We’re not trying to make fun of Joe Weisanthal, but his tweet has really caught on. In short, Business Insider reports that millennials are ditching alcohol, and Weisanthal’s just looking for somewhere to hang out after work and socialize that doesn’t revolve around alcohol. Or sugar or caffeine. There’s always the water cooler at the office, but eventually they kick you out so they can lock up.
What's needed is some sort of public space that fulfill the social purposes that bars serve, but which aren't centered around alcohol, sugar, or caffeine. https://t.co/BdKoylbUfu
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) June 12, 2019
Oh man, I stepped away for a meeting and now I'm getting ratio'd.
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) June 12, 2019
He’s welcome to hang with us.
Twitter.
— Josh Knowles (@chasing) June 12, 2019
It’s called Twitter and everyone hates it.
— Quantian (@quantian1) June 13, 2019
I genuinely cannot tell if you are being tongue in cheek
— Kevin ? Glass (@KevinWGlass) June 12, 2019
I'm serious. I don't like drinking after work, but I like the idea of going out and meeting with people to catch up.
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) June 12, 2019
may I introduce you to Catholic Twitter
— Kevin ? Glass (@KevinWGlass) June 12, 2019
I like to read twitter threads where catholic twitter guys are having vicious arguments about, like, 500-year-old papal bulls. I have no idea what they're going on about, so it's kind of soothing content for me.
— CJ Ciaramella (@cjciaramella) June 12, 2019
You can smoke cigarettes with friends anywhere. Wherever there's a pack of smokes, there's a good time to be had with friends.
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) June 12, 2019
Cigarettes are so cool, and glamorous, and fun. They're the best. pic.twitter.com/Xnnt0GszRf
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) June 12, 2019
Cigar bars need a comeback
— Kyle T (@kylet___) June 12, 2019
Vape Alley!
— Joe Jenkins (@RabbitHoleJoe) June 12, 2019
BRING BACK OPIUM DENS
— Sarah Solomon (@sarahsolfails) June 12, 2019
Selfie hangout spots
— Hipster (@Hipster_Trader) June 12, 2019
Sounds like a park bench
— David Schawel (@DavidSchawel) June 12, 2019
you've just invented parks, for which my congratulations https://t.co/NNdbYYy3R4
— Alan Pyke (@PykeA) June 12, 2019
Cannabis Cafes obviously
— Beans (@beano629) June 12, 2019
Crack dens?
— Indicative Stoat (@celestialweasel) June 12, 2019
They're called crack dens.
— Johnny Toirneach (@SeanyThunders) June 12, 2019
You can go to a bar and just not order alcohol
— Caroline Moss (@CarolineMoss) June 12, 2019
Water bar
— Kinney (@KinneyCatts) June 12, 2019
Playing with your phone on the subway is the new local bar https://t.co/aZ97rgr1Vy
— John Coyne (@JohnJCoyne) June 12, 2019
Millennials love libraries
— Mark Rice ? (@mark_rice_) June 13, 2019
Dance class
— BL? (@benjaminclaw) June 13, 2019
I've got it
AOL Chat Rooms https://t.co/ehlUV693rZ
— Nathaniel Horadam (@NW_Horadam) June 12, 2019
Karaoke bars and internet cafes
— Joseph (@jwarper) June 12, 2019
Church
You’ve invented church. https://t.co/nN7tLfNJT7
— Lyman Expand the House Stone, AKA 石來民 (@lymanstoneky) June 13, 2019
You try having something at church that doesn’t have coffee. Do you even Lutheran, bro?
— Just Some Guy (@jeremylatzke) June 13, 2019
Libraries. Basketball courts. Country clubs. Bookstores.
— Micah Smith (@micahjsmith) June 12, 2019
Barber shops. You're thinking of barber shops. https://t.co/Lw524x8YUT
— JPS (@JasonPStarling) June 12, 2019
I think you’re talking about Apple stores.
— Lefteris Gr (@lefteris_gr) June 12, 2019
You are clearly not a player of tabletop games. Literally any decent game store fits this criteria.
— R. Daniel Paddock (@UndeadDan) June 12, 2019
Saw this thing where kids play video games in dying mall spaces. I’d go but I think I’d be like 20 years older than everyone
— Vega Vandal (@VegaVandal) June 12, 2019
There already is such a place. It’s called Outside. Go outside and meet people.
— Jeffrey Carlson (@Carlsonjok) June 12, 2019
God bless the millennials
— Marcos Petrucci (@petrucci_marcos) June 12, 2019
Keep alcohol and ditch millennials
— Marcus Walker (@MMQWalker) June 12, 2019
I think if Gen X and the boomers can just up our intake a bit more we can ride out the millennial booze slump
— Dave Clark (@DaveClark_AFP) June 12, 2019
Done
— more or less agog (@josh_morison) June 12, 2019
Millennial problems, right?
Related:
Kirsten Gillibrand cuts loose in a gay bar in Iowa, sipping a shot and modeling her Pride Month T-shirt https://t.co/8RZSMTFohb
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 8, 2019
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