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Oh, well I guess If you're OK that's all that matters. What's the point of anecdotes if the subject is about statistics.

by platz 2y ago

thriftwy 2y ago
Statistics come after "lies" and "damn lies". I can also confirm that adolescence sucks. You have many important experience but quality of life just isn't there.
- l3x4ur1n 2y ago
  Well for me adolescence was pretty OK. Had my fun, played games all day after school (which itself was alright too) and that continued well into my college and even few years after that. In college I had a blast, really the best years of my life from "careless freedom" point of view. Never ever will I live like that again, it is not sustainable in the long run, but it was really fun when I was under 25. I continued the lifestyle later, but the satisfaction with my life went rapidly down, because I wanted something deeper. Today, at 30, with wife and a child, I don't have so much fun as I used to, life is more stressful and busy, but at the end of the day it is more satisfying and I would not want it otherwise.
  - thriftwy 2y ago
    For some reason, college was super stressful for me emotionally. I was struggling academically, then commuting to part-time work while trying to contain personal issues creeping up on me. Yes, there was its fun, such as golden age of PC games, pre-Facebook internet and the whole 2007 thing; but my life is far less stressful nowdays, even though I too have family and kids.
    - l3x4ur1n 2y ago
      I'm glad it eventually got better!
chant4747 2y ago
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- itronitron 2y ago
  ok boomer
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- greenchair 2y ago
  unfortunately statistics from "reputable" sources can be worse than anecdotes due to appeal to authority line of thinking.
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iwanttocomment 2y ago
"It's an established fact," says economist who has been studying issue for only 15 years, and suddenly encounters radically contradictory data across cohorts. (All of the above is in the article.)
- greenchair 2y ago
  any article that includes "economists agree" you can pretty much expect the opposite is true.
khazhoux 2y ago
This site is being overrun by human beings sharing their experiences!

Oh, well I guess If you're OK that's all that matters. What's the point of anecdotes if the subject is about statistics.

by platz 2y ago

Oh, well I guess If you're OK that's all that matters. What's the point of anecdotes if the subject is about statistics.

thriftwy 2y ago

Statistics come after "lies" and "damn lies". I can also confirm that adolescence sucks. You have many important experience but quality of life just isn't there.

l3x4ur1n 2y ago
Well for me adolescence was pretty OK. Had my fun, played games all day after school (which itself was alright too) and that continued well into my college and even few years after that. In college I had a blast, really the best years of my life from "careless freedom" point of view. Never ever will I live like that again, it is not sustainable in the long run, but it was really fun when I was under 25. I continued the lifestyle later, but the satisfaction with my life went rapidly down, because I wanted something deeper. Today, at 30, with wife and a child, I don't have so much fun as I used to, life is more stressful and busy, but at the end of the day it is more satisfying and I would not want it otherwise.
- thriftwy 2y ago
  For some reason, college was super stressful for me emotionally. I was struggling academically, then commuting to part-time work while trying to contain personal issues creeping up on me. Yes, there was its fun, such as golden age of PC games, pre-Facebook internet and the whole 2007 thing; but my life is far less stressful nowdays, even though I too have family and kids.
  - l3x4ur1n 2y ago
    I'm glad it eventually got better!

chant4747 2y ago

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itronitron 2y ago
ok boomer
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greenchair 2y ago
unfortunately statistics from "reputable" sources can be worse than anecdotes due to appeal to authority line of thinking.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]

iwanttocomment 2y ago

"It's an established fact," says economist who has been studying issue for only 15 years, and suddenly encounters radically contradictory data across cohorts. (All of the above is in the article.)

greenchair 2y ago
any article that includes "economists agree" you can pretty much expect the opposite is true.

khazhoux 2y ago

This site is being overrun by human beings sharing their experiences!