>>514979293
>you're mistaking the bitter, trapped NEETs for the rest of us
They practically own that definition.

You are more along the classification of "financially independent". Financially independent people don't have to work, they choose to if they wish. And they are not at risk of poverty and desolation, should circumstances change, nor are they incapable of supporting a family.

>The NEET on the other hand, is a miserable wretch who exists at the bottom of the totem pole. Hating himself, coping by pretending to be smug. He knows his financial future is uncertain, likely he is parasitizing off of his parents, or if he's smart -- the government. He knows this situation is tenuous so he will never be truly at ease, and there may come a day when he is much too old to start again, but will need to work or face starvation.

The true NEET is a pitiable creature, but almost always, his plight is of his own making.