You're thinking too much John. Just enjoy your leisure and let US worry about all the things we worry about like the young men and so on.

>>49487
Why worry about the young men? Society seems to morally obsessed with them while excusing other demographics of the same flaws/nuances.

>>49488
You worry too much about what people worry about, John, you should enjoy your leisure more and just not worry about much of anything, let alone what others worry about.

I don't know John, I love playing video games as much as the next John but my greatest memories have come from stepping outside of my comfort zone and doing fun things like traveling or going outside. I think there's something to be said for conventional wisdom.

>>49493
Notice that I also said art? Not just video games? Also, “stepping outside your comfort zone” is a common boomer platitude uttered by semi-bohemian folk or pension-funded retirees.
Also, traveling is kinda overrated for “expanding your mind”.
Also, going outside isn’t the same as socializing.
Tbh, socialization is kinda overrated.

You aren't more complex/strong-willed than the kinds of people you're describing just because you're anti-social and have decided not to do anything with your life. Your whole worldview reads like an edgy middle schooler who read the wikipedia page for Nihilism yesterday.

Challenges must be normalized for the plebs. And look there at that ideal worker. He overcame his challenges? What is wrong with you, who did not?

>>49495
John, I suspect you are young, due to both your philosophy and your un-John like behavior. Perhaps you would benefit more from a different board.

>>49509
John, I suspect you’re being patronizing towards me for disagreeing with you. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn’t mean they’re young.

To truly be eh means to not care about useless platitudes like “stepping outside your comfort zone”

>>49502
John, are you okay?
What part of my post sounds like “edgy middle schooler” material to you?

>>49505
You’re wrong. Challenge is normalised all the time. In fact they’re glorified as virtue.
You’re just proving my point

>>49502
Explain what part of my post sounds antisocial to you.
Also, I don’t claim to be more complex/strong willed than others
And you’re confusing “being a lazy bum” for “not caring about being part of the spectacle”

I’m talking about this guilt trip by society forcing anons to join political organizations or a hobby career.

What’s so bad about getting a boring stable career?

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>>49495
It certainly would seem that way when you're not worth the socializing.

>>49529
Be honest: how often does anyone on this board socialize? Am I don’t mean mere meet-and-greet either, but as in hanging out and platonic intimacy?

>>49531
I do that fairly often with very few maybe one maybe one and a half individuals. And family, but with the family stuff it's not usually based on a lot of pleasure but more so some kind of obligations or programming I'm not sure. Maybe because we live near each other.

But with the 1.5 friends, we socialize face to face, but almost always not just to hang out, but to do some kind of activity or talk about some kind of thing that we needed to talk about. An activities I mean like sports or sauna or whatever. I mean it is an excuse to socialize, but always always with an excuse is what I'm saying.

I also stopped using almost all social media. Which is barely use it anymore

>>49532
>I also stopped using almost all social media. Which is barely use it anymore

I honestly think that less young people are frequently active on social media nowadays than we’d think.
There was a bigger buzz about social media back in 2007 thru 2015

I could be wrong though.

>I do that fairly often with very few maybe one maybe one and a half individuals. And family, but with the family stuff it's not usually based on a lot of pleasure but more so some kind of obligations or programming I'm not sure. Maybe because we live near each other.

Tbh this is how a lot of people are with family vs friends. Family are semi-strangers whom you share a bloodline with and are dragged around by their whims in childhood.
Friends are people whom you choose to associate with by free will (within limited sociophysical range of possibility)

Most people only have a handful of friends they really like which is fine. I’m just disappointed in the paternalistic programming that adults force on kids about socialization.
Kids aren’t allowed to enjoy limited human contact with peers without being labeled antisocial or something.

Adults program kids to base their personal happiness on excessive peerage.