本物のニートと、演じるニート——リアルの嘘をめぐって｜The Real NEET and the Performed NEET: On the Lies of Modern “Reality”

In today’s internet culture, “real” NEETs rarely appear on screen. Instead, we see performers—people acting broken, exhausted, or unhinged for clicks. This episode explores the gap between genuine isolation and the staged versions consumed as entertainment. Shigeki argues that modern audiences don’t want truth; they want believable lies—safe, sanitized realism. In a world where everyone is half actor and half critic, even despair becomes a performance. What does “authentic” mean when every gesture is recorded, edited, and judged? And how can we live honestly when reality itself has become an audition?