You're making a lot of assumptions. People can go without many things you may think are basic.
Those 30yo people buying PS5s may be living with their parents because they can't begin to afford their own place. Maybe they have 5 roommates who all pooled their savings for 6 months to buy it together. Maybe they simply don't have a car.
There's also the obvious selection bias of being in a Game Stop. You won't see all the people who can't afford a game console shopping there.
To me it's quite staggering that someone who considers themselves "Well Off" can't afford an occasional $500 expense. That's generally considered "Living Paycheck to Paycheck". I can only assume you're overspending in some ways.
The basic calorie in/out concept always struck me as obviously too simple.
When I found out that the way we determined how many calories was in a given food ingredient, was by actually burning it and measuring the energy output, I knew whole concept was flawed. Our bodies simply don't "burn" food like that. We don't shit ash. There can't be a simple 1:1 correlation.
How many candidates did they run? It certainly wasent 24,000.