Nightclubs - Why?

Solomon Pleasant

Title says it all really.

Why do people actually regularly go to nightclubs? I have a few issues with them.

1) The culture. I was out last night in a fairly large town. Was in the club and decided to take a moment to look around me. Women being sexually harassed, people pissed and chatting s***e, people vomiting due to excessive alcohols/drug consumption and music so loud I can’t hear what anyone is saying. That’s not even getting into the whole lads squaring up to each other because they feel the need to prove themselves and their caveman-like toughness. There aren’t a lot of reasons to start brawling in public and “that prick staring me out of it” definitely isn’t one of them.

2) Prices. This particular club, which wasn’t in Dublin, charged me 12€ entry fee . Drinks were, as always, ridiculously overpriced and I genuinely don’t know how people do this on a weekly basis. I’m a college student in Dublin so many of my peers regularly go to these and I find myself questioning their sanity if I’m honest. Taxis are another thing. Ended up standing on the way home in one last night as it was so packed. Talk about overpriced, eh?

3) The morning after. I’ve gone through extended periods of my life where I kept alcohol to a minimum. Mentally and physically, the benefits are enormous. I probably drank a little bit too much last night and woke up this morning feeling like absolute rubbish. Alcohol is a depressant and I really feel it. I’m more anxious and stressed than I’ve been in quite some time and it’s due to overpriced alcohol. (No one forces me to drink naturally, but clubbing sober would make me suicidal ha!). People are just generally less productive and can’t funtion as well after such a late night.

A few other points:
- It’s so repetitive and mind numbingly boring.
- Queueing is a disaster
- Personal space doesn’t exist in clubs
- Clubs usually have sauna-like temperatures and it’s horrible
- Clubbing should not be anyone’s hobby, it’s just laughable

This just about sums up my attitudes towards clubs. I can only assume that I’m an outlier here who doesn’t understand the real purpose of clubs. I assume that is to get laid, but that doesn’t happen very often from what I see. Also I’d question if the odds of getting laid are worth wasting time, energy and money on a club.

Why then, are clubs packed every single weekend?

Grayson

So people can get laid? It might not happen often but when you're 20 you'll do anything to up the odds a bit.

Omackeral

I used to be with it, but then they changed what ‘it’ was, and now what I’m with isn’t it. And what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary to me.

Army_of_One

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

Why then, are clubs packed every single weekend?

The vast majority of people aren't dry sh1tes?

henryporter

Thinly veiled “woke up alone this morning” thread

Pinch Flat

Goes to a nightclub. Didn’t get the ride. Goes on social media to complain.

somefeen

Not a fan of nightclubs just because of the crowds and the queues and grumpy bouncers but; If you want to dance like a lunatic to an amazing sound system with a load of people off their faces where else can you go?

gifted

12.30 closing times in the pubs.

GarIT

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

Title says it all really.

Why do people actually regularly go to nightclubs? I have a few issues with them.

1) The culture. I was out last night in a fairly large town. Was in the club and decided to take a moment to look around me. Women being sexually harassed, people pissed and chatting s***e, people vomiting due to excessive alcohols/drug consumption and music so loud I can’t hear what anyone is saying. That’s not even getting into the whole lads squaring up to each other because they feel the need to prove themselves and their caveman-like toughness. There aren’t a lot of reasons to start brawling in public and “that prick staring me out of it” definitely isn’t one of them.

2) Prices. This particular club, which wasn’t in Dublin, charged me 12€ entry fee . Drinks were, as always, ridiculously overpriced and I genuinely don’t know how people do this on a weekly basis. I’m a college student in Dublin so many of my peers regularly go to these and I find myself questioning their sanity if I’m honest. Taxis are another thing. Ended up standing on the way home in one last night as it was so packed. Talk about overpriced, eh?

