Sorry, but I can’t get past the “You are still a close friend of mine…”
What in holy hell is Jack using as criteria to gauge *close* friendship?? Rob is a virtuoso when it comes to tasteful, subtle trolling. Despite throwing a few dollars in Mushbrain’s direction, he puts out posts and video content mocking his ass. And don’t forget that if Rob was anywhere near a location that Jack was traveling to and offered to link up, Jack would absolutely refuse. He has rarely met up with fans in the past, and would never think about doing it these days. Not that I think anyone is owed the time of someone else, I just find it strange that Jack would consider someone a “close friend,” but opt never to meet them under any circumstance.
How, I wonder, does Mushbrain look at all that and say ‘yeah, that guy’s a close friend’? It has to be as simplistic as the guy giving him money, being the 2nd* ever person to buy his shit, and throwing him the only plug that’s he’s gotten since WTIC (with trolling in the videos, no less). His circle of friends has dwindled by that much. It almost reminds me of myself when I was going through the born-again Christian phase and was pontificating on the Internet. Shit makes me cringe looking back, and seeing him almost replicating my behavior in thinking that online relationships like these constitute close friendships is just…UGH.
*source: Rob and Should I Series the only confirmed buyers………none of you were crazy enough to buy Jacksauce, right???