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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?

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backspin.

Potential-Monke wrote: »

The only downside is, that there is no where else to go at that hour.

Home to their beds.

[Deleted User]

jester77 wrote: »

Maybe I'm getting old, but I prefer to head out for a nice meal with friends, then go to the pub around midnight and sit and chat without having my ears blown off until we head home around 5 or 6.

Which pubs are open til 5 or 6am?

MonkieSocks

Omackeral wrote: »

Which pubs are open til 5 or 6am?

This one

And this one :eek:

riclad

I think men go to clubs to meet women, or its a place to go after the pubs close .I,m not qualified to say is there any clubs where people go because the music is good.I dont know how you can talk to anyone when the music is so loud, but i,d say alot of the people there would be
half drunk anyway.And the average male might be happy to go to
some venue where theres no need to talk to anyone.
They must be doing something right otherwise they would cease to be in business .You can go to pubs or restaurants if loud music is not your thing.

DeanAustin

Was never a massive fan but had some great nights in them too. In my late 30s, I have no interest but if I was 21 or so, I’d definitely be on it.

Why is it that no matter what is posted on here about Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Asia or somewhere else always does it better and more sophisticated than us?

Also find it funny that people say clubs are full of drunk fools. Most of the people in clubs are drunk fools, I’ve been that drunk fool and I’d wager a good number of posters in here have too.

Nightclubs are for the young. Sadly, I’m not young anymore.

Anesthetize

DeanAustin wrote: »

Why is it that no matter what is posted on here about Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Asia or somewhere else always does it better and more sophisticated than us?

Because Nanny Ireland likes to wrap us in cotton wool, and make sure that we're home early safe and sound. No smoking allowed of course.

DeanAustin

Anesthetize wrote: »

Because Nanny Ireland likes to wrap us in cotton wool, and make sure that we're home early safe and sound. No smoking allowed of course.

Who is stopping you smoking?

pablo128

Anesthetize wrote: »

Because Nanny Ireland likes to wrap us in cotton wool, and make sure that we're home early safe and sound. No smoking allowed of course.

Yeah I remember being in clubs as a pup dancing away only to have my elbow burnt off some cvnts smoke. More than once. No thanks.

Mister Vain

pablo128 wrote: »

Yeah I remember being in clubs as a pup dancing away only to have my elbow burnt off some cvnts smoke. More than once. No thanks.

Or having to claw your way through a cloud of smoke to reach the bar. And then the smell of smoke off your clothes afterwards.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

DeanAustin wrote: »

Was never a massive fan but had some great nights in them too. In my late 30s, I have no interest but if I was 21 or so, I’d definitely be on it.

Why is it that no matter what is posted on here about Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Asia or somewhere else always does it better and more sophisticated than us?

Also find it funny that people say clubs are full of drunk fools. Most of the people in clubs are drunk fools, I’ve been that drunk fool and I’d wager a good number of posters in here have too.

Nightclubs are for the young. Sadly, I’m not young anymore.

Too many regulations and conformity.

Continental clubs are usually only getting going at about 2am, when the Irish ones are required to start closing. They also tend to have quieter areas where you can actually have a bit of a break and talk to someone. Kitkat club in Berlin has a sauna. I also found that the clubs in Dublin (when I went) all seemed to have the same kind of DJs, music, decor, clientele, drinks and so on.

ArtSmart

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Too many regulations and conformity.

Continental clubs are usually only getting going at about 2am, when the Irish ones are required to start closing. They also tend to have quieter areas where you can actually have a bit of a break and talk to someone. Kitkat club in Berlin has a sauna. I also found that the clubs in Dublin (when I went) all seemed to have the same kind of DJs, music, decor, clientele, drinks and so on.

Yes, England and Ireland have a different, em, approach.

The aul Ceili - ha? God be with the days....

Personally I blame the Beatles. For everything.

Esel

"Are yeh coming into the field?"

Anesthetize

Mister Vain wrote: »

Or having to claw your way through a cloud of smoke to reach the bar. And then the smell of smoke off your clothes afterwards.

Ah bliss, the good old days.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

ArtSmart wrote: »

Yes, England and Ireland have a different, em, approach.

The aul Ceili - ha? God be with the days....

Personally I blame the Beatles. For everything.

Honestly not sure what you're trying to say here: either you disagree with my point (in which case, fine - but please elaborate: what clubs in Ireland would you regard as being in contrast to my points? And how so?); you're being blindly loyal to nationality (in which case, why do you need to automatically defend something?); or you agree with me but have a strange way of saying it (beatles??

