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They critique this practice as a romanticized development, driven more by economic hardship—rising living costs, lack of affordable housing, generational debt—than genuine desire. The hosts highlight that most young men desire independence, career growth, and family formation, but current market conditions strongly hinder these ambitions. The “stay-at-home hubson” lifestyle is framed as an expensive, unnatural, and ultimately unhealthy reaction to societal and economic failures.