Men aged 21 to 30 worked 12 percent fewer hours in 2015 than in 2000. The percent of young men who worked zero weeks over the course of a year doubled in that period, to an alarming 15 percent. Those working hours were largely replaced by gaming, and fully 35 percent of young men now live with their parents or other close relatives, up from 23 percent in 2000. Their unemployment rate jumped by 10 percent.
A huge proportion of young men are simply dropping out of the workforce and becoming PlayStation’s willing slaves. The numbers are in a National Bureau of Economic Research study and in an essay by economist Erik Hurst of the Booth School of Economics at the University of Chicago.
Through my teenage and early college years I was hooked but now even when I try to play a game, I get over it in about an hour. It kinda sucks because I actually am interested in the game and the story, but I can't get myself to sit for more than 1-2 hour session.
Through my teenage and early college years I was hooked but now even when I try to play a game, I get over it in about an hour. It kinda sucks because I actually am interested in the game and the story, but I can't get myself to sit for more than 1-2 hour session.
I was pretty much addicted to video games through high school and college, but my interest evaporated sometime in my 20's-30's. I'm not really sure why...
Consider what the future holds for men whose 20s get sucked into the maw of the Xbox. The 20s are when we pick — and begin to gain mastery in — a career.
If these men intend to start their lives at 30, they’re going to find themselves at a huge disadvantage. They’re going to be sullen when told to start at the bottom, when peers they knew in school are already in management positions.
Maybe they’ll turn down work and pick up the gaming remote. Maybe they’ll drift toward their 40s without ever really launching.
Women usually don’t go for men who are less successful than they are, so gaming is going to cause a surge in dissatisfaction among members of both sexes. Unemployed, or underemployed, men residing at Casa de la Mama whose major life skill involves pretend shoot-em-ups are not going to impress many ladies.
Hard core gamer found.This sounds like a cart before horse problem: perhaps these man are playing so much because there are so few jobs? In this case, we should be grateful for the games, because without them these people would likely be shooting up real people instead of virtual ones.
Likely this, at least for those referenced in the article.This sounds like a cart before horse problem: perhaps these man are playing so much because there are so few jobs? In this case, we should be grateful for the games, because without them these people would likely be shooting up real people instead of virtual ones.
The article touches a bit on why:
And if you go into your 40s still playing games, then you turn into Mayne:
I refused to play WOW after what I saw Warcraft and Starcraft did to me.
http://nypost.com/2017/07/08/were-losing-a-whole-generation-of-young-men-to-video-games/amp/
I'm gonna load PVZ GW2 now and dominate some 12 year olds.
Ha, my wife forces the kid off of the xbox while she scrolls through fb on the ipad.Usually it's people who watch a lot of TV that complain about kids wasting their time playing games.
Interesting, I wonder how much time, including work time, is wasted on fb?Ha, my wife forces the kid off of the xbox while she scrolls through fb on the ipad.
Or ATOT.Interesting, I wonder how much time, including work time, is wasted on fb?
Shhhhhh. Here have a cookie go eat it and be quiet. Don't mention that again!Or ATOT.
lolShhhhhh. Here have a cookie go eat it and be quiet. Don't mention that again!