lupinthethird
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Dec 13, 2017
I'm going through the Pro Crastinator's podcast (at least up until all the interesting members leave and it just becomes Ben Saint seething about politics every episode) and it really is insane how much of a leg up Digi had, it really deserves to be analyzed and recorded for posterity in this thread. His parents basically gave him and his two brothers the house that was their family home for at least a couple of years, I'm uncertain of the exact details of the situation. He lived probably very close to rent-free and had friends and colleagues like his then YouTube editor Davoo and Ben Saint move in and live with him for a while. He either leased or owned (probably leased) a BMW SUV at the peak of his YouTube earnings, his father worked at some car dealership, and Digi no doubt got a very good deal on it. Sure he was mildly successful on Youtube but it really can't be understated just how much his parents (his father at least) also helped him out immensely at the same time, he had every opportunity and seemingly squandered it all.I know I've said this before but it's still so wild to me a guy who was making $5000 a month making videos about a hobby he loves somehow wasn't satisfied with it. Dude was making 60k a year with no higher education doing something he was passionate about something very few people actually get to do and just thought "nah, I'm going to go be drug addict and live in a trailer".