I thought the point was that we no longer have this. I'm a millennial, and when I was in my 20s, we used to hang out at Denny's a couple times each week.

Now the policy has changed and the prices have gone up. We can't afford to eat out, and even if you can, you aren't allowed to hang out for hours chatting with your friends anymore.

You guys can afford to go to a cafe on a regular basis?

I have a favourite cafe near where I live but I cant afford to go there every day

100% though there are groups of retired folks that definitely do meet up there regularly like in these shows.

I had when I was young. Good times.

No, because it would be exorbitantly expensive.

That is a good point. I see a lot of people suggesting it hasn't been a thing since the '90s, when for me it stopped probably shortly before or shortly after COVID, and mainyl because I have kids. But I won't disagree that shits expensive everywhere, and I've certainly said to myself "Yeah, that ain't worth that." So I'm with you there.

I think I could still hop on down to my local watering hole and meet up with some friends and put some beers away though. The beers there have always been expensive, and so that at least hasn't changed.

she wasn't always a chef

I don't have kids, but it stopped being a thing around 2010-2015ish for me. It does feel like it's been on the downswing since the 90s, but maybe that's just because I could never afford to hang out at the bar, haha.

I spend like $3k/yr at my local bar.

I still meet up with my friends at the usual hangout but the frequency is way down to like once every 2 months or something. None of us can believe that shithole is still in business.

When I was a teen our spot was Dunkin’ Donuts after school - we befriended another group - of retirees. As an adult it became a bar.

When I was a kid we hung out at the record store... it was free

Maybe, thats why I was asking. I def dont remember anything as constant as the cafe in friends.

In high school in the '90s we were pretty close. It was a handful of places but not that many, basically anywhere we could get away with sitting for hours nursing a coffee or iced tea. If they had pinball, big bonus. Maybe not every day, but certainly many days in the week.

No they famously try new places all the time. The only time there’s a repeat place is if it has significance to a plot point. They were all well off though.

In my previous city we had a friend group that would get together and have a potluck and watch cartoons every week. To my knowledge it’s still going on after 10+ years.

You guys have friends?

Ahhhh I see thanks

I hung out at videogame sections at consumer electronics stores when I was a kid because they usually had a few game consoles with games on them to play. It was also free.

Was.

As in past-tense.

Kmart and sears too.

Sears had it bad. It got stripped out and then bought by Kmart, and then it got stripped agian.