I wonder if employment is really a valuable metric on it's own here. I've known a lot of people who live with a bunch of roommates, each of them works just a l

I wonder if employment is really a valuable metric on it's own here. I've known a lot of people who live with a bunch of roommates, each of them works just a little, part time fast food or grocery store job type things. Outside of the very minimal participation in society at their jobs, they mostly sit at home, drink, smoke weed, and play videogames. Yeah, technically they aren't NEETs. Technically they don't live alone and eschew all social contact. But it seems to me it's basically the same lifestyle. Just hampered by the need to support oneself somehow. If they received a basic income that covered a solo apartment, weed, and a game a month ( or MMO subscription ) they absolutely would not be employed or living with people.