3) The morning after. I’ve gone through extended periods of my life where I kept alcohol to a minimum. Mentally and physically, the benefits are enormous. I probably drank a little bit too much last night and woke up this morning feeling like absolute rubbish. Alcohol is a depressant and I really feel it. I’m more anxious and stressed than I’ve been in quite some time and it’s due to overpriced alcohol. (No one forces me to drink naturally, but clubbing sober would make me suicidal ha!). People are just generally less productive and can’t funtion as well after such a late night.

A few other points:
- It’s so repetitive and mind numbingly boring.
- Queueing is a disaster
- Personal space doesn’t exist in clubs
- Clubs usually have sauna-like temperatures and it’s horrible
- Clubbing should not be anyone’s hobby, it’s just laughable

This just about sums up my attitudes towards clubs. I can only assume that I’m an outlier here who doesn’t understand the real purpose of clubs. I assume that is to get laid, but that doesn’t happen very often from what I see. Also I’d question if the odds of getting laid are worth wasting time, energy and money on a club.

Why then, are clubs packed every single weekend?

I enjoy loud electronic and pop music and attempting to dance. The lights are cool. I enjoy sex. I enjoy getting drunk. It’s a nice way to relax and forget about stress and work and all the **** I need to do at home.

Peatys

You're just getting old op. We used to be regulars in the Olympic, sides, etc.. wouldn't give you thanks for it now..

Avatar MIA

OP, you sound like you're at least 20 years too young to be a grumpy old man... Is there such a thing as a grumpy young man

Ash.J.Williams

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

Title says it all really.

Why do people actually regularly go to nightclubs? I have a few issues with them.

1) The culture. I was out last night in a fairly large town. Was in the club and decided to take a moment to look around me. Women being sexually harassed, people pissed and chatting s***e, people vomiting due to excessive alcohols/drug consumption and music so loud I can’t hear what anyone is saying. That’s not even getting into the whole lads squaring up to each other because they feel the need to prove themselves and their caveman-like toughness. There aren’t a lot of reasons to start brawling in public and “that prick staring me out of it” definitely isn’t one of them.

2) Prices. This particular club, which wasn’t in Dublin, charged me 12€ entry fee . Drinks were, as always, ridiculously overpriced and I genuinely don’t know how people do this on a weekly basis. I’m a college student in Dublin so many of my peers regularly go to these and I find myself questioning their sanity if I’m honest. Taxis are another thing. Ended up standing on the way home in one last night as it was so packed. Talk about overpriced, eh?

3) The morning after. I’ve gone through extended periods of my life where I kept alcohol to a minimum. Mentally and physically, the benefits are enormous. I probably drank a little bit too much last night and woke up this morning feeling like absolute rubbish. Alcohol is a depressant and I really feel it. I’m more anxious and stressed than I’ve been in quite some time and it’s due to overpriced alcohol. (No one forces me to drink naturally, but clubbing sober would make me suicidal ha!). People are just generally less productive and can’t funtion as well after such a late night.

A few other points:
- It’s so repetitive and mind numbingly boring.
- Queueing is a disaster
- Personal space doesn’t exist in clubs
- Clubs usually have sauna-like temperatures and it’s horrible
- Clubbing should not be anyone’s hobby, it’s just laughable

This just about sums up my attitudes towards clubs. I can only assume that I’m an outlier here who doesn’t understand the real purpose of clubs. I assume that is to get laid, but that doesn’t happen very often from what I see. Also I’d question if the odds of getting laid are worth wasting time, energy and money on a club.

Why then, are clubs packed every single weekend?

Did your monocle fall into your sambuca?

0byme75341jo28

They close later, there's more young people, and women wear more revealing clothes.

That is literally it.

GarIT

gifted wrote: »

12.30 closing times in the pubs.

That was one of the biggest misuses of power the state has ever had. The prudes in government done enjoy going on a night out so they stop it for everyone else. Sure there were problems with people being drunk in public but deal with that separately. Send more gardaí out and fine drunk people to pay for the gardaí. If you can’t get yourself home safely without help you get fined, no need for the government to try to decide when and where alcohol can be sold.

