What to do?

Piste · 08-12-2008 7:42pm #1

Is there anything to do in Ireland if you're under 18? It seems that everything costs money, and anything you want to do at night is either completely lame (bowling) or completely anti-social (cinema) or completely illegal (drinking in a park). So what do/did you do as a teenager with not that much money?

KnifeWRENCH · 08-12-2008 7:45pm

I stayed at home nearly every weekend because I was unsociable. I could have gone to the cinema more often I guess, but there's no point wasting money to see a crap film just for the sake of having something to do.

08-12-2008 7:46pm

Watched an awful lot of family guy as far as I can remember.

Bowling's savage though!

Piste · 08-12-2008 7:48pm

Ugh I hate bowling! (cos I'm so bad at it!). At the moment parties seem to be the way to go, cos loads of my friends are turning 18 this year there is usually one on every week or so. My boyfriend also sometimes brings me to parties. It can be frustrating not being able to go out with friends though.

Malteaser! · 08-12-2008 7:50pm

I spent a lot of time freezing my arse off hanging around on the local green when I was about 13/14, then when I got a bit older I wasted a load of money going to the cinema almost every week or went to friend's houses.

deleriumtremens · 08-12-2008 7:51pm

Piste wrote: »

Is there anything to do in Ireland if you're under 18? It seems that everything costs money, and anything you want to do at night is either completely lame (bowling) or completely anti-social (cinema) or completely illegal (drinking in a park). So what do/did you do as a teenager with not that much money?

Unsociable I presume you meant!

Well, as soon as you turn 18 (!) the best way to relieve boredom is to get 5 or 6 friends round to one of your houses, buy 2 or 3 slabs of beer and have a poker night (until it degenerates into watching hilarious but stupid youtube videos!)

cHaTbOx · 08-12-2008 7:52pm

hmm best time to learn an instrument or dedicate yourself to something you love.

08-12-2008 7:52pm

Piste wrote: »

Ugh I hate bowling! (cos I'm so bad at it!). At the moment parties seem to be the way to go, cos loads of my friends are turning 18 this year there is usually one on every week or so. My boyfriend also sometimes brings me to parties. It can be frustrating not being able to go out with friends though.

Ya, I have dyxpraxia (well that's my excuse for my clumsiness anyway) so I'm also pretty impressively awful at bowling. I just like the shoes

And, when you do turn 18, the joy of being able to produce a valid, genuine id on request will eclipse all memories of the misery of underage-dom. And in general parties tend to be better craic than nights out anyway

Crumble Froo · 08-12-2008 7:52pm

used to be teen discos on every couple of fridays, which we used to quite enjoy in our early teens, but coming into later teens, there seemed a lot less to do, for the most part, we'd stay in, watch telly/dvds and chat, or hang out down the park have a kick around, or a puck around, or just sit around and chat (though i did hate sitting around, i seem to be an insect magnet).

Piste · 08-12-2008 7:59pm

random chatbox wrote: »

hmm best time to learn an instrument or dedicate yourself to something you love.

Yeah I play violin and piano and also sing and dedicate timy to my boyfriend who I love to bits, so I guess that's a bit more worthwhile than going ou every weekend.

(unless I could go out clubbing with my boyfriend while playing my violin...)

cHaTbOx · 08-12-2008 8:00pm

Piste wrote: »

Yeah I play violin and piano

I am jealous:o

Piste · 08-12-2008 8:01pm

Well I only began the violin in September so you really have nothing to be jealous of! I feel sorry for my family listening to me butcher disney songs.

cHaTbOx · 08-12-2008 8:12pm

Piste wrote: »

Well I only began the violin in September so you really have nothing to be jealous of! I feel sorry for my family listening to me butcher disney songs.

They are beautiful instruments , after I get an electric guitar(only have beauty of an acoustic at,) and have made a bit more progress on some of my songs ,I will probably take up the piano.

Piste · 08-12-2008 8:14pm

Yeah the piano's not too difficult, like the only way you can really go wrong is play a wrong note/rhythm. With violin, EVERYTHING can go wrong and you sound awful!

challengemaster · 08-12-2008 8:15pm

Not a thing to do in Ireland, end of story.

