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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

There was always the ad-hoc couple inspecting each other tonsils over in the corner.

Totally never did that myself, nuh-uh.

[–] Chev@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

We kind of had that as teens. Just without the fancy decorations. We made it ourselves. Every weekend when someones parents were over night.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 months ago

I didn't go to a lot of these in my youth, but house parties definitely existed, and still exist. I'm ~40.

A friend of friend just had one this weekend, and I went as a +1. I don't know what the occasion was but there was a lot of food and drink and socializing. Someone even set up beer pong like when we were younger.

Another friend of mine has pretty regular parties at his place. He just invites a bunch of people and has some food and drink, and it's a good time. It probably helps that his friend network is massive and he's generally well liked.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This is the saddest comments thread I have ever read.

Yes, parties are real.

https://www.wikihow.com/Throw-a-Party

[–] Carbonizer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I'm in my thirties, and the closest thing I ever had to a party was when me and a bunch of the guys I worked with (total of like six people) would hang out together, drinking and playing Mario Kart

[–] Spesknight@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

🎡 Party House is in Roblox tonight 🎡

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My parents left for one weekend during my college/highschool years. Threw the most massive party, we were over 80.

Fun times 😁

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

Like a party with lots of people? Yes. But honestly they are way better in your 20's when people have their own places and drinking is not really an issue.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

We never had one in a house. We had one on some back road or a field off the beaten path in order to avoid the law.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

It feels like they aren't as common but I know they aren't totally gone. My Niece graduated High School 4 years ago and went to them. My Nephew graduated in May and he went to them as well.

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

I was always skeptical about them being a thing in high school. At least at the scale portrayed in movies. But in college, yes. Had plenty of ragers with 100+ people. They were fun, and kinda terrible at the same time.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They are real. And sometimes they still happen for work outings in some cities more than others.

I’m guessing the person who hasn’t seen one might live in a rural area though so they might only see something like this on a hens or bucks night

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I went to parties like this all the time…

[–] sylvieslayer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Ring doorbells and indoor cameras that stream to smart phones

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Were*

Being Brazilian, all those 'murican house parties portrayed in movies always seemed so... Dumb and uninteresting. I did go to a similar one during college (2009-ish) and, frankly, the only good thing was that I almost got laid, everything else was meh.

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