Who here hates nightclubs?

April O Neill wrote: »

I find the buzz that was created either in the pub/house party/BBQ/wherever you were before kinda gets ruined in the transition to the nightclub, which is a shame. The expense then adds insult to injury.

I agree this happens all the time. Although if you go to a club with a good smoking area it makes a huge difference!

April O Neill wrote: »

That's true! I don't smoke but love smoking areas. You can still hear the music but it's quieter than inside, and you get chatting to lots of different people. In general I don't like nightclubs, but there are a few good 'uns out there.

Went to Dicey's for the first time two weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised with the smoking area! It was huge and had its own music and bar

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Went to Dicey's for the first time two weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised with the smoking area! It was huge and had its own music and bar

YES! I love that smoking area! Try the burgers next time you go if it was warmer I'd spend the whole night out there, will probably be great in the summer

I'm 21, listen to rock/punk and am a non-drinker - clubs were my worst nightmare when I first started going out :P I don't mind them so much anymore though, I think it really depends on who you're with and how your night's going before you get there. The best nights out are down to the people, not the club.

I'd still take a late bar over a club any day (for one thing, I can't keep up a conversation in a club at all, even when people shout in my ear) but if I have to go to a club, I go with an open mind and try not to immediately think "this will be crap!". Totally over-priced though!

I absolutely love them. Would seem to be in a minority there. The Village, Krystle and to a lesser extent Everleigh have been my main weekend hangouts since NV closed down last year. During the week you're a muppeh if you venture far from Temple Bar or Sweeneys

Not a fan of Coppers though which probably sounds a bit unusual - I guess I'm just a sucker for the outdoor element which the others I mentioned all have to a certain degree. Also, I find Coppers just let in too many people. I'm all for a crowd, but there's nothing I hate more than spilling a newly bought pint all over the place because there isn't enough room to get away from the bar without idiots dancing at you, and in my opinion Coppers is one of the worst offenders.

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Not a fan of Coppers though which probably sounds a bit unusual...

Possibly the least unusual thing that's ever been written, typed or spoken.

grindle wrote: »

Possibly the least unusual thing that's ever been written, typed or spoken.

Not so sure about that. Not liking Coppers maybe not, but what about loving nightclubs in general and still despising Coppers? Judging by most people I know in college that is in fact a fairly unusual stance. Genuinely the only time I'll go to coppers is if all my mates are there, and even then if there's any excuse to go somewhere else I will.

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

...what about loving nightclubs in general and still despising Coppers?.

In general? As in the loving the most generic nightclubs? Then yeah, that is unusual. Coppers is probably the epitome of generic nightclubs, as if all of the most pointless mad-lads and glad-rags, oggy oggy oggy, olé olé olé nightclubs from all o'er the land were smushed together and that frankenclub was born.
But...late drinks. It does have that.

I've developed a terrible dislike of nightclubs since I got into the Real Life Super Hero thing earlier in the year. A while back I
found a very inebriated young woman being taken advantage of by an equally inebriated and overly amorous young man in a lane off Harcourt St, just after a certain nightclub's closing time. Tried politely advising him to desist but he wouldn't listen.
Fearing for her safety and now obliged to increase my level of force, I lit a smoke pellet and threw it between the couple's legs. Turns out plumbers pellets don't produce the density of smoke required to create a proper distraction outdoors so it was more of a nuisance to him, but just enough to break their entanglement. Thinking quickly, I blew my whistle loudly and shrilly in his ear to disorientate the thug. This gave me the split second chance to grab the poor woman, throw her over my shoulder and run. Unfortunately, some passers by on Wexford St. wrongly misinterpreted both the sound as being a rape whistle, combined with the shouts of 'My wife! Come back with my wife!' from the drunken assailant. No need to go into any more details now, the main point is that I got the woman into the next passing car and got her extracted from the area. Anyway, if he's reading this, thanks to this anonymous citizen for lending his services, as there was no sign of a taxi.

dgt wrote: »

^^^^^
Dafuq did I just read.....

Sorry mate, I should explain, I'm into the Real Life Super Hero movement here in Dublin. (I know it sounds mad but it's huge in the USA http://www.reallifesuperheroes.com/ and the UK)

If they werent so ****ing expensive to get in, maybe i would enjoy it more
Actually now that i think about it, i usually have a way better night in clubs when they have a special 2 or so euro entry but i have a **** night when paying a tenner in. Guess its just in the back of my mind that '' **** i just paid a tenner in and its meh'' where as when i only pay 2 quid it doesnt feel like im wasting money lol

love nightclubs, but not in Ireland to full of ughly people. UK is best for quality. When iam in a nightclub in Ireland i can only think forward to the girls when the bright lights of Monday morning shine on them .. nasty work.