MEN IN THEIR 20’S WOULD RATHER PLAY VIDEO GAMES THAN WORK

A new study published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that men in their 20’s are working many fewer hours than they did a decade and a half ago. The biggest reason is that they prefer to play video games. It’s not because they can’t find work. It’s that, rather than accept what is out there, they choose to hang out online playing games. In the New York Times, Jane McGonigal, a video game scholar, suggested that games offer young men something lacking in available jobs – a meaning to life, specifically that “I’m trying to improve this skill, teammates are counting on me, and my online community is relying on me.” 35% of men in this age group are living with their parents or some other close relative, up from 7% in the year 2000. But they are not unhappy or aimless. Their attitude, according to the study, may be, “Why not have a little fun in your 20s and work in your 80s?”
* Because you’ll be broke in your 30’s, you idiots.
* If you think it takes a long time to get your drink at Starbucks now, wait ’til all the baristas are in their 80s.
* What do the girlfriends of these guys think about this – oh, right, what was I thinking?
* To be fair, video games have gotten pretty damn cool.
* Jane McGonigal is a “video game scholar”? How come my high school guidance counselor never told me that career path was available to me?
* If they want to stay home and play games, that’s fine. It leaves more of the world for the alpha dogs to grab.