STUDY: Young Men Playing Video Games Instead Of Finding Jobs

[havoc00]

A new study shows that young males would rather sit on their rears while playing "Grand Theft Auto" than look for long, steady work.

According to research from economists from Princeton, the University of Rochester and the University of Chicago, non-college educated men are rejecting full-time employment and spending as much as 40 hours a week playing video games. While some might blame this phenomenon on the economy, evidence shows that these young males do it for the instant gratification.

"When I play a game, I know if I have a few hours I will be rewarded," said Danny Izquierdo, a 22-year-old who lives with his parents in Silver Spring, Md. "With a job, it's always been up in the air with the amount of work I put in and the reward."

​The University of Chicago's Erik Hurst, an economist at the Booth School of Business, confirms that happiness, at least for now, has gone up among this group of people.

"Happiness has gone up for this group, despite employment percentages having fallen, and the percentage living with parents going up. And that's different than for any other group," says Hurst.

That happiness may, perhaps inevitably, be short-lived. While the young, able-bodied males may take joy in the moment playing video games, they will be in for a rude-awakening when their 30's and 40's hit, having spent the majority of their adult life living at home with mom and dad while using all of their free time to play video games. Izquierdo says that his time spent playing video games is rewarding, but the reward is purely carnal. No money awarded for racking up a high score, no job promotion for beating that next level, no relationships gained by saving the day. The experience evaporates the moment they shut off the console. Years, perhaps decades, spent in such tedium will only spell disaster for someone as their youth fades to middle-age.

Another problem, as noted by Greg Kaplan, an economist at the University of Chicago, is that an unprecedented portion of young men playing video games could equal less viable labor in the workforce. "That's a big chunk of labor that could be used for something, and we're not using it," said Kaplan. The Chicago Tribune has more:

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[Hadtodoit]

I love when studies come out confirming things I've always suspected.


I've been saying for a few years that there's a huge lack of dedicated/talented younger employees out there. They're out there but it's far less common than it was, mostly because of the endless amounts of entertainment that's available.

Lots of guys choosing to stay in poverty or live with parents because things like GTA/the internet can bring so much entertainment.

Only upside is that makes me more valuable as one of those people who works hard and puts that first.

[nm1891]

Why make real money when you can have millions in gta5 cash and phuck cyber prostitutes then shoot them after? Logic is sound to me.

[RobParks2M]

I love when studies come out confirming things I've always suspected.


I've been saying for a few years that there's a huge lack of dedicated/talented younger employees out there. They're out there but it's far less common than it was, mostly because of the endless amounts of entertainment that's available.

Lots of guys choosing to stay in poverty or live with parents because things like GTA/the internet can bring so much entertainment.

Only upside is that makes me more valuable as one of those people who works hard and puts that first.

But what the study is saying is so dam true. These days if you work for a corporation no one sees the difference between 8 hours spent fooling around or 8 hours working really hard. You get paid for being clocked in 8 hours(or worse you are salary) and then you are done.

[shoelaces]

I don't understand how those youtuber twitchers make millions a year. Fuark. Imagine just playing video games and making ceo type money. Obviously you need to be engaging and draw in an audience but still.

[FunnyWeasel]

the wages have not kept up with inflation since the 70s. It seems as though everywhere I go, the price of regular goods have gone up left & right. I actually enjoy my leisure time playing video games instead of working or going to college to study for a worthless degree.

In the old days (let's go with 2003-2008) people used to chit on those lazy fuks for playing runescape and world of warcraft all the time and not going outside and "having a life". Fast-forward to 2017, these video games have become amazing, immersive, and mesmerizing as fuk. Why should have I work for a low wage when I can just play video games and enjoy myself. Meanwhile, almost 100 million people are not in the workforce while certain places here and there are always under-staffed since the greedy fuks don't want to hire more people to deal with less work when they can have less people pick up the slack for people who aren't even there to begin with.

[KingSWRV]

These studies often make me feel like a pioneer

I been doing this before it was a mainstream finding

[VTheKing]

I don't understand how those youtuber twitchers make millions a year. Fuark. Imagine just playing video games and making ceo type money. Obviously you need to be engaging and draw in an audience but still.

streaming and video making is like any other entertainment industry. top 1% gets fame and gets paid, next 9% can maybe make it a side hustle, a modest job or a stepping stone into another career, bottom 90% are lucky to get a McMeal out of their proceeds.

