Vaping isn’t a great alternative. Pick your poison. Fapping on the other hand… don’t sleep on edible cannabis either

Thing is- it's the boomers that pushed things like the 21 to drink laws and the absurdly strict enforcement of them (like sending a parent to jail if their kid has a party).

You guys spent a few decades decrying teenage drinking, making it hard for teens to drink. And now you all are shocked when kids do something else.

Don't forget- nicotine is 18+ not 21+. So chances are every high schooler has a friend or a sibling that can get them vapes.
Vapes are small. Many don't look like anything in particular to someone who doesn't know what they are. And they are easy to hide, easy to conceal, easy to transport, AND easy to use throughout the day.
So for a substance for kids to get into, it's got a lot of advantages over alcohol.

Plus which vaping is much more common to do alone. Kids are spending far less time on in-person social interactions now (probably because boomers flipped out over stranger danger).

Sadly, found out my niece has been getting blacked out drunk in college repeatedly. In one of the videos she showed me, she probably consumed more alcohol in a 5-second clip than I have in 2 years. Just a bottle of Tito's, and she just chugged it.

Older Millennial here, they are right, too bad people my age didn't get the memo. Never understood, even back in school, why getting plastered is celebrated.

Millennial here, been drinking heavy for 20+ years. Young generation missing out. But at the same time I respect the decision

will do. starting... now

They will take pills in their 30s to fight depression anyway

That's something I applaud the younger generations for. I'm just hoping that it's not due to not socializing in person.

The main reason I've decided to abstain from alcohol is because I've seen first-hand what alcoholism does to a person. I've don't want to end like my dad.

Yeah. I’m not a Boomer I’m GenX, but as I get older I come to realize - poisoning myself with alcohol is becoming more & more appealing. Life sucks.

We found better poisons.

I know quite a few bartenders who tell me that it is true that younger kids aren’t drinking but they are still going to the bars with friends that do drink. Where before you might have a customer a night who didn’t drink now there are a few tables with groups that includes nonalcoholic drinkers. A couple have told me of groups where the non drinkers out number the person drinking alcoholic beverages. They just want to hangout with friends and sip cokes or club sodas. As long as they tip something no one cares.

You know what else we also didn't poison ourselves with at anywhere NEARLY as high a level as boomers did? Lead.

Not a boomer (Born in '83) but right now I am enjoying my... third?... glass of strong beer

we must know different people

Read an article a bit ago. Take away: Millennials drink the most but largely kicked the nicotine thing. Gen Z have brought back nicotine in a big way, even causing a resurgence in chewing tobacco. Its all just homosapiens coping, so I say pick your poison and keep doing your best.

Maybe if they stuck with tradition they'd know how to fucking spell