Citation definitely needed. At the end of prohibition, one could have just as easily said something like "Why work when you can drink and play cards/horseshoes/whatever all day?"
> A few decades ago, an unemployed person might be stuck on the couch watching TV, isolated and depressed. Today, cheap or free services such as Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube and Netflix provide seemingly endless entertainment options and an easy connection to the outside world. Video games, in particular, provide a strong community and a sense of achievement that, for some, real-world jobs lack.
I mean, this is absolutely equivalent to "Young people today aren't doing any work because it's so easy to entertain themselves - the wide availability of books is ruining society."
Reading deep into the article, there aren't any specific income related analysis and their examples are all people that are living at home - so these are people who have the financial freedom to choose not to work (possibly by placing an undue burden on their parents). The gender split is interesting but might tie back to the same source, next time you're getting lunch with coworkers try asking how many chores people did as a kid, among my coworkers the women had much more responsibility (including one coworker who was responsible for making sure her brother did his chores and would have to do them for him if he shirked them).
I think this is much more of an educational issue and much less something tied to video games... I'm also seeing no links to mj other than the broad assumptions that anyone who has ever touched mj is lazy.
gamblor956|6 years ago
munk-a|6 years ago
I mean, this is absolutely equivalent to "Young people today aren't doing any work because it's so easy to entertain themselves - the wide availability of books is ruining society."
Reading deep into the article, there aren't any specific income related analysis and their examples are all people that are living at home - so these are people who have the financial freedom to choose not to work (possibly by placing an undue burden on their parents). The gender split is interesting but might tie back to the same source, next time you're getting lunch with coworkers try asking how many chores people did as a kid, among my coworkers the women had much more responsibility (including one coworker who was responsible for making sure her brother did his chores and would have to do them for him if he shirked them).
I think this is much more of an educational issue and much less something tied to video games... I'm also seeing no links to mj other than the broad assumptions that anyone who has ever touched mj is lazy.