[GravityLee]

I honestly believe its just going to get worse.

[Fang2]

Not surprising.

[AdvancedDreamer]

I don't blame them. Things got harder in general for absolutely no reason. Actually, the reason is money. My father is always telling me about how in the 70's and 80's that jobs that require degrees now were held as on-job training. Not only that, wages are stagnating and CEOs are making more than ever. Fck this screwed up system.

[SpeedMan1]

At one point I was a multi billionaire on GTA online. U jelly?

[Sanguivorant]

I don't understand how those youtuber twitchers make millions a year. Fuark. Imagine just playing video games and making ceo type money. Obviously you need to be engaging and draw in an audience but still.

Maybe on twitch they make some money, but youtubers don't make much anymore since demonetization.

[AsianPaesan]

That dude's in Silver Spring? Oh chit.

At one point I was a multi billionaire on GTA online. U jelly?

Jelly af, srs

[quadfecta]

Jobs that pay 50k these days are more stressful than they've ever been. More people competing for limited jobs means employers can pay less even though the workloads have gone up to handle the growing population. Meanwhile CEOs and executives are getting $5 million in bonuses and raises every year.

[DoctorKazama]

Beta cucks...The average man nowadays lives with his parents, beating off and smoking pot all day. The average woman spends all day posting sloot pics on instagram and sucking chad/tyrone cock. What a time we live in...

[wheynweed]

Maybe on twitch they make some money, but youtubers don't make much anymore since demonetization.

As they shouldn't. This whole demonetization thing is the best things youtube could've done. All these "food reviewers" "car reviewers" "Fitness gurus" complaining about being demonetized makes me happy as hell. You aren't a Hollywood actor mother fuker. Your chit should have never been monetized in the first place. Getting exposed as imbeciles without a plan B in life. It's sick how much money some of these people were making off YouTube views.

[Kormo]

As they shouldn't. This whole demonetization thing is the best things youtube could've done. All these "food reviewers" "car reviewers" "Fitness gurus" complaining about being demonetized makes me happy as hell. You aren't a Hollywood actor mother fuker. Your chit should have never been monetized in the first place. Getting exposed as imbeciles without a plan B in life. It's sick how much money some of these people were making off YouTube views.

Couldn't agree more.

[shoelaces]

Maybe on twitch they make some money, but youtubers don't make much anymore since demonetization.

Unaware. Details on what happened?

[FunnyWeasel]

Unaware. Details on what happened?

the musicians who composed the music for those video games (bioshock & GTA) were complaining how those youtubers were making $$$ on videos that featured their music being played on. Rockstar and Bioshock developers paid for licensing the music on the radio stations and in cars while the youtuber didn't pay at all for usage

[nm1891]

Beta cucks...The average man nowadays lives with his parents, beating off and smoking pot all day. The average woman spends all day posting sloot pics on instagram and sucking chad/tyrone cock. What a time we live in...

The good news is even if theyre not making much now, any millenial that is smart, has a degree, and a career job will be wayyy ahead of the game compared to thier peers once the baby boomers finally start to retire and/or die off since some are never retiring.

[NaturaFitness]

Lived with parents for years post HS. Marginally employed, no women, smoked weed, played WoW, lifted.

Now own business, make good money, married.

Damn I yearn for the old days....

[Sanguivorant]

Unaware. Details on what happened?

What happened is that advertisements were being shown on videos that the advertising companies did not want to be shown in.

This happened in 2015, when a bunch of ISIS videos opened up and you see an advertisement for the US armed forces before an ISIS video. Or you see an ad for Smirnoff right before watching a beheading.

Companies did not want their products to be associated with violent/controversial videos and boycotted Youtube. In response, YouTube gave into their demands and demonetized practically any video that's controversial, including video games with violence, political videos, etc.

What ended up happening is that most Youtube gamers had all their video demonetized because their videos were deemed inappropriate. So now you can no longer make a decent living by sitting in your basement and playing computer games.

