Geoff Norcott

I also wonder if there are specific things about being a middle-aged man which lead to thinly suppressed rage, which then seeks outlet in social media.

Middle-aged men in the UK, particularly those aged 40 to 59, often report low happiness and life satisfaction, experiencing the biggest dip in well-being between the ages of 45 to 54.

Now, the cynical among you might say that would appear to coincide with the likely window for a wife's menopause.

Just to be clear, that is not what I'm saying.

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It's simplistic, frankly patronising, and could somebody open slash close the window and stop breathing so loudly?

This period in a man's life is linked to high anxiety and the pressures of balancing both work and family responsibilities.

By the time you're in your mid-40s, those little people who rely on you now want even more expensive stuff, only now you've got to deliver because they're old enough to remember when you couldn't get a decent gig and spent two years eating baked beans in a onesie.

For all the progress that women have made in the workplace, studies based on ONS figures indicate that men still earn more than women in over 70% of UK households.

Is that a privilege or a crushing pressure which makes you have these weird nightmares where you're being pursued by an old pound note around the Bank of England as depicted in Mary Poppins, except this time you're Mr Banks and instead of being fired by Dick Van Dyke, it feeds you to some giant pigeons.

In other news, has anyone tried magic mushrooms before bed?

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Now, this isn't to say that life becoming economically harder means that you can create a fake profile to abuse a female football pundit.

I'm just asking why Gary Neville's angry middle-aged white men feel that way, rather than simply blaming them for all society's ills.

If the economy is part of the problem, when do things get better?

Well, Labour's deregulation could lead to an economic boom the likes of which we've never seen.

And...

The fact that that got a laugh on its own does the work.

They might realise that actually reducing the tax burden could kick-start the... OK, no-one's buying this.

So I guess we'll have to look at retirement.