Fast_Mover · 08-12-2008 8:24pm

I played sport!
Excelled at two in particular. Training most nights, then matches/competitions at weekends around Ireland/abroad. Met alot of people/friends.
Would encourage all teenagers to get out there and join something!

eVeNtInE · 08-12-2008 8:27pm

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JC 2K3 · 08-12-2008 8:36pm

I played guitar a lot, hung around in friends' houses playing guitar or video games, devoted time to my gf when I had one. Free gafs started happening when I was 16/17, which involved drinking, so I guess that's not really on topic.

Jack Sheehan · 08-12-2008 9:49pm

Other than drinking? Not a god damn thing, which is a shame. Cinema I guess, though that cost money. We don't have European style cafes or that.

Fad · 08-12-2008 10:48pm

Going into town and Moaping (No idea how to spell it, but it sounds like that) around the Central Bank, if your of the emo varient.

Sadly my relatively cheerful disposition prevented me from ever going near the place and hearing about the woes of middle to upper class teenage life...........shame

blubloblu · 09-12-2008 12:01am

Scientology, it's fun and it's free!

Fad · 09-12-2008 12:02am

blubloblu wrote: »

Scientology, it's free!

All it costs is your SOUL

(and several hundred thousand euros)

Aisling(",) · 09-12-2008 1:17am

me and my friends we eat
a lot!

or go on random dart trips
-dvd nights
-play pool
-swimming

cant really think of any other non alchol fuelled things we do

fonpokno · 09-12-2008 1:23am

Piste wrote: »

Yeah the piano's not too difficult, like the only way you can really go wrong is play a wrong note/rhythm. With violin, EVERYTHING can go wrong and you sound awful!

That's very true. Although some of my piano students can be spectacularly awful. They are special in their own way i suppose... *sigh*

I actually can't remember what I did before I was 18. There used to be alot of sunny Saturdays spent in stephen's green with a few friends and a guitar or two which were great fun! Other than that not much. I used to read alot more too which I miss doing.

Now there's either thursday night karaoke or just raid somebody's house with chinese food, chocolate and dvds. Not much has changed tbh!

Crumble Froo · 09-12-2008 2:55am

hey, does nayone have an idea of what there *could* be to do?

im in nz at the moment, and, like back home, most suburban areas (and most urban ones ) in this city have a green patch for playing in. unlike home, however, almost all of them have a playground, public toilets, and quite a lot have a skatepark for skateboards/rollerblades/bmx's.

there's quite a few designated mountain biking tracks, tonnes of cyclists, lots of underage gigs, and quite a few 'mixed' ones... underagers have to wear a wristband or whatever so they wont get served, and they're well strict on ID, but it means that the teens actually have a chance to go out and have fun like the 18year olds, without it all turning into a big drinking issue. there's a much more active, outdoorsy attitude here, and most evenings, you'll see rowers, cyclists, wind,kite and regular surfers out in the water, people seem to be more into finding things to do than back home, and the more people there are interested, obvioulsy, the more people do to accommodate them.

Piste · 09-12-2008 5:12pm

Yeah the underage gigs would be a good idea, pity almost all underage gigs in Dublin are crap emo bands no one's ever heard of. I hate being all nervous going to gigs in case I don't get in, if they could just give wristbands to people over 18 so they could show them to get drink it would solve the problem easily enough.

Fad · 09-12-2008 6:03pm

Piste wrote: »

I hate being all nervous going to gigs in case I don't get in, if they could just give wristbands to people over 18 so they could show them to get drink it would solve the problem easily enough.

Apparently its more to do with insurance, but id say retaining their lisence is an issue too)

The hardcore scene here is pretty decent (that said bands seem to be dropping like flies) and the have all agers most months, check out Demented Promotions if you're into that.

Piste · 09-12-2008 9:13pm

Hardcore eh? Sounds a bit too hardcore for me. I like commercial bands, who unfortunately like to play licensed venues

Fad · 09-12-2008 9:51pm

Piste wrote: »

Hardcore eh? Sounds a bit too hardcore for me.

Nothin gets you pumped like a little Walls of Jericho in the morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFvoS9V-7ys

Aisling(",) · 10-12-2008 1:30am

Piste wrote: »

Hardcore eh? Sounds a bit too hardcore for me. I like commercial bands, who unfortunately like to play licensed venues

same:(

if only they played more all age gigs.same with comedy nights

phasers · 11-12-2008 6:48pm

Ye can all come round to my house

come on now, into the van...

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