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We have a nerd who spends most of his time playing videogames and watching anime, born in the summer of 1981, still living at home, mooching off the family, but still making the contribution to society of working at RPGamer, a non-profiting but widely read gaming news site. While I never saw any reference made to the fact, evidently he was quite depressed by the fact that he was going to be mooching off his family for the forseeable future. That's it. That's the reason. Seriously not something to commit suicide over, particularly considering that statistically kids are leaving home a lot later in life these days than they used to.
What disturbs me here is how similar this situation is to my own life. Everything in the above paragraph applies to me, except presumably for the degree of being depressed about the situation. Heck, as far as I can tell, my life sucks even more. I'm a tad older, I have the incurable effects of a childhood disease keeping me out of the job market on top of any other issues, and taking a quick head count of the other recipients of this note, I have a heck of a lot less friends and family members to care about me. (...) I admit my life sucks by a lot of people's standards, sure. Most people who delve into my personal life say they'd hate to be in my shoes, I even had one person tell me he'd probably kill himself if he were(...). Does it bother me that I have no means of supporting myself? That I have to live off the generosity of family members? That the only money I ever have comes in birthday cards or donations from people reading this page? That my cousin has to pay 90% of the cost of my upcoming trip to Japan to go sight-seeing with him? Heck yes!