How many of you or those you know get mangled on a weekend?

Ayahuasca · 6 Sep 2019 at 23:01

Yes, drinking is apparently down and pubs and clubs are closing around the country, but from those I know and work with, it seems like a lot of folk have just taken it to their household or friends houses on a weekend, where they can get themselves into a right state for a fraction of the cost?

Is the drinking culture really dying or has it just moved elsewhere?

P.S me dar sells Avon and sponsors this post.

jsmoke · 6 Sep 2019 at 23:10

It was the same, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50.... years ago.

Ayahuasca · 6 Sep 2019 at 23:12

jsmoke said:
It was the same, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50.... years ago.

It wasn’t though really, I’m relatively young still and it’s changed in just 10 years.

Chojin · 6 Sep 2019 at 23:27

For me the days of drinking multiple pints of lager are long gone. Replaced with more socially acceptable forms of getting wasted like rum and wine and usually with a meal. The alcohol consumption hasn't really changed but the social habits have.

Overlag · 6 Sep 2019 at 23:28

jsmoke said:
It was the same, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50.... years ago.

i disagree, late 90s early 00s there was 1000s of people out drinking EVERY NIGHT at my local town centre, now its a ghost town, except on the odd friday. I guess it all depends on the demographics of your area though.

Angilion · 6 Sep 2019 at 23:55

jsmoke said:
It was the same, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50.... years ago.

I don't think it was. "50.... years ago" getting very drunk in public was unfashionable. Sure, people spent a lot of time in their local pub, but generally not getting rat-arsed as quickly as possible. A couple of decades ago getting very drunk in public was very fashionable. Now it's somewhat less so. Even where I live, which is a wretched hive of scum and villainy, there are fewer packs of drunks roaming around screeching and fighting and collapsing in the gutters than there used to be. More people on other drugs, but less on alcohol.

robfosters · 6 Sep 2019 at 23:58

Too expensive to get regularly ****** in a pub now.

Rroff · 7 Sep 2019 at 00:45

Personally no and those that admit to it at least I've noticed has dropped a lot over the last 10 years. A lot less people these days though coming into work on a Saturday or a Monday, etc. the worse off for a hangover and/or taking the day off.

That said still seems to be a steady stream of taxis late on a Friday night along the routes leading away from where the pubs and clubs, etc. are when I'm driving too or from work around that time and not uncommonly see one stopped at the side of the road with someone heaving into the gutter.

Jambo · 7 Sep 2019 at 00:51

I'm in my local 3-5 nights a week and it's usually fairly busy. I don't drink in the house.

Gray2233 · 7 Sep 2019 at 00:52

I know a few people who just go to a mates house on a weekend instead of going out on the town. I think when faced with a choice of spending £3-4 a pint (or much more depending on where you go) while being forced to go and stand outside if you smoke, or buying an 18 pack of beer for £10, a lot of people will opt for the latter.

hurfdurf · 7 Sep 2019 at 05:17

I don't drink and if we frame alcohol as drug the same way we do illegal drugs the notion that people are opting to stay at home and get really high on it is even more pathetic than the people who go out to do it in a more controlled public environment.

Ayahuasca said:
It wasn’t though really, I’m relatively young still and it’s changed in just 10 years.

I agree, the city is definitely quieter than it used to be.

UTmaniac · 7 Sep 2019 at 05:48

The amount of pubs on Southampton's main high street was silly from ~1995 to ~2005, there was never going to be enough demand to keep them all going.

Zatoichi.uK · 7 Sep 2019 at 06:44

Restricted myself to only drink at home on fri or sat and no more than 4 beers or a bottle of wine per weekend.

If I get wrecked it's at a friends place. Last time I went out out I blew around £70 by the time you factor taxis in. Not worth it.

azazl187 · 7 Sep 2019 at 07:00

I went out last night and spent over 100 quid. Its just too expensive these days. Over 5 quid for a pint

malachi · 7 Sep 2019 at 07:16

With the rise of internet dating, you don't need to go out anymore to pubs or clubs to get attention from the opposite sex.

BUDFORCE · 7 Sep 2019 at 07:41

I prefer to stay at home, and drink alone.

DanTheMan · 7 Sep 2019 at 07:52

It certainly seems like people have moved on from going out clubbing and getting ****faced on a weekend.

10-15 years ago, The Printworks in Manchester would be rammed on a Friday / Saturday with people going out and getting plastered. Nowadays, it's far more subdued and not very busy at all.

Bar culture seems much more prevelant now and people seem to be more chilled when out. There are obviously still idiots who want a fight after a few but it seems confined to much smaller areas than a decade ago.

Pottsey · 7 Sep 2019 at 08:15

Overlag said:
i disagree, late 90s early 00s there was 1000s of people out drinking EVERY NIGHT at my local town centre, now its a ghost town, except on the odd friday. I guess it all depends on the demographics of your area though.

Is it dead, dead or only appears dead as the time people drink has moved. If you go to my local town at the same time as you would 10 or 20 years ago it would look dead. But its not dead its because the point when people used to come home from drinking 10/20years ago is now the point when people only just start going out. If you go out 3 or 4 hours later then you would have 10 years ago its suddenly packed.

Participant · 7 Sep 2019 at 08:20

I'm hoping people are more aware of the insidious and severe effects that long term heavy drinking has on the body.

Yaayuh! · 7 Sep 2019 at 08:23

I go for a few drinks at the pub every now and then, not any more or less than 10 years ago.
But certainly less than when I was 18...