It's funny, a lot of people believe in the idea of wasted youth, and, although it's a very deeply ingrained thought, I would like to address it more deeply. What is a wasted youth? It is one that was not used productively, not spent cultivating some skill that could be profited off of in adulthood. It is a mindset produced by capitalism. Is a youth that was spent playing happily catch and eating pizza truly wasted?