’s interested I asked ChatGPT, 9.96 litres of pure alcohol is equal to 464 cans of 500 ml 4.3% beer
Because alcohol is so expensive and many bars in Ireland arent great places to hang out unless you are drink. When you drink less because it is more expensive you realise the place is a kip.
Then we had a couple years of lock down that broke the habit. People realised they dont get the enjoyment for the cost.
I still enjoy it
Because we are broke from paying overpriced necessary bills and being price gouged by every service.
I’d like to see a graph that shows the decrease in alcohol consumption overlapping one with the rise is cocaine consumption, I wouldn’t touch the stuff myself but apparently it’s everywhere.
If coffee was €7.50 and you’d have about 8in a sitting we’d fall out of love with it.
Sure alcohol consumption is well down, but cocaine use is through the roof, which is surely worse for society
Ehh price