Great depiction of an archetypal philosophy/demographics. Even if it can get better (whatever that may be), for some people fun is a state of mind, regardless of circumstances. Actually, I met some crazy people for whom the harder things were, the more fun they found in it (river, mountain, city, farm, you name it).

I never had it in me to see fun when things got complicated or far from ideal (or whatever notion of ideal has been implanted in our heads my the media/family/society).
In retrospect, those were lost chances for fond memories and networking. Thus, long live the adventurous spirit of youth!