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<blockquote data-quote="Igwilly" data-source="post: 7717057" data-attributes="member: 6801225"><p>Ok… I'm talking mostly about my reality, but that’s all what I can do.</p><p></p><p>About jobs:</p><p>It’s amazing how many people, especially older people, expect us to get a decent job by the early 20s. It’s not possible. Not at all. By “not possible”, I mean most “jobs” college students get are either unpaid internships just to check in that mythical box of “<em>experience</em>”; or very low incoming ones, without most laws regarding real jobs, which are simply not enough for a living. Maybe, if you’re very lucky, you can get a “night-turn” college with poor job and live a very simple life, but mostly your pay may not get much better afterwards.</p><p>In addition, talking about Brazil – my country of origin – the common wisdom is: <strong>It’s 2017; No one gets a job.</strong> Period. </p><p>In addition, the main factor, which tends to make young people out of their homes, is marriage, which is related to the next subject.</p><p></p><p>About dating and the “relationship” side of most of my generation, the current “young people”:</p><p>I cannot honestly discuss all the topics and factors happening here without breaking one of the forums rules. I’ll try to say as much as I believe to be possible (within the rules). </p><p>How other people are saying young people do not interact in the “real world” so much puzzles me. The real world defined as the “physical” world, outside of internet or games. Well, speaking of people I actually know and can see their behavior, I can honestly say that interaction in the “physical” world is <em>very</em> active. In fact, it is <strong>all</strong> what many youngs are looking for, if you get what I mean. There are many things going on wrong here; they aren’t related much to social media and nothing related to games, RPGs or whatever. Our “romantic” relationships are pretty much destroyed by current believes and no amount of “you must work, form a family, be responsible…” talk will fix that. This issue impacts in young people not leaving their parents’ homes because, historically, marriage is the main factor why people leave "mom and dad". If you don’t get married, and your job doesn’t afford a middle-class life, you just stay home.</p><p>I really wish I could say more about this, but I cannot do it here. Sorry…</p><p></p><p>Note that I use the word “people”, and derivatives, a lot. The thing is: one person, one case. There can be all manners of exceptions. I’m talking about generalized cases, in the big picture of Brazil's society. Honestly, I hope I don’t offend anyone here when I was talking about the current “young generation”. I’m 22 years old, this is just what I’m seeing right now right here, bypassing the pink-colored glasses my age puts on me.</p><p></p><p>Games, whenever video-games, table-top RPGs, LARPs, or anything like that, have <strong>zero</strong> responsibility on this mess. In fact, I could say my life <em>improved</em> through RPGs. <em>A lot</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Igwilly, post: 7717057, member: 6801225"] Ok… I'm talking mostly about my reality, but that’s all what I can do. About jobs: It’s amazing how many people, especially older people, expect us to get a decent job by the early 20s. It’s not possible. Not at all. By “not possible”, I mean most “jobs” college students get are either unpaid internships just to check in that mythical box of “[I]experience[/I]”; or very low incoming ones, without most laws regarding real jobs, which are simply not enough for a living. Maybe, if you’re very lucky, you can get a “night-turn” college with poor job and live a very simple life, but mostly your pay may not get much better afterwards. In addition, talking about Brazil – my country of origin – the common wisdom is: [B]It’s 2017; No one gets a job.[/B] Period. In addition, the main factor, which tends to make young people out of their homes, is marriage, which is related to the next subject. About dating and the “relationship” side of most of my generation, the current “young people”: I cannot honestly discuss all the topics and factors happening here without breaking one of the forums rules. I’ll try to say as much as I believe to be possible (within the rules). How other people are saying young people do not interact in the “real world” so much puzzles me. The real world defined as the “physical” world, outside of internet or games. Well, speaking of people I actually know and can see their behavior, I can honestly say that interaction in the “physical” world is [I]very[/I] active. In fact, it is [B]all[/B] what many youngs are looking for, if you get what I mean. There are many things going on wrong here; they aren’t related much to social media and nothing related to games, RPGs or whatever. Our “romantic” relationships are pretty much destroyed by current believes and no amount of “you must work, form a family, be responsible…” talk will fix that. This issue impacts in young people not leaving their parents’ homes because, historically, marriage is the main factor why people leave "mom and dad". If you don’t get married, and your job doesn’t afford a middle-class life, you just stay home. I really wish I could say more about this, but I cannot do it here. Sorry… Note that I use the word “people”, and derivatives, a lot. The thing is: one person, one case. There can be all manners of exceptions. I’m talking about generalized cases, in the big picture of Brazil's society. Honestly, I hope I don’t offend anyone here when I was talking about the current “young generation”. I’m 22 years old, this is just what I’m seeing right now right here, bypassing the pink-colored glasses my age puts on me. Games, whenever video-games, table-top RPGs, LARPs, or anything like that, have [B]zero[/B] responsibility on this mess. In fact, I could say my life [I]improved[/I] through RPGs. [I]A lot[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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