Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male loneliness epidemic

Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by systemswizard on Thursday May 29, 2025 @10:07PM (#44132116)

These places exist but are usually financially prohibitive for most people, and that’s even if they meet whatever requirements they have to join

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Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by lolinder on Thursday May 29, 2025 @10:09PM (#44132127)

To be fair to our modern world this is how the Victorian gentleman's clubs were too—it's even in the name. If you weren't a gentleman you had the pub.

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Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by lukas099 on Friday May 30, 2025 @12:17AM (#44132788)

Hell I’d take a pub. Bring back the neighborhood pub.

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Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by ninjin on Thursday May 29, 2025 @11:25PM (#44132523)

There are also Working men's clubs and varieties thereof:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_men's_club

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Re:Show HN: I'm starting a social club to solve the male lon... by joshvm on Friday May 30, 2025 @03:03AM (#44133673)

They exist at either end of the class spectrum. Working Men's Clubs used to be very common around the UK and many still exist. The one near my childhood home is Victorian-era and was recently refurbished. As long as I can remember it had frosted windows. That's now gone and it's been rebranded it as a family-friendly event space. It's basically a member subsidized pub and your drinks should cost less.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_men%27s_club

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