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It's not just men who are ending up in the NEET vortex. The pandemic really seems to have taken the best years away from some of the generation coming of age ar

It's not just men who are ending up in the NEET vortex. The pandemic really seems to have taken the best years away from some of the generation coming of age around now who seems to have spent the past few years holed up at home on discord. I recently met a 20 year old girl who was calling people who don't watch anime "normies" with literally no aspirations other than being a camgirl. I am friends with another age 24 who is in an extremely similar position, literally just sounds like she smokes weed plays video games and watches anime with most of her time. I think it's important to realize that this demographic is probably way wider than the typical idea of who ends up in this position. These are (outside of their agoraphobic habits) very attractive young women.

boppo1 4y ago
Without a corporate income it's too expensive to move closer to a city to be with other young people unless you want to get caught up in the service industry spiral.
- jamal-kumar 4y ago
  I think the other crazy thing is that people are pulling internet hustles that offer questionable value to local societies for stacks more money on less effort than those in either the service industry spiral or the corporate income bracket. It's really wild how easy stuff like dropshipping, social media marketing, playing video games on twitch, and all these other things are compared to hard work in any field. It's going to be interesting if any of that hits a collapse wall in the future.
  - nradov 4y ago
    It kind of already has collapsed. How many Americans actually earn enough to survive as Twitch streamers? Maybe a few thousand at most? Relative to the population size they are completely irrelevant.
    - jamal-kumar 4y ago
      Yeah, but the other low-effort high-income hustles out there? It's like the easiest money I've ever made in my life, it's crazy how easy it still is to do that kind of thing. Obviously the twitch thing seems to be about how charming you are to all the fans, but if that's your thing and you're making that money, it's a pretty crazy thing
      - chasd00 4y ago
        a handful of my wife's coworkers and friends (she's a teacher) have onlyfans accounts to supplement income. That's certainly a lucrative side hustle for women but comes with risks as "lucrative side hustles" usually do.
chasd00 4y ago
i know i'm generalizing but that balances to all 20-25 year olds i've ever known (including myself). Most grow out of it. /not a woman, so no cam aspirations but the rest sounds about right
- jamal-kumar 4y ago
  I dunno, I remember people around that age years ago going to parties and stuff like that on a very regular basis. Like the shut-in was definitely a thing but now that's almost normal? The people I'm talking about are legitimately scared of doing these things.

boppo1 4y ago

Without a corporate income it's too expensive to move closer to a city to be with other young people unless you want to get caught up in the service industry spiral.

jamal-kumar 4y ago
I think the other crazy thing is that people are pulling internet hustles that offer questionable value to local societies for stacks more money on less effort than those in either the service industry spiral or the corporate income bracket. It's really wild how easy stuff like dropshipping, social media marketing, playing video games on twitch, and all these other things are compared to hard work in any field. It's going to be interesting if any of that hits a collapse wall in the future.
- nradov 4y ago
  It kind of already has collapsed. How many Americans actually earn enough to survive as Twitch streamers? Maybe a few thousand at most? Relative to the population size they are completely irrelevant.
  - jamal-kumar 4y ago
    Yeah, but the other low-effort high-income hustles out there? It's like the easiest money I've ever made in my life, it's crazy how easy it still is to do that kind of thing. Obviously the twitch thing seems to be about how charming you are to all the fans, but if that's your thing and you're making that money, it's a pretty crazy thing
    - chasd00 4y ago
      a handful of my wife's coworkers and friends (she's a teacher) have onlyfans accounts to supplement income. That's certainly a lucrative side hustle for women but comes with risks as "lucrative side hustles" usually do.

chasd00 4y ago

i know i'm generalizing but that balances to all 20-25 year olds i've ever known (including myself). Most grow out of it. /not a woman, so no cam aspirations but the rest sounds about right

jamal-kumar 4y ago
I dunno, I remember people around that age years ago going to parties and stuff like that on a very regular basis. Like the shut-in was definitely a thing but now that's almost normal? The people I'm talking about are legitimately scared of doing these things.