“They are dropping out of school and opting out of the workforce
How does this work? They live with momma forever, not ever getting a job, not becoming independent and self supporting?
Well, speaking for myself and friends in an older generation, we couldn’t wait to be on our own, and move out of the house and have our own apartments. Now, of course, we had to have jobs and be able to support ourselves to do so.
So these guys have lost any motivation to become independent adults. That’s very sad.
And back in the day, friends and I wanted to meet girls, and we got rejected, it happens. But we all get rejected in many areas of life. We apply for jobs we went and we don’t get the job. We might like a girl but we don’t get the girl. We apply to a certain college, but get rejected. We might want to buy a certain house, but someone else beat us to it, or could pay more. We all have to learn to cope with rejection of many kinds in life, not just rejection by the opposite sex.
In the current generation’s defense, unlike them, we did not grow up in the hyper-feminized, anti-hetero-male, society full of Karens.
Other than that, yes, rejection and failure is part of becoming an adult and it doesn’t end there. Looking back, while I did not like it at the time, I am glad I was rejected for certain jobs, by certain women, etc. There is always something to learn out in the real world.
“So these guys have lost any motivation to become independent adults. That’s very sad.”
A similar phenomenon is occurring in China called “Lying Flat”.
I generally don’t recommend videos but this one is worthwhile. At least watch a few minutes of it just to see what I mean but I think you’ll find it interesting enough to watch the whole thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWl7njLlXLU