Literally nobody surely?
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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.
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.
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No, because it would be exorbitantly expensive.
I spend like $3k/yr at my local bar.
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When I was younger, certainly before kids, yeah, we had a couple different restaurants or bars where we'd meet up fairly regularly, for either a couple beers or some food, or both, or more.
This thread highlights the reality of Lemmy, and how it's representative of only a sliver of the population. The number of people saying "Friends?" is depressing.
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.
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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.
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No, because it would be exorbitantly expensive.
When I was a kid we hung out at the record store... it was free
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Didn't they used to go the same place for brunch? I could be wrong
Maybe, thats why I was asking. I def dont remember anything as constant as the cafe in friends.
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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.
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Didn't they used to go the same place for brunch? I could be wrong
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.
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Do friendships like that actually exist? Did TV set me up for disapointment?
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.
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You guys have friends?
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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.
Ahhhh I see thanks
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When I was a kid we hung out at the record store... it was free
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.
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There are 85 locations remaining in the united states. Thats down from 270 in the 90s. There are only four in California where I live.
They got bought up by private equity and gutted, just like red lobster.
Kmart and sears too.
Sears had it bad. It got stripped out and then bought by Kmart, and then it got stripped agian.
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Does anyone have friends that see more than 2-3 times a year?
Absolutely
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If I'm hanging out with more than 1 person at a time we better be playing D&D. Otherwise I'm probably just there out of obligation.
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I think Luke's was the only diner in Star's Hollow.
