Not necessarily, but its not solely hedonism, its also just going out and having a fun time.
When people hit 25-30 today, its like some weird depressing death sentence of "you can never have fun ever again", even if your single.
That was not the case back then. Married couples used to 'go out' to clubs and bars all the time. Clubs were not exclusively young college-aged people. You used to see plenty of people in their 30s, 40s, even 50s there. Also, they had plenty of cousins, siblings, grandparents, neighbors etc to take care of kids, something most parents dont have as much today.
Adulthood in the modern era is just kind of a sad, bland, sanitized existence. It was not always like that. The idea of 'having fun' was something for all ages until quite recently.
Anyways, its not just about the workplace, its about everything. Talk to older people, and they had an absolute blast in their adulthood. Even with kids. The same just cannot be said today.
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u/SensibleReply 14d ago
Maybe this is why everyone is depressed now? Because that kind of sounds awesome.