The smart gamers moved to Twitch with their following, and have their followers pay 5$ a month for extra content and playing games with them. Some switched to Patreon which I'm not sure what it does.

[shoelaces]

The good news is even if theyre not making much now, any millenial that is smart, has a degree, and a career job will be wayyy ahead of the game compared to thier peers once the baby boomers finally start to retire and/or die off since some are never retiring.

Just saving money and trying to invest in side projects. Would not want to work for somebody else for the rest of my life. You gotta have a long term goal/dream and in the meantime do your day job to gather the funds to make your dream a reality. You need a dream and a plan to get there.

But most people are content just checking in and checking out day after day. But that is gonna get draining when you are past your 40s. Gotta have a plan now and work towards it now while you are still young and capable.

[shoelaces]

What happened is that advertisements were being shown on videos that the advertising companies did not want to be shown in.

This happened in 2015, when a bunch of ISIS videos opened up and you see an advertisement for the US armed forces before an ISIS video. Or you see an ad for Smirnoff right before watching a beheading.

Companies did not want their products to be associated with violent/controversial videos and boycotted Youtube. In response, YouTube gave into their demands and demonetized practically any video that's controversial, including video games with violence, political videos, etc.

What ended up happening is that most Youtube gamers had all their video demonetized because their videos were deemed inappropriate. So now you can no longer make a decent living by sitting in your basement and playing computer games.

Very well written cliffs. Thank you. If I wasn't on recharge I would rep this post. Will try to remember tomorrow. Thanks man.

[SportCoat]

Beta cucks...The average man nowadays lives with his parents, beating off and smoking pot all day. The average woman spends all day posting sloot pics on instagram and sucking chad/tyrone cock. What a time we live in...

lmao, i think that's enough misc for me tonight

[nm1891]

Just saving money and trying to invest in side projects. Would not want to work for somebody else for the rest of my life. You gotta have a long term goal/dream and in the meantime do your day job to gather the funds to make your dream a reality. You need a dream and a plan to get there.

But most people are content just checking in and checking out day after day. But that is gonna get draining when you are past your 40s. Gotta have a plan now and work towards it now while you are still young and capable.

All very true but i feel like millenials have the opposite problem. Dreams are great but you need to walk before you can run. Have several friends still living with the rents talking about starting a buisness or website while they haven't had a job since graduating college and no knowledge or connections to actually make it happen. Its been years for one of them and still nothing, basically smokes and lifts all day while pretending he is working on his start up lol. Delusional.

[Astyanax]

Most employers don't reward hard work. They are just not willing to spend the money. So they hire the cheapest workers they can, or rely on an endless parade of contractors that get treated like shiet, and then they wonder why chit doesn't get done.

About two weeks ago I interviewed for a job that would have paid about 125. I was told that I wasn't a good "cultural" fit despite having the technical qualifications. This week they called to offer me the same exact job but with a lower title and as a contractor at about half the rate of pay.

[Burgerbuger]

Most employers don't reward hard work. They are just not willing to spend the money. So they hire the cheapest workers they can, or rely on an endless parade of contractors that get treated like shiet, and then they wonder why chit doesn't get done.

About two weeks ago I interviewed for a job that would have paid about 125. I was told that I wasn't a good "cultural" fit despite having the technical qualifications. This week they called to offer me the same exact job but with a lower title and as a contractor at about half the rate of pay.

Sounds like the IT world, the scum of contracting jobs.

[shoelaces]

All very true but i feel like millenials have the opposite problem. Dreams are great but you need to walk before you can run. Have several friends still living with the rents talking about starting a buisness or website while they haven't had a job since graduating college and no knowledge or connections to actually make it happen. Its been years for one of them and still nothing, basically smokes and lifts all day while pretending he is working on his start up lol. Delusional.

Lmfao. You gotta work for your dreams. The greater the dream, the greater the sacrifice. Success doesn't just fall into people's lap. It takes hard work, foresight, a bit of luck and a good timing. Of course not everyone is going to make it. But I will try my best.

There is nothing more despicable than people crying about being poor but not taking risks and working hard towards a better life.