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Comment by imode | Hacker News Reader

slow news day, huh? seems this story is aired about every 2-3 years...

EDIT: I'm being downvoted for pointing out that these kinds of articles have been rehashed for years? thanks. continue on, then.

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It's been happening more and more for almost the past 8 and it's been getting worse both in the data and anecdotally.

I know a lot of qualified people who've graduated from school and still haven't found work. In CS I know some who have struggled to get a job. That said, those who taught themselves had jobs either while in school or lined up for right when they got out, but that's how it is everywhere if they're willing to move/commute.

By "this story" you mean a story like this? Because this one is new.

https://twitter.com/ryanavent/status/841411624904863746

A story like this. "videogames are sucking people in" has been replayed when WoW was popular. and even the article references prior stories.

That doesn't mean there's nothing to see here. The fact remains that the official metrics are getting worse, and the changes can be reasonably ascribed to people choosing to opt out and play video games (among other things). In another decade we'll be reading articles like this one, but the share of young males opting out will go from 14% to at least 20%, maybe even 25%, if the trends hold. How long until 50% of young males are opting out? And consider that as that number rises those are men who are not buying stuff (better for the environment, but worse for the economy), getting married, having kids, starting businesses, etc

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