Agreed. At that age, I was doing things normal people valued: Starting a family, starting a company, and spending time outdoors. Each of the three contributed to a sense that my life meant something. I was a good enough parent to pass those values on to my children, each of whom accepted those values.
Getting a high score on Candy Crush, League of Legends, or Fortnite cannot compare. It's easy to see why they withdraw into Mommy's basement and turn to drugs, if they cannot find something to do with their lives that matters. It's even to see why they buy into the fantasy that they are superheroes saving the world by recycling, or reducing their "carbon footprint", or marching for "trans rights" to share a restroom or changing room with little girls.
Better video games, and more young adults living at home???
So then, are the middle age parents just letting their adult children lay around the house and do nothing but play???
I could never have done that. We were expected to go out in the world and be productive independent adults .
Indeed, we wanted that. We wanted to be adults in all ways, including living on our own and paying our own bills.
*It’s easy to see why they withdraw into Mommy’s basement and turn to drugs, if they cannot find something to do with their lives that matters.*
Astute observation, thanks for posting.
Exactly. I joined the Navy at age 18 and was operating a nuclear reactor at age 20. I can’t figure out these people that just want to sit around and do nothing. They’re the ones that latch onto these BS theories about moon landings being faked. They’re so ignorant and lazy that they figure everybody is like that. They have to be kicked in the ass to mow the lawn so they figure nobody would ever actually be motivated to actually pioneer space missions.