Then again, every over 40 year old dedicated trek fan I've met has achieved less in their life than the 18 year old MTV generation people I met...
That's not a very nice thing to say...
It's also not true.
Ok, as i said "from the ones I met" so without knowing the ones I met, please take a step back and consider the fact I'm not pulling this out of my ass.
First major over 40 year old trek fan i met - hadn't worked in 20 years. Smelt really bad, and his entire life revolved around computers. he only left his home ever, to buy food and...come annoy the hell out of me and my workmates back when I worked in a computer store. Never been married, no kids.
That was his entire life, trek, food and annoying us whilst we were trying to work. My boss just was too polite to tell him to bugger off even though he would complain the msot about the guy.
Second example of the over 40. I do part time work when not doing my own sub-contracting with the local council. here we meet the guy at the front desk...his life: BSG new and old, Trek and a really bad falling apart house hand-me-down from parents. Again, never been married, no kids.
Would talk all day sci-fi, even I can't do that on risk of losing my mind. Everyone that knows him still can only speculate on his sexual orientation, is he gay? Straight, virgin? none of know, never seen a boy or girlfriend.
Third example, a guy I met in melbourne, again over 40 and never ONCE moved out of his parents. He is a trek encyclopedia barely can hold down a job for 2 months of a year. And my god embrassed the hell out of me by trying to argue soem random fact about trek on the train when I really didn't give an honest fuck...I was so glad the bunch of 13 year olds interjected and told him off to save my breath.
Now as for the 18 year olds, well lets think, I don;t really have to.
In the region where I live work is god damned easy to get, its also easy if you apply yourself to start earning big bucks when you're 16.
There's quite a few 18 year olds around here that have done exactly as I did (i'm mid 20's now), make work become primary at 16, and schooling became part time. By 18, they own their brand new cars cash without mummy or daddy's help, they are paying off their first hosue in their name and got a solid relationship on the go.
I dunno about them, but they well on the track that I myself took, and many of my own high school buddies. By the tiem i was 22, I was my own boss for collecting contracts and hiring my own teams to compelte thsoe contracts. Be it construction or metal fabrication, we're qualified, we can ahndle it. From small contracts to quite expensive contracts.
Believe it or not, but there are always exceptions to a rule. This area proves, if you have the drive and will, you can achieve greatly within just a few years. Fortunately many of the young understand this, not so much with the old around here.
So really...don't assume without considering the fact that maybe just maybe when someone says something, it is from their personal experience.
I never did say all 40+ trek fans are like that.
I also didn't say all 18+ mtv are like that.