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chrissb8

Night clubs in Ireland are pure s**t. Dublin has some which are excellent but they're usually filled with people who want to be somewhere for a certain type of music and vibe. Outside of that they're all very bog standard. Throw on a selection of bad chart music. Throw in the usual get drunk until you nearly can't stand crowd. Coupled with of course with more and more people who are mostly cretins and don't know how to function in a shared space without breaking into a fight or stumbling into people on the dance floor or as they're passing you with their round of shots they most certainly don't need at 2:20AM already beyond plastered. There is no fun to be had in these places.

I find it funny as well people talking about the OP not getting the ride. Whatever to anyone who does but in my one or two experiences I found it terrible. Concoction of drink, desperation and in general just a messy affair. Generic Irish nightclubs are not the place to find someone, good conversation, good music and in general a place where you can just be a bloody normal person in a reasonable civilised setting to socialise in. No thanks.

job seeker

This thread is really give me the urge to headout over the weekend.

I love heading out at night to night clubs. There'll be some much time to act like an OAP when you become one.

I never really understand people who give out about night clubs. If you don't like them, stay at home on a Friday night and watch the late late show or something..

Purple Mountain

It's because you chose to go out on possibly one of the messiest nights of the year!

dartboardio

In Waterford it's getting busier and busier. If you go to Shortts on a Wednesday or a Monday night during college months you literally can not move: there's drink being spilled everywhere, everyone's pushing eachother trying to get through. And the place is huge (including the nightclub upstairs) I'm a student and even I much prefer going there on a Saturday night when it's even a little bit quieter or you can actually walk through

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Too many regulations and conformity.

Continental clubs are usually only getting going at about 2am, when the Irish ones are required to start closing. They also tend to have quieter areas where you can actually have a bit of a break and talk to someone. Kitkat club in Berlin has a sauna. I also found that the clubs in Dublin (when I went) all seemed to have the same kind of DJs, music, decor, clientele, drinks and so on.

job seeker wrote: »

This thread is really give me the urge to headout over the weekend.

I love heading out at night to night clubs. There'll be some much time to act like an OAP when you become one.

I never really understand people who give out about night clubs. If you don't like them, stay at home on a Friday night and watch the late late show or something..

See post above.

I go to clubs occasionally and I've guessing I'm a good bit older than you. I just don't go to them when I'm back in Ireland for reasons I've outlined.

This isn't an anti-nightclub thread, it's an anti-****-nightclub thread.

[Deleted User]

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

See post above.

I go to clubs occasionally and I've guessing I'm a good bit older than you. I just don't go to them when I'm back in Ireland for reasons I've outlined.

This isn't an anti-nightclub thread, it's an anti-****-nightclub thread.

I'd be similar to yourself. I still go to nightclubs abroad (I'm in my early 40s), but any time I've tried going to nightclubs here, I end up leaving in disgust. They're just not comparable to the better clubs you find in Europe's major cities or outside of Europe. My personal favorite nightclubs are in China, Japan, and the US.

Irish/UK clubs are too small, badly designed, dirty, and with rather limited choices in music (Djs). TBH I don't particularly enjoy the crowd that goes out to clubs in Ireland either. Too much focus on getting drunk, and general hostility.

dr.fuzzenstein

Ah nighclubs. I still remember the 90's when I was in my 20's.
Many's the time my then GF would drag me out every weekend, I had to drive so had to stay sober.
As someone who enjoys Beatles, Queen, Led Zep, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Marillion, I still fondly remember such great tunes as:

UNGF UNGF UNGF UNGF UNGF UNGF UNGF UNGF UNGF UNGF UNGF UNGF

and

BANZ BANZ BANZ BANZ BANZ BANZ BANZ BANZ BANZ BANZ BANZ

or who could ever forget

BOOMTSHH BOOMTSHH BOOMTSHH BOOMTSHH BOOMTSHH BOOMTSHH BOOMTSHH

And such great conversations as

Me: "IT'S SO LOUD IN HERE!!!"
Other: "WHAAAT?!"
Me: "I SAID IT'S SO LOUD IN HERE!!!"
Other: "SORRY, CAN'T HEAR YOU, IT'S TOO LOUD IN HERE!"

