What I don't get is why he thought it was flex to buy these and tell people what he paid.
Tangentially speaking here, but why is it even remotely relevant what one pays anyway for art? Is the piece not enjoyable in its own right? Isn't that the actual f***ing point? Perhaps it is what he thinks his fans might seeing during in his streams (makes sense to have it on the floor to fill up a bland background). It's not nearly as fancy as some of the comic con/etc people who bedazzle their scenes with retro games and big dollah figurines, but it is still akin to papering a wall with money.
Still, maybe he was "just joking" again on the pricing. He just wanted Kiwi to hear that it was 80K or whatever so they could fill up the pages talking about his nonsense
lies joke. "Stupid fruits, that doesn't make me a pathological liar... it just means I'm a Comedian!" Obviously!
So funny.
My confusion comes from Drexel alternatively implying that NCAAcat was just a sexually active degenerate from a young age (not that he's known her that long). That said, Drexel is doing himself no favors in being vague about how long he's known his sexual partners, especially those much younger than him.
These women are obtuse anyway, so easy marks. He clearly aims for low intelligence/low self-esteem women, because in front of their faces he's rather blatantly flexing how
deep their emotional connection is, enough that he's sharing the statistics of their relationships to others as if it were a calling card or player street cred... "I know all their deepest pains and shameful history!! They come to me for literally everything!"... despite obviously being a "free man" and clearly not at all in it for manipulating women's emotions and such!
- Officially AM on Houston guests confirmed are Critical Drinker, Camelot, Christie Mayer, Cecil, Legal Mindset, and Nerdrotic. They will have tables. Legal Vices will be there, AussieOverlawd, maybe Lyla Hart with Chrissie, Uncivil Law too. Only he and the forst 6 have tables. He will do at least one panels. He will have ar least 2 panels: YT panel and his own. He might join other guests if they have panels.
Big quality decrease over last year FNT and G+G personalities.
Camelot having a table makes the least sense to me, but maybe if both tables get traction, Nick can then use it later to justify their gay marriage after Kayla leaves him. "Everyone loves us together! Our fans really ship us!" The YT area is a bit of a corner area for odd randos. It does not feel like it is part of the main thoroughfare. Eric July was there last year and that made the most sense of the showing. Nerdrotic at least fits in with the theme.
AM has had trouble getting guests since they've been pretty much boycotted by anybody and everybody in the industry (long story involving the con owner, and allegations of sexual impropriety towards female cosplayers). For the past few years, they've had to rely almost exclusively on social media personalities (many of whom, like Nick, only have a cursory understanding of anime), and Vic. Conversely, the guest lineup your seeing at AM are guests that would have difficulty getting into a lot of other conventions because they're persona non grata for a variety of reasons. If none of the weebs are interested in this guest lineup anymore, AM doesn't really have anything to fall back on.
AM is surprisingly not lefty af as I expected, but I should've expected that it being in Houston. I was expecting rainbow flags and it to be awash in trans propaganda. The crowd was more well-adjusted and normal compared to other conventions I've been to (edit) (Though tbf, I'm not bigly into anime or conventions in general, so I probably missed the bulk of it). The streamer corner is out of place, though. I'd expect it to mostly be Vtubers and Twitch streamers, but I suppose these people don't actually go outside. Maybe it is in their contract. Although, the sun
is rather oppressive in August.
He said don't bring kids if they do not like anime.
Who would take parenting advice from a Stage 4 Youtuber?
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In that regard, Matsuri benefits from being in the largest single city in the entire state of Texas, so there's likely a healthy supply of congoers who will go to it simply because it's in the area and it's something to do. I don't think most of them care about whatever drama the con is involved in.
Exactly. It being August, it's usually drought season and there's not fuck all to do short of staying inside all day on most days.
Nick is on the right side of the political needle (but not too far). We like to use chat traffic and superchats as a sign of channel health. The biggest tell will be whether he has issues booking guests or there's increasing signs of people to refusing work with him or be visible under his brand. Right now he can rely on an image of being a "social media expert" (the panels helped create this illusion) and once he loses that star, that's where he will find he really struggles in my estimation.