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Subjective opinions. LOL....All due respect, whether someone is doing something meaningful or not with his/her life is purely subjective. Try not to let socio-cultural conditioning cloud your judgment or mislead you into thinking that the way of the majority is necessarily the right or only way.
Ah, existentialism!
The problem with this mode of thinking is that the young man in question is a mooch. While he's self-fulfilling by playing video games all day or whatever else he does with all that sort-of-free time, he's doing it on someone else's dime: that of his parents.
In the immortal words of my late grandmother (eighty or so years ago, when my two young uncles "borrowed" and wrecked her car while on an out-of-town joyride), "The next time you want to paint the town red, buy your own paint!"
Despite whether this young man's life is "meaningful" to himself or not, or whether "socio-cultural conditioning" clouds others' judgment or not - he's a leech. He's entirely dependent on his parents to subsidize him, and that's not exactly allowing THEM to do "something meaningful" with their own lives, having to care for this overgrown baby boy.
If he were able to support himself without depending on others, his "life choices" might be viewed very differently. But he's not.
So, young man, go buy your own paint. And don't count on Mommy and Daddy to pay for it.
The problem with this mode of thinking is that the young man in question is a mooch. While he's self-fulfilling by playing video games all day or whatever else he does with all that sort-of-free time, he's doing it on someone else's dime: that of his parents.
In the immortal words of my late grandmother (eighty or so years ago, when my two young uncles "borrowed" and wrecked her car while on an out-of-town joyride), "The next time you want to paint the town red, buy your own paint!"
Despite whether this young man's life is "meaningful" to himself or not, or whether "socio-cultural conditioning" clouds others' judgment or not - he's a leech. He's entirely dependent on his parents to subsidize him, and that's not exactly allowing THEM to do "something meaningful" with their own lives, having to care for this overgrown baby boy.
If he were able to support himself without depending on others, his "life choices" might be viewed very differently. But he's not.
So, young man, go buy your own paint. And don't count on Mommy and Daddy to pay for it.
My response was mainly addressing the assertion from another poster who said the OP was wasting his life and not doing anything meaningful with it because he chose to simply play video games, listen to music, and spend time in nature. Whether those activities are meaningless or not are open to opinion. Him being supported by his parents is another topic.
But your opinion, my opinion, and anyone else's opinion as to the OP's lifestyle as being meaningless or a waste are just that: opinions. No objective way of proving any of our opinions are more valid than the next.
And yes, I'm glad you know of existentialism. It's a very eye-opening philosophy, at least to many people, including me.
Absurdism and Nihilism are fun philosophies as well. Anti-natalism is worth a look see as well.
9 pages and no response from the OP. This is more of a philosophical debate currently. My 2 cents is the parents of the recent grad need to sit down with him and set some expectations of him. If he is to continue to live with them, then he needs to contribute to the household. How, is purely up to the three of them to hash out. Personally, I don't think what he is doing is bad, but without further information I cannot be sure.
He has a job, hes not in a rush to go pursue his degree job.
This.
It'd be nice if the OP would come back.
I grew up in a different decade, but, I deliberately did not get a "real" job after college; I put the deadline at age 30 (I made it to 29).
Difference is I suppose, I supported myself. Lived very cheap, no debt, no car even.
If he lives in their parents house indeed they have the right to impose "rules" on their child.
Right after school too he might be a bit burned out and is taking it easy for a bit.
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