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For the third time in history, women outnumber men in the workforce as the stay-at-home boyfriend becomes an economic trend (fortune.com)

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“There has been more of a transition where parents are supporting their adult children for longer,” she said. “The data do show that more young adult men live with their parents than women. The wealth transfer from older generations to younger generations is part of that story.”

And then there are the partners. “Almost everybody you talk to will have a story” about supporting an unemployed man, Ullrich said, adding that what’s changed isn’t the dynamic itself, but the fact that it no longer carries the stigma it once did. The stay-at-home boyfriend, once a punchline, is now a statistically significant labor market phenomenon.

A landmark paper published in the Journal of Political Economy, first circulated through the National Bureau of Economic Research, found that roughly 70% of the hours young men aren’t working are being spent on video games and recreational computer use. The economists calculated that improvements in gaming technology since 2004 alone can explain nearly half the increase in young men’s leisure hours.

“I think that’s part of the story — the basement story,” Ullrich said, in reference to a trope of young men playing video games in their parent’s basement.

The opioid epidemic compounded it, hitting non-college-educated men especially hard. And critically, men, compared to women, largely don’t qualify for government assistance programs like SNAP or TANF without a disability, meaning when they exit the workforce, the financial burden falls on whoever is closest to them.

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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Why would I assume you were still here to reply if I did so? Here's me apologizing for taking you at your word, Not.

On a more realistic note, why would I encourage you to discredit yourself further by replying to me replying to you? The fact that you can't understand that would benefit no-one, least-of-all yourself, only confirms I was right to approach things the way I did.

Lastly, I've been a little busy watching Shimoneta, stuffing my face, and washing my laundry over the last 45 minutes to go "insta downvoting". Even your average unemployed dude is apparently too busy with video-games for that level of loser-dom, but since you asked so nicely, I guess I can spare two or three downvotes on my way back to what I was doing.

[–] SurelyItsNotPossible@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey hold this for me real quick thanks

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

For the record, mine had been the only up-vote your top-level comment recieved, and mine the only downvotes on Malyca and Velma's replies to it. Ciao!