Urindanger

I much prefer drinking craft beer that's just been invented last week out of a hand crafted glass, blast chilled with vegan hydrogen molecules while sitting on the outskirts of a late bar listening to the latest underground indie band which are fabulous. Amongst our entourage are similar minded people who have been blessed with the finest quality of taste both palette and auditory. The party does not exist without our presence we jest.

Perhaps I'll have a bag of peanuts if they have the dry roast kind in stock and they were picked by cinnamon and nutmeg scented hands. If not, I'll avoid temptation and save myself for the hummus that I made from scratch with the finest imported tahini. I'll escort a woman of highest quality and demand back to my luxury apartment where I will seduce her with my collection of fine art which was made with vegan paint and hemp canvas.

pablo128

Next time try dropping a couple of yokes. That should improve your experience somewhat.

Solomon Pleasant

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

I’m a college student in Dublin so many of my peers regularly go to these and I find myself questioning their sanity if I’m honest...

I’m more anxious and stressed than I’ve been in quite some time and it’s due to overpriced alcohol...

OP, you're a student, get a grip and leave the stress and anxiety for when you have a job and are trying to pay for a mortgage and the costs of childminding.

Anxiety must be up there with gluten intolerance as one of the pandemics of the post 2010 world...

frag420

What happened when you stepped into stop the women being sexually harassed in the club?

B.A._Baracus

Nightclubs are crap.
But hey when youre young you're "boring" if you don't go to them :pac:

suicide_circus

On paper, nightclubs are about as appealing as slamming your fingers in a car door. But when you're young, carefree, single, drunk and beautiful (in your head at least) - they are great.

Mister Vain

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

Title says it all really.

Why do people actually regularly go to nightclubs? I have a few issues with them.

1) The culture. I was out last night in a fairly large town. Was in the club and decided to take a moment to look around me. Women being sexually harassed, people pissed and chatting s***e, people vomiting due to excessive alcohols/drug consumption and music so loud I can’t hear what anyone is saying. That’s not even getting into the whole lads squaring up to each other because they feel the need to prove themselves and their caveman-like toughness. There aren’t a lot of reasons to start brawling in public and “that prick staring me out of it” definitely isn’t one of them.

2) Prices. This particular club, which wasn’t in Dublin, charged me 12€ entry fee . Drinks were, as always, ridiculously overpriced and I genuinely don’t know how people do this on a weekly basis. I’m a college student in Dublin so many of my peers regularly go to these and I find myself questioning their sanity if I’m honest. Taxis are another thing. Ended up standing on the way home in one last night as it was so packed. Talk about overpriced, eh?

3) The morning after. I’ve gone through extended periods of my life where I kept alcohol to a minimum. Mentally and physically, the benefits are enormous. I probably drank a little bit too much last night and woke up this morning feeling like absolute rubbish. Alcohol is a depressant and I really feel it. I’m more anxious and stressed than I’ve been in quite some time and it’s due to overpriced alcohol. (No one forces me to drink naturally, but clubbing sober would make me suicidal ha!). People are just generally less productive and can’t funtion as well after such a late night.

A few other points:
- It’s so repetitive and mind numbingly boring.
- Queueing is a disaster
- Personal space doesn’t exist in clubs
- Clubs usually have sauna-like temperatures and it’s horrible
- Clubbing should not be anyone’s hobby, it’s just laughable

This just about sums up my attitudes towards clubs. I can only assume that I’m an outlier here who doesn’t understand the real purpose of clubs. I assume that is to get laid, but that doesn’t happen very often from what I see. Also I’d question if the odds of getting laid are worth wasting time, energy and money on a club.

Why then, are clubs packed every single weekend?

I've always thought that about the Irish drinking culture in general. As I said in the Christmas party thread, I reach a stage in the night where I've done all the drinking and dancing I can manage. Then I look at my watch and realise there's another fecking 3 hours before it finishes. :pac:

I would have thought nightclubs were dying out though. A lot of clubs have closed and the ones that are still open seem to cater to Z-list celebrities and people who just want to pose for photos.

