Lives at his friend's house paying rent and you can choose to stop taking money from his dad and survive. And he has a real job with good prospects to be promoted if he's ambitious.Ian lives at his friend's house and taking money from his daddy at 26 because he likes to write, his situation is not very different from Wade's.
As for being a writer, it's almost impossible to make a living on it these days, or even get published at all while the gaming industry is on a serious rise and being a YouTuber or a streamer is not that far-fetched, even for a 27 YO. ITs still a grind but its easier to achieve,
My point is Cindy mocks her partner for having some kind of far-fetched goal while supporting some random guy for the same reason, it's called being a cunt.
Also, I think you have a misguided view on how easy and likely is getting to be a pro streamer (or youtuber) starting from zero, you only know the successful cases not the tens of thousands of nobodies with less than 100 viewers. Which, by the way, it's not Wade's dream, his dream is being an esports pro player, which is not only far fetched for him but has practically 0 long term future (what about when he's 40?).
And getting published is not super difficult, you can even self-publish your book. Being the next JK Rowling kind of sucesfull is extremely unlikely, but I bet there are more people in the world getting a decent income (not rich by any means) from writing than from esports.
By the way, it's kind of weird from an anti communist guy like yourself comparing someone like Wade playing videogames, drinking beer and smoking pot on Government's handouts with a guy like Ian working a real job with possibilites of career advancement.