adolescence delayed; rise of the child-man

[lostintransit]

fess up, i know this describes a lot of us, at least to some extent (and minus the misogyny bit). i feel like i'm mostly ready to grow up, though.

Child-Man in the Promised Land

Comments

[destron0]

Sorry, not a gamer.... I do read too much, though.

[lostintransit]

i'm not a gamer either, but i think there's a patina of truth to the article.

[efffthatnoise]

this is kind of true but fuck maxim

[lostintransit]

pretty much. my roomies in 'cuse did have a bunch of "men's health" lying around though, and i liked those all right.

[idlehour]

This article is sort of sexist in the same way Knocked Up is sort of sexist: http://www.slate.com/id/2179621 I would think there are plenty of 20/30-something men who aren't ready to settle down, but who aren't Maxim bros either. I could be wrong.

[lostintransit]

yeah, we're not all maxim bros and pig men, which is why i sort of caveatted it. obviously i don't play 2+ hours of video games a day either, though i do enjoy them occasionally... but while she does exaggerate or choose the most extreme examples like tucker max, i think there's an undercurrent of truth to the phenomenon she's describing.

[efffthatnoise]

2+ hrs/day is a depressing thought

[stoienchile]

agreed

I find this hilarious

[jessbess]

... in light of the fact that my new housemate Raffi has been sitting in front of his computer for three days playing some unnamed game.