I'm not alone! My local coffee stand baristas have an insane memory and know all of the regulars by name. I could never have that kind of memory (likely attributed to decades of smoking the devil's lettuce)

I pay a lot more for a large coffee at a brand store (Starbucks, Costa,...) than I do for a pint at my local bar.

Alcohol is fairly inexpensive here. People need to live, somehow.

When more of my friends lived a walkable distance from me it was more the pub round the corner a few times a week. Now people have dispersed a bit, things need to be a bit more scheduled and so we're less likely to fall into a default place

Coffee shops sadly don't tend to be open late so they're not really gonna work as the default place to casually meet mates for anyone in a 9-5 job IMO.

Dude, no joke.

I went back to a coffee shop like months later, i had only been a few times total, and the barista greeted me by name. Wtf. I was floored.

My memory is shit as well and i can't even attribute to any fun activities...

Not really. Good coffee shops and pubs are always full. So most of the time we just settle for the place which have free seats that day.

The diner in Seinfeld, the bar in Simpsons and Family Guy.

I cannot even financially support that. A beer costs between 5 and 8 euros. Having a few beers and some snacks for 2 hours is a bill of 60 euros. Imagine doing that for several hours every day. I can't spend 100-150 euros every day.

U clearly are not aware of Australian alcohol taxes. We are getting fucked. A pint is now $11

Holy shit how haven't I noticed all the TGIFs were gone?

Does anyone have friends that see more than 2-3 times a year?

Do friendships like that actually exist? Did TV set me up for disapointment?

Used to with friends who are no longer with us.

The folks I would do this with, hang out at a spot frequently, have either moved away or died.
It's been very hard to get to that point again, however Cannabis communities, particularly in Amsterdam, have really been a help at socialising and making friends. I've made more friends there since last year than I have for several years prior.
Folks are always up for a coffee and a toke!

It’s so much cheaper to just buy a couple 12-packs and hang out at someone’s place. Bonuses include - choosing what to put on the TV, not having conversations be interrupted by strangers, and having the ability to crash overnight if you don’t feel comfortable driving home afterward.

I’m not the most outgoing person, and bars/clubs tend to be too loud for my liking. I don’t think those places were made for people like me, so there’s little point in going there when hanging with friends on my back porch is so much cheaper.

They absolutely still exist lol https://tgifridays.com/

Yes but only because I moved near them.

Yes, the place we hang out is called a "signal thread" and we share stupid memes with each other every day.

I'm amused that the implicit limit in your comment, that the thing that makes drinking 10 beers a day impractical, is the cost.

I live in a walkable neighborhood, and I have a version of this with the other parents in our neighborhood, where we have a designated night of the week where anyone who can make it meets up at one of the patio restaurants where the kids can run around while the parents hang out. Not everyone makes it every week, but we've got a good group of friends.

It’s possible, but damn do they take a lot of work and time to keep going. Most just get busy in their daily lives, get stuck in a daily pattern and before you know it, 3 and 4 months have passed by… then it becomes years. Then you feel awkward to reach out because they haven’t done so either.

For those of who worked at certain restaurants, you might have experienced a dedicated group of 75+ friends and yes they do meet at the same place everyday. In fact when we were closed they'd camp outside in the parking lot in lawn chairs.

The exact same group of geriatrics... every single day. Honestly it was sad to see one missing and not come back because you knew why.