Ah yes, the memories...
Then I moved to Ireland, where there was the added pleasure of massive, heaving crowds, nowhere to sit, nowhere to stand for that matter, every toilet cubicle door kicked in, toilets covered in vomit, queuing half an hour to get in, queuing half an hour to get a drink and in some instances they closed the bar as soon as I got in when all I wanted was another drink cause I wasn't driving that night. Those were the best nights of all.
At least there were always a few amusing fights.

JupiterKid

Nightclubs in Ireland are generally complete sh*t for the reasons other posters outlined. Crappy pop music, far too loud, no imagination in terms of decor/layout, sweaty and claustrophobic, extremely drunk punters, rip off prices, scrum at the bar, aggression and fights and they all close too early. Around 2000 I stopped bothering with nightclubs and went to late bars instead.

Don't go at all now as my drinking days are behind me and don't miss it whatsoever.

snotboogie

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Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

See post above.

I go to clubs occasionally and I've guessing I'm a good bit older than you. I just don't go to them when I'm back in Ireland for reasons I've outlined.

This isn't an anti-nightclub thread, it's an anti-****-nightclub thread.

I'd be similar to yourself. I still go to nightclubs abroad (I'm in my early 40s), but any time I've tried going to nightclubs here, I end up leaving in disgust. They're just not comparable to the better clubs you find in Europe's major cities or outside of Europe. My personal favorite nightclubs are in China, Japan, and the US.

Irish/UK clubs are too small, badly designed, dirty, and with rather limited choices in music (Djs). TBH I don't particularly enjoy the crowd that goes out to clubs in Ireland either. Too much focus on getting drunk, and general hostility.

Really? Haha Which ones?
The old Vics in Beijing was a sight to behold but not always for the right reasons, same goes for Propaganda. Shelter in Shanghai has some great novelty value and some good DJ's. Richbaby and the other Louhu clubs in Shenzhen were also, an experience.... Other than that you just have the worst generic Chinese clubs with overpriced Chivas and ubiquitous bottle service tables with little or no space to stand around or dance.

[Deleted User]

Sir Henry's, Cork, early 90s. When people went clubbing, to enjoy the music, and don't think anyone really thought about the women, how often they could get to the bar, or whether they'd turn down the music so people could chat.

As Princess Consuela said, th problem is with **** nightclubs.

Mister Vain

I think the problem is more to do with our drinking culture more so than the nightclubs. I've had much better nights out in places like Holland, Spain and Czech Republic where people are generally not just drinking to get drunk. Even Irish bars abroad tend to be better than the ones we have here.

dr.fuzzenstein

It all depends on the type of nightclub, I detest the standard ones (UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ) and would prefer a more grungy type of establishment.
I remember being in Pilsen in a downstairs club/pub/disco sort of thing, it was dark, smoky and the music was just fabulous and so was the beer. At some stage they played Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. That beats Heineken and One Direction at 2000 db any day.
One day I found a place called Steinzeit (stone age) in Vienna in an area known as the Bermuda Triangle (because people go in and get lost for a few days), the barstools where beercrates piled on top of each other with a sheet of plywood as a seat.
Or try the Ritterkeller in Kempten.

badboyblast

The fact that you are all speaking about nightclubs in a capacity of people going there intoxicated and that being the sole priority is the reason why Ireland is backwards.

The Irish nightlife system needs an overhaul and Ireland needs more alternative venues with different licenses applied to them as at the moment everything is revolving around alcohol and this is wrong.

Some people want to hear a band , a DJ , etc etc and some people want to dance , everyone has different reasons to be in a club and not just get smashed but unfortunately we all have to pay the price for Ireland's love affair with alcohol and trying to stop people killing themselves on our governments watch .

badboyblast

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Sir Henry's, Cork, early 90s. When people went clubbing, to enjoy the music, and don't think anyone really thought about the women, how often they could get to the bar, or whether they'd turn down the music so people could chat.

As Princess Consuela said, th problem is with **** nightclubs.

Very true , an alternative like Henry's is gone now , gone are the characters that used to go to clubs like this , everything is sterile now and generic , a shame really

FionnK86

I go to nightclubs to dance and enjoy myself. I've never been to a nightclub abroad, though I can imagine they would be better than Irish nightclubs.

job seeker

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

See post above.

I go to clubs occasionally and I've guessing I'm a good bit older than you. I just don't go to them when I'm back in Ireland for reasons I've outlined.

This isn't an anti-nightclub thread, it's an anti-****-nightclub thread.

That's fair enough. Although I was referring to the op's post.