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How can men turn things around?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Oct 4, 2011.

  1. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Why? I think it's pretty simple.

    Men aged 18-34 are the first demographic group to grow up with video games from birth. To most of them, there is no connecting the maturation process with not playing video games.

    And good for them because it's a bullshit red herring standard by which to judge "maturity". Like Rick said, who cares what the hobby is?
     
  2. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    The moral of the story is guys should move out of their parents' home, stop playing video games and stop watching porn.
     
  3. Gator

    Gator Well-Known Member

    Mr. Hand taught college classes, too?
     
  4. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Old, bitter, out-of-touch relics of the Reagan-Bush era say the darndest things.
     
  5. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    I think there are video games you can do all that stuff in.


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  6. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Ha, ha! That's a load of bullshit!

    (WHERE CAN I PURCHASE THE ONE ABOUT DOMINATRIXES???)

    :D
     
  7. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    Do you have any numbers on that last point, or is it anecdotal? If it's anecdotal, I have anecdotal evidence the opposite way. I've spent my early 20s surrounded by people in my age group who are significantly more independent than anyone I know from my parents' age group when they were this age.
     
  8. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Movies are filled with stories of men who refuse to grow up and refuse to take responsibility in relationships.

    Yeah, don't remember any movies like that from 30 years ago.
     
  9. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Holy shit. I didn't realize Bill Bennett wrote this story. Makes it even funnier.
     
  10. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Sure, there's all kinds of stuff on that. For instance, the 85 percent of college graduates who move back in with their parents upon graduation. (The link blames it all on the economy, but the unemployment rate is "only" 15 percent for the 20-24 age group, so I'm not sure what the excuse would be for the other 70 percent.)

    http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/14/pf/boomerang_kids_move_home/index.htm

    And we talked at length about this NY Times article regarding the "emerging adulthood" stage, which psychologists want to dress up but is really just arrested adolescence. There is anecdotal and statistical evidence aplenty in there.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?pagewanted=all

    And don't even get me started on that other NYT article about the douche from Colgate who turned down a $40K job because it was beneath him, and instead chose to continue living with his parents but suffers from a loss of self-esteem as a result. As I recall, that article also had some statistics about this being more common than in previous decades.
     
  11. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    I learned how to turn things around. Have kids old enough to play video games who hog the X-box.
     
  12. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    Sidenote: I don't see what's shameful about parents and adult children living together, if the child is working and contributing to the household. It's efficient and smart.
     
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