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It is absolutely possible and it's exactly what will happen. Back in my day parents and grandpas were horrified with these things called video games which sucke

It is absolutely possible and it's exactly what will happen. Back in my day parents and grandpas were horrified with these things called video games which sucked the lives out of their kids. And how repetitive and mind numbing it all was and how humanity was doomed. Guess what? Didn't happen. It didn't happen back then it won't happen now. Chillax and go watch a few tik tok videos. Not everything there is garbage. You just need to give it time in order to see the value.

Chamix 3y ago
Agriculture > Manufacturing -> Service -> Content based economy, turns out youth have the head start, as always.
sixstringtheory 3y ago
It also seems like more and more people are unable to start their own life until later, living with parents longer, starting work later, etc. I assume there's a correlation. The people I know that are addicted to video games into their twenties and thirties certainly fit the bill. They're going nowhere fast.
- bbor 3y ago
  Hmm either their brains are melted or the entire world economy is tilted against the working class to a degree not seen in a hundred years, and it's hitting the kids the hardest. I certainly know which one I think is more likely...
  - sixstringtheory 3y ago
    You say they play video games because the economy sucks. I say the economy sucks because they're playing video games. Real chicken and egg situation we have here.
    - akaru 3y ago
      You should be a consultant for the Fed. Quite an economic theory you have there. I’m sure you have data to prove it too. Such as less hours worked (as they were busy playing games) and not less earned per hour. Now that I think about it, those Agatha Christie novels probably caused The Great Depression.
    - bbor 3y ago
      lol. lmao, even. The economy doesn't "suck", it's rigged. - Wage stagnation in Nine Charts: https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ - Home prices are rising faster than wages: https://usafacts.org/data-projects/housing-vs-wages https://usafacts.org/data-projects/housing-vs-wages - World's richest people (0.001%) now own 11% of global wealth, marking the biggest leap in recent history: https://fortune.com/2021/12/07/worlds-richest-inequality-richer-during-pandemic/ https://fortune.com/2021/12/07/worlds-richest-inequality-ric... - Richest 1% gained $6,500,000,000,000 in wealth last year: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/01/richest-one-percent-gained-trillions-in-wealth-2021.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/01/richest-one-percent-gained-t... - 50 Years of shrinking union membership, in one map (from 33% to 10%): https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/23/385843576/50-years-of-shrinking-union-membership-in-one-map https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/23/385843576/50-y...

Chamix 3y ago

Agriculture > Manufacturing -> Service -> Content based economy, turns out youth have the head start, as always.

sixstringtheory 3y ago

It also seems like more and more people are unable to start their own life until later, living with parents longer, starting work later, etc. I assume there's a correlation. The people I know that are addicted to video games into their twenties and thirties certainly fit the bill. They're going nowhere fast.

bbor 3y ago
Hmm either their brains are melted or the entire world economy is tilted against the working class to a degree not seen in a hundred years, and it's hitting the kids the hardest. I certainly know which one I think is more likely...
- sixstringtheory 3y ago
  You say they play video games because the economy sucks. I say the economy sucks because they're playing video games. Real chicken and egg situation we have here.
  - akaru 3y ago
    You should be a consultant for the Fed. Quite an economic theory you have there. I’m sure you have data to prove it too. Such as less hours worked (as they were busy playing games) and not less earned per hour. Now that I think about it, those Agatha Christie novels probably caused The Great Depression.
  - bbor 3y ago
    lol. lmao, even. The economy doesn't "suck", it's rigged. - Wage stagnation in Nine Charts: https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ - Home prices are rising faster than wages: https://usafacts.org/data-projects/housing-vs-wages https://usafacts.org/data-projects/housing-vs-wages - World's richest people (0.001%) now own 11% of global wealth, marking the biggest leap in recent history: https://fortune.com/2021/12/07/worlds-richest-inequality-richer-during-pandemic/ https://fortune.com/2021/12/07/worlds-richest-inequality-ric... - Richest 1% gained $6,500,000,000,000 in wealth last year: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/01/richest-one-percent-gained-trillions-in-wealth-2021.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/01/richest-one-percent-gained-t... - 50 Years of shrinking union membership, in one map (from 33% to 10%): https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/23/385843576/50-years-of-shrinking-union-membership-in-one-map https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/23/385843576/50-y...