When ‘Going Outside Is Prison’: The World of American Hikikomori

Am I being fucking memed or is this the average >>>/r9k/ robot?

but you say every day that video games are the reason for it

i think that a large cause of this is the unreal set of expectations places upon today's youth, and the vicious social ridicule one faces when they fail to achieve these. they are expected to achieve the same success their parents' and grandparents' were able to with no education and only a willingness to work hard, and this is simply unattainable for the majority of the current generation of youth. a lot of them realize this, and i think they either crack under the stress of trying to meet these expectations while knowing they aren't able to think about how many college drop-outs you know that slowly withdrew from society during their education or they decide to remove themselves from society to shield themselves from this nasty paradox
i dont think the internet or videogames are the cause of this phenomenon; they are simply the best options for most neets to occupy themselves with in absence of socializing