ArchXStanton

Vanessa Deep Maze wrote: »

They close later, there's more young people, and women wear more revealing clothes.

That is literally it.

Full of Heels without souls as my mate describes clubs

Anesthetize

If people's only experience of nightclubs is in Ireland then they are bound to think they're crap. There's no real nightclubs in Ireland, just glorified late bars. There's a big difference when you go to places like Berlin.

Doltanian

I haven't gone to a nightclub in years, wouldn't appeal to me, doesn't help that I don't drink either since I was about 19, I didn't even drink very much but one day on a similar foggy morning after the night before I made a decision that this was not something I liked. I have saved thousands by avoiding the pub/club scene and instead I have travelled extensively within Ireland and around the world and I have met amazing women and had some wonderful memories and experiences.

I learned that talk to women without the need to be intoxicated and as I got older sex and women and relationships don't bother me like the starving dog of a hornbag teenager I was then, it something I can get as required without involving alcohol, clubs etc.

BarryD2

Because they're considered cool and the thing to do. As to who decides what's cool, and in whose interests, that's a pink horse of a different colour.

Agricola

I always hated the fact that nightclubs weren't anything like they are in the movies.

You can't just walk up to the bar, gesture at the barman and get your reasonably priced and nicely presented beverage in a timely fashion. Mainly because it's 4 deep at the bar and when you do eventually get there, you have to compete with a dozen other people to get his attention, then shout your order as loud as possible so he's in with a chance of hearing it. He'll then, i think the verb is "fúck" a pint of swill into a glass as fast as he can and throw the overflowing, foaming mess at you before roaring requesting something mad like €6

The decibel level of the music is never below a million. And it never, obligingly, lowers itself whenever you want to have a conversation with someone. It becomes so difficult to speak, that you actually get physically tired roaring your head off and just give up and drink more beer. If I was a conspiracy nut, I'd say the whole thing was a cunning ruse designed to make the patron drink more. :rolleyes:

There's never anywhere to sit down. So it's either dance or stand in the 3 Sq feet thats free beside the entrance to the toilet, getting jostled by the 2 dozen people who are going in and out of the toilet all the fúcking time.

When you do go to the dancefloor, it's never as you imagined. Never half full of good looking single women, dancing alone and smiling openly at anyone who happens to be dancing beside them. Nope. It's packed to the gills, mostly with lads who resemble Spud from Trainspotting, dancing alone or hovering around a group of very defensive girls, who do a sort of "circle the wagons" thing. Judging by how far gone these lads are, a lot of em will end the night shítting the bed too.

And you've paid for the pleasure of all this.

manonboard

They're a really fun place if you learn how to have fun at them.

to name a few benefits:
There are men and women, who are out to have a good time.
men and women who are dressed well to make themselves look more attractive.
Its a common place, and therefore socially acceptable place to make a move and meet someone.
It's like a candy store as far as meeting people goes, you can meet someone new each minute until you find someone you like. If you are there to meet some one of course.
It can all be done under the guise of i'm just here to have a good time with my friends. (until you actually meet someone you like).

The alcohol means everyone is usually in a good mood and pretty relaxed on anxiety and chilled on boundaries too.

Dancing is great craic for alot of people. I love dancing for hours. So lots of people go there for great dancing tunes when you're drunk or high.
Its nice to be out of a house for a while.

Op, Why do you think you went to the club?

Mister Vain

Agricola wrote: »

I always hated the fact that nightclubs weren't anything like they are in the movies.

Ahh shur people in movies can shag each other without even looking at their genitals. I always hated the fact that they never play decent choons like in Kevin & Perry Go Large.

freshpopcorn

Some people don't like night clubs OP and I think your one of them. When your going to a night club you know what to expect.

Birneybau

Mister Vain wrote: »

Ahh shur people in movies can shag each other without even looking at their genitals. I always hated the fact that they never play decent choons like in Kevin & Perry Go Large.

I can do that?

BalHouseBuyer

There good fun for an hour or two after a few pints, or a night at someone's house.

