I don’t know about every night but I know plenty of dudes who have a watering hole they go to weekly.
Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
Comments
IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
beer used to be cheaper
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
And bars/pubs used to be fine with the regulars hanging out in the corner, only buying a pitcher of beer each per night.
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Worked in a pub in the UK.
Yes, we had regulars. They’d be there nearly every night after work for a quick pint before heading home.
Very few of them would stay for more than one or two though
updn@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I do. Most other people that come here are regulars also.
Not much else out there for community.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
If I could afford it I would. Better than going home and sitting on my ass playing video games or whatever. Bars around here are too expensive though (just like everything else).
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I walk by some neighborhood bars, that are cheap and still some people go everyday like the Simpsons.
Videogames are better. I’ve come to recognize some of the “local drunks” that are there every day, they do be like Barney from the Simpsons. It seems a little depressing looking at them destroying themselves with booze.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Videogames are better
Not if your goal is to socialize they’re not.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Strong disagree.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
yeah same. also i don’t drink alcohol anymore but it would be nice to have more places to hang out.
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Same
iamacar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A lot of bars would have tons of cash on Fridays and bartenders would cash paychecks. Customers would pay off the tab and start a new one. Idk how common it is anymore. Most jobs I’ve had for a while will give a paper check if they have to, but discourage it as much as possible.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Yes, and in some places especially small towns, it is for some people, since it’s the main hangout spot (3rd place) in town.
Though I don’t think young people do that as much, “regulars” tend to mean 1-3 times a week. My university had a bar that had a “ritual” where Friday afternoons it would be a completely full house.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I had a GF who worked in a university lab where they would go to a bar after hours and she would bring me along. It was an old school Irish bar (even had pics of Sinn Féin members on the walls). I kept going after we broke up and ended up dating one of the woman who bartended. She was always passing me free drinks. I was always a light drinker though, I just nursed them. This was mostly in my 20s. I did visit another Irish pub after night class in a different part of the city and the guy working there remembered what my usual meal order was. lol
Pumafred9@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes, and it still is to certain folk.
I think with sugar and alcohol taxes, a lot of establishments had to change to survive.
CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one 2 weeks ago
I mean, people still do that.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Alcoholics, sure
CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one 1 week ago
I don’t know if you’re aware, but pubs have been around for literally thousands of years. Google tells me that "The oldest known pub in England is a contested title, but The Old Ferry Boat Inn in Cambridgeshire is often cited, with claims of serving drinks since (560) AD. "
I’m sure there were a lot of alcoholics to frequent the place over the past 1500 years or so, but I’m willing to bet that there were a lot of other people who just wanted a meal and a good conversation most days.
Technoworcester@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Some. Not all.
Not all pubs are drink first. Food and socialising are also important things.
In rural areas it might be the only ‘communal’ space.
Makhno@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Bartender from the US here. Im one of the few people i know in the industry that doesnt go out drinking almost every single night
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sir Patrick Stewart’s autobiography has a heartbreaking account of his father’s nightly bar visits, and it sounds like he didn’t drink alone.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Europeans are pretty active on this mater. I’m always amaze by how much people go to bistro bin France and Belgium. I think this applies to pub in England too. In Quebec, I think it was morr common in the 60, 70 and earlier and fade away with the importance TV and later the Internet took in people’s home. Now when I go back to some small cities that use to have pretty active downtowns in the late 90s and 200Os, it’s absolutely dead. The only bars that survive have a crowd of people in their 40s and more. It use be full of young people, but now I guess they just "flix and chill’…
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Before the pandemic, I was watching Drag Race at the gay bar, so yes.
python@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
At the same time?!? Were the bars across the street from each other and you had two different friend groups in both, so you had to make up excuses, change your outfit, and run over to the other bar all night?! That sounds like an exciting time!
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh, these were separate events. One full season of All Stars was hosted at a regular bar by professional organizers from the community (downtime between Prides, amirite) and there were special events at the gay bar for the season finale and our local version, La Más Draga.
Horsey@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
NORM!!!
Horsey@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Don’t give me away so easily you cocksucka
Fondots@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Around 10-15 years ago I worked in a pizzeria with a little sports bar. We had more than a couple people who were there almost every day.
I still stop by there once in a while, and without fail I run into at least one of those old regulars every time.
lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I try to go to a local spot once a week or so for the sake of community. It’s kinda fun.
My problem drinking happens mostly at home.
MourningDove@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Yep.
Source: Was one of them.
axexrx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I used to, up until the last couple years, when I stopped bartending. I still get most of my drinks for free though! And i still have a couple different groups of friends im all but gauranteed to find one of to hand out with.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I currently have 2 great microbreweries near my work. So, I alternate nights, but, very much a regular at both.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
One of the only things I miss from somewhere I used to live was my local bar
It was a minute walk from my front door
It was a little hub for the community. My dogs loved it and it was a fantastic place to socialise
I wasn’t there every day, but a couple of times a week wasn’t unusual
chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Like…um…what are you doing?
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I worked in a couple of pubs in england back in the 90s and there were definitely regulars that would come in every weekend night and quite often, some week nights.
StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
me and my friends used to be regulars in a shitty pub where there was a group of older people who would be in there all day every day.
he was probably double my age but it didn’t stop him coming over to our table and pestering me and some of the other women.
we didn’t go in too frequently but the staff recognised us as regulars. we had to stop because some nasty people would come in on a specific day and one of our group wqs afraid of running into them.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not every night but twice a week I got social pressure to go to the bar to drink. I hated it because those were eight perfect hours that could be used for playing with my PC 🤓
Nowadays I couldn’t afford it anymore even if before I was a broke student and now I have a job
boaratio@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When I was in my 20s I frequented a local bar a few times a week and always thought it’d be cool if the bartender would just know what my usual drink was. Turns out that was not a great idea.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Walked into a bar/club one night and it was packed because some biker event. They had multiple bars but I usually went to an outside one upstairs because I could smoke outside, you know double down on being unhealthy. The bartender somehow saw me and my spouse walk in, ran out from behind the bar and grabbed two chairs stashed in a corner so they were out of the way of people dancing and asked people to slide over and put those chairs in at the bar so we could sit down. Everyone around the area had this look like the queen of fucking England just walked in and Ill never forget it. That’s the kind of customer service that will make sure you come back. The guy knew that business was seasonal, but if you treat your locals well when it gets busy like that, they’ll be the ones who are there when it’s slow season and he’d still have a few customers.
TinyLittlePuni@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Depends on the person. I think it was more common 20-30 years ago than now in some places.
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Such a vague question merits the default It Depends™.
notsosure@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I never did and none of the other men and women in my family neither.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Yes. In my fathers time men would go there often for lunch and after work. I think some went home and then went over for an hour or two. Later it was still common but someone who did it all the time would be called a barfly but almost everyone did like friday night and pretty often thursday or saturday. Its diminished since and more and more bars have to sorta be restaurants or dance clubs or band venues.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think the men were called “loadies”, getting loaded (drunk) before going home. Women got the much less forgiving name of being a “barfly.” However, that may have just been regional and/or for that era.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
when I heard barflys it was always men who hung out every night in a bar.