Jesus you guys weren’t kidding about yesterdays pre stream, this dude talking about how he doesn’t understand how people on YouTube got popular sounds like the most boomer shit ever, legit just an old man yelling at clouds…
His entire take on this Lindsay Ellis shit is also quite something. First off she didn’t really get cancelled, or at the very least she can still pull over a million views on a video. If she went away for being cancelled than dsp is definitely cancelled given his numbers.
The way dsp talks about how he’s going to keep pushing forward and never give up is so tone deaf, of course you can keep pushing forward no matter what, all you do is show up and sit on your couch and play video games.
I’m sure the people on this site aren’t a fan of this Lindsay Ellis chick based on like the two videos I’ve watched of her, and I’m not gonna comment on whatever drama happened to her cause I frankly don’t know or care, but even watching one video you can tell she at least puts effort into her videos. She clearly takes a few weeks/months to make a video, goes into depth about whatever stupid topic she wants to make a video on, she actually sits down and makes a script before turning on the camera.
My point is when you actually put in some form of work or effort into something you’re passionate about it’s also possible for your mental health to affect that effort negatively.
It all really highlights how little effort DSP actually puts into shit. If dsp is having a bad mental health day he just takes a day off and gets drunk, or comes on stream to whine about his problems or lash out at his shitty fans, or begs for money so he can hit the next gacha game high. Dsp doesn’t have shit like writers block or burnout from trolling because he doesn’t put any god damn effort into his job, he shows up and does the bare minimum, and goes through the motions.
I see alot of mid or lower level content creators really happy when a video the made gets good numbers, not because it makes them more money, but because they felt like they had something to say on the topic, or see their fans notice a real dumb joke or edit they were proud to come up. It’s not that crazy to think people being negative online or the YouTube systems screwing you over could make someone wanna step away from it, nobody wants to put actual time and effort into shit only to be responded with negatively.
Compare that to Phil who just sits on his couch for a few hours a day, interacts with his Nazi regulated chat, then dumps the footage onto YouTube with the most minimum effort and it’s no wonder he doesn’t suffer fatigue or burnout from still being a nobody or being mocked