Del.Monte

Good question OP. I was in one - once - in Leeson Street circa 1976 and I've never been in one since. I used to like to drink my self unconscious at the weekend back then but not in a horrible, overcrowded basement with loads of married men looking for ... A good 'old man's' pub with sensible closing time does me now - as it did back then - and I no longer feel the need to drink myself senseless.

pablo128

I used to go to the raves back in the day. Some if the best nights of my life were in Dublin city's clubs.

I've also been in some proper meat markets, crammed in to a sweatbox full of drunk culchies itching for a scrap. Fcuking slow sets and all. Hell.

Mister Vain

Birneybau wrote: »

I can do that?

Yeah but I'm guessing you look down and grab your lad first though. Hollywood tends to skip that bit.

GuessWhoEh

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

Title says it all really.

Why do people actually regularly go to nightclubs? I have a few issues with them.

1) The culture. I was out last night in a fairly large town. Was in the club and decided to take a moment to look around me. Women being sexually harassed, people pissed and chatting s***e, people vomiting due to excessive alcohols/drug consumption and music so loud I can’t hear what anyone is saying. That’s not even getting into the whole lads squaring up to each other because they feel the need to prove themselves and their caveman-like toughness. There aren’t a lot of reasons to start brawling in public and “that prick staring me out of it” definitely isn’t one of them.

2) Prices. This particular club, which wasn’t in Dublin, charged me 12€ entry fee . Drinks were, as always, ridiculously overpriced and I genuinely don’t know how people do this on a weekly basis. I’m a college student in Dublin so many of my peers regularly go to these and I find myself questioning their sanity if I’m honest. Taxis are another thing. Ended up standing on the way home in one last night as it was so packed. Talk about overpriced, eh?

3) The morning after. I’ve gone through extended periods of my life where I kept alcohol to a minimum. Mentally and physically, the benefits are enormous. I probably drank a little bit too much last night and woke up this morning feeling like absolute rubbish. Alcohol is a depressant and I really feel it. I’m more anxious and stressed than I’ve been in quite some time and it’s due to overpriced alcohol. (No one forces me to drink naturally, but clubbing sober would make me suicidal ha!). People are just generally less productive and can’t funtion as well after such a late night.

A few other points:
- It’s so repetitive and mind numbingly boring.
- Queueing is a disaster
- Personal space doesn’t exist in clubs
- Clubs usually have sauna-like temperatures and it’s horrible
- Clubbing should not be anyone’s hobby, it’s just laughable

This just about sums up my attitudes towards clubs. I can only assume that I’m an outlier here who doesn’t understand the real purpose of clubs. I assume that is to get laid, but that doesn’t happen very often from what I see. Also I’d question if the odds of getting laid are worth wasting time, energy and money on a club.

Why then, are clubs packed every single weekend?

I say you're a barrel of laughs on a night out

Nightclubs in Ireland tend to be an extension of the bar scene. TBh I always felt that nightclubs in Ireland were still one step away from a school organized dance or such. Struggles to get to the bar, no table service, etc. Too much focus on getting drunk, being an asshole (for both genders) and puking/fighting at the end.

OP. Don't judge all nightclubs by your experiences in Ireland. There are incredibly good nightclubs in other countries, and honestly, the attitudes of the people you meet are often far better. Personally, I disliked nightclubs in Ireland/Europe but got to love them in Asia and the bigger cities in the US. Nightclubs in Eastern Europe are also heaps of fun if you don't behave like an idiot foreigner. I also preferred the nightclubs that cost a bit more, had professional staff and 'encouraged' people not to make trouble. Good music, quality alcohol, and people dress up to go out (rather than arriving in a tracksuit)

Lastly, there are nightclubs that cater to different kinds of people/music. Play around and find something that suits. I tend to still go to the nightclubs with the more trance/electronic/disco feel, or the more expensive jazz fusion house clubs. Older crowd for the most part and no trouble. I'm in my early 40s and I still enjoy it. It's not just a scene for 20 somethings.

