I’m going to be watching the ball drop from 1999 and drinking some champagne
Oh man, I loved the Nye when I did a startup with a partner I hated, she went home to her parents and I stayed at the place we were living, while I was nocturnal.
Last thing I did before going to bed on the morning was go to the supermarket, buy sausage, bacon, bagels, cheese, rum (capt Morgan and Malibu), kahlua, cream and pineapple juice.
I went to sleep at like 8am. I woke up at 7pm and just watched the big Lebowski, posted on 420 Chan, smoked weed, drank white Cubans and piña coladas, ate sausage and bacon bagels.
On a loop. 16 hours straight.
Alternatively: work as usual, stay home, go to bed by 10PM. Never turn on a TV or livestream related to the day. Also remind yourself that the year should start on April 1st.
Why April?
Romans started the year in March, this is why the names of September (7), October (8), November (9), and December (10) don’t make sense in our calendar.
insert meme of guy sitting at computer, fireworks going off out the window, guy looking disgruntled and closing the blinds
How do you have a picture of me?
oh shit fireworks. forgot about that.
This is why extroverts confound me.
Imagine going to crowded places out of your own free will.
Nobody goes to these places anymore, it’s too crowded.
Have a glass of bourbon at 9 pm, go to bed. Follow me for more middle aged life tips.
A brilliant way to celebrate the biggest non-event of the year.
I mean all holidays are non-events. They are just days we assigned decorations, food, and customs to.
Yeah but this one seems especially frivolous to some, myself included. The most significant measurement on a calendar incremented by one. Not a huge deal to me. I’m happy to have a good time, but Christmas just happened and I’m still tired from that. New Years Eve is a young person’s holiday.
9pm, that’s like bed time!
My wife and I are going to enjoy a magnum of prosecco and build some Lego sets.
We went kayaking at noon, getting drunk while barbeque until 6, then passing out by 7. Middle age is awesome!
ITT: DINKs
DINK life or people who had kids at 20. I’m in the first camp, but plenty of my middle aged friends do similar!
DINK life is best life
Nice!
Life goals.
So, is your wife single?
Oh, thanks for the reminder! I need to get a Lego set on the way home!
Alternatively spend New Year’s Eve with friends in vrchat, drinking beer from your fridge, and having your bed only 20 feet away in the next room
Who goes to a busy location for NYE? It’s the classic night for a house party!
There are lots of people at busy locations on NYE. That’s why they’re busy.
Next morning struggle to remember how pants work.
My Subway Train was pretty empty, was a nice night. Can’t complain
10/10 Would do it again
Sick on vacation while my friends at home have a shrooms party ._.
I just went over to a friend’s house and had a high quality one-on-one hangout all night. It was actually great.
I never experienced this. NYE is either family, house parties or raves where you mostly bring your own alcohol (and other things).
It can be worth it doing it at least once in your life if only to gain the perspective that it’s an overrated experience.
I would not look to do it though as Im a pretty introverted guy and even I have had this experience. It will happen for some reason some day.
The one time I actually went bar hopping on New Year’s Eve was horrible. Where we were they’d set up some inflatable obstacle course like ninja warrior but tame. My buddy’s wife wanted to do it, but he didn’t, so I was like ok I’ll race you. They made you take off your shoes when you get in line.
So my feet are always wet with sweat. I have hyperhidrosis. I have circulation issues as well and my feet are always cold if it’s not 75 degrees or better. So my socks were wet, standing in the street, and it’s 30 degrees or so. My socks were actually getting frozen to the street at times. After we did the obstacle thing we were walking up the street and I could tell there was something really wrong with my feet. I was stumbling and I hadn’t had much to drink.
So we went into a bar and I went into the bathroom and took my shoes and socks off. My feet were totally numb but also somehow in really bad pain? I was getting frostbite. No this wasn’t the pins and needles thing. I’m trained in outdoor emergency care, this was frostbite. So I ran hot water over my feet one at a time in the sink while people pounded on the door and screamed at me.
Other bad things happened that night but that part was the worst. Now I either stay home or go to a friend’s.
Just do whatever the fuck you please. It’s that simple!
