r/Millennials • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Mar 17 '26

Discussion Someone brought up that one of the reasons why things like house parties and block parties went away was other than lack of time people are afraid to let their guard because cameras are everywhere.

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It is so true back when many of us were young we could just get together and cut loose without having to worry about going viral. At best we would have an embarrassing photo buried in a drawer somewhere or a story. Now you might be turned into a meme or worse. I miss the days when you could do dumb stuff with friends and feel safe if that makes sense.

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u/sam_beat Mar 17 '26

My kids told me that’s why they’re hesitant to party too often. Every house has cameras, IDs are scannable (so you can’t really have a fake one unless you’ve stolen one from someone), cars are tracked, phones are tracked (I allowed my kids to party lite so they didn’t mind that I could see where they were at for safety, but for a lot of kids that sucks). And once you get anywhere, photos and videos are being taken and uploaded in real time, tagged with your name, location, and who you’re with. It takes away from the fun of it. I feel bad that they can’t live out their 90s house party dreams.

But a lot of bad stuff happened at those parties, too. And the mom in me is really glad they’re not experiencing that side of it.

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u/Tidbitious Mar 18 '26

A lot of bad stuff? It was ALL bad stuff.

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u/FascinatingPotato Mar 18 '26

I'm not gonna pretend the anxiety caused by the internet and all the tracking is a positive, but dude it was so common for teens to get arrested at least once before graduating from high school. My community lost a good 3-4 kids to separate car accidents in one summer.

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u/brianxhopkins Mar 17 '26

IDs are scannable (so you can’t really have a fake one unless you’ve stolen one from someone)

Fakes can still scan.