Rjd2

Not a fan and wouldn't miss them if they were all banned, but don't have the hatred some do for them. You go to them to have a few drinks, dance to cheesy music and to get the ride, noting wrong with that whatsoever.

mojesius

Enjoyed them until I was about 25, always preferred house parties or pubs though.

Mrtestosterone

[Deleted User] wrote: »

OP, you're a student, get a grip and leave the stress and anxiety for when you have a job and are trying to pay for a mortgage and the costs of childminding.

Anxiety must be up there with gluten intolerance as one of the pandemics of the post 2010 world...

Oh yes children minding because every woman has to have children right? Nice generalisation there buddy.

On topic, I hate night clubs because it feels like a prison with security guards everywhere watching your every move. You can literally compare it to prisoners being let out in the yard.

ToddyDoody

I approach them initially as a place to have a few more drinks. I don't go in for the hype so much and I wouldn't que or pay a fortune.

Mr.Plough

It's not all nightclub's fault that you went to a shít nightclub.

I love clubbing but avoid 'nightclubs' like you described like the plague.

Wanderer2010

Army_of_One wrote: »

The vast majority of people aren't dry sh1tes?

Do you therefore think that if you aren't out on a Saturday night you are a dry ****e? Just curious.

Riesen_Meal

Go to Berghain in Berlin OP and come back to me...

Stacksofwacks

Horrid, zoo like places. But ever since I stopped going to them my sex life has been near nullified, so there must be some kind of method in the madness

Donald Trump

I think the scientific and sociological answer to your question is that some fellas like gee




(And some ladies like mickey.)

(Also some like a mix or whatever you're having yourself)

batistuta9

Fieldog wrote: »

Go to Berghain in Berlin OP and come back to me...

Stands in a queue for hours & doesn't get in

tracey turnblad

How the heck did you stand in a taxi?

TheAnalyst_

Two different types of club. 
Proper music orientated place or standard booze meat market. Both can be great in my experience but they can also be like you described. Berghain was definitely one of the better experiences.

TheAnalyst_

Deleted User wrote: »

Nightclubs in Ireland tend to be an extension of the bar scene. TBh I always felt that nightclubs in Ireland were still one step away from a school organized dance or such. Struggles to get to the bar, no table service, etc. Too much focus on getting drunk, being an asshole (for both genders) and puking/fighting at the end.

OP. Don't judge all nightclubs by your experiences in Ireland. There are incredibly good nightclubs in other countries, and honestly, the attitudes of the people you meet are often far better. Personally, I disliked nightclubs in Ireland/Europe but got to love them in Asia and the bigger cities in the US. Nightclubs in Eastern Europe are also heaps of fun if you don't behave like an idiot foreigner. I also preferred the nightclubs that cost a bit more, had professional staff and 'encouraged' people not to make trouble. Good music, quality alcohol, and people dress up to go out (rather than arriving in a tracksuit)

Lastly, there are nightclubs that cater to different kinds of people/music. Play around and find something that suits. I tend to still go to the nightclubs with the more trance/electronic/disco feel, or the more expensive jazz fusion house clubs. Older crowd for the most part and no trouble. I'm in my early 40s and I still enjoy it. It's not just a scene for 20 somethings.

Wanky table service clubs are the absolute worst though. Knobs paradise.

dd972

Used to have issues with drinking too much in the early 90's so only used to go to them for that reason, apart from what else could happen but rarely did, most of the time I found them boring which used to be the gateway for more drinking.

wakka12

Clubs are fun for a bit when you get drunk, I always get the urge to dance a bit and let off a bit of steam when Ive drank, and lots of other people do too obviously! Women enjoy getting dressed up for an event. And lots of people go to clubs to try and get laid
Some people might go for music..maybe..
I assume those reasons are why they get most of their business

I really don't like them anymore though mostly for the exact same reasons you listed, they just seem really immature and pointless to me usually. House parties are so much more fun.Not as crowded, get to have audible conversations with people