A brief and potentially controversial take on "adulthood" from a member of a generation with a complicated relationship with the term:
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Replying to @patio11
Adulthood is less about emancipating yourself from being another's responsibility and more about gaining responsibility for other people.
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Replying to @patio11
Part of the reason millennials feel adrift is that society/the economy have dissolved, delayed, or devalued the relationships that implies.
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Replying to @patio11
Marriage and childbirth are the obvious candidates. Longer education and *ahem* transitional jobs also delay 20-somethings "owning" anything
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Replying to @patio11
I used to joke about how running a WoW guild was the first responsibility in my life not to immediate family; that may in retrospect be true
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Replying to @patio11
('Tis a curious prejudice that running a WoW guild does not count as work or value creation; you should have seen my day job.)
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Replying to @patio11
I didn't really start feeling like an actual grown man until my late 20s, mostly as a result of the business. Finally SOMETHING needed me.
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Replying to @Moketronics
@Moketronics Research shows that most WoW guilds should use work-sample tests rather than job interviews to minimize drama & maximize loot.2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
@Moketronics That's a Starfighter joke, except I'm not joking.
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