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Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses by Kephael on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @08:50PM (#12449352)
They're referred to as NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) in the UK. As you mentioned, there's quite a few in countries like the US that don't leave their house often due to gaming addictions. I've seen many people on Steam showing north of 150 hours of games played in the last two weeks and I don't believe they're just leaving the game running.
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Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses by wccrawford on Thursday September 08, 2016 @08:39AM (#12452393)
NEET is a term used in Japan, too, and it's not quite the same as hikikomori, but they're close enough that they're often used interchangeably.
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Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses by smartbit on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:36PM (#12449558)
A Palo Alto Networks NGFW has a category 'Media' which includes Video, snapchat, etc. Deny Media is quite effective against any form of behavior with a computer that supports NEET.
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