If I had to choose between living Ian's life exactly as he has lived it, or doing the same for Chris Chan, I'd pick Chris in an instant. Ian's life was really great for like 3-4 years. He was on top of the world, everyone loved him, he went from rags to riches, and he never had to do any actual work for it. Outside of the halcyon days of 2015-2019 though, Ian's life is about as miserable as you could imagine for someone born healthy in a 1st world country. 25 years of being a dweeb, rejected by society, failing at your retarded gaming channel with no greater career goals. Absent jailbird father, BPD whore mother (I'm assuming), no girlfriends or casual sexual encounters. Just failure and hopelessness. Fast forward to 2025, and his life of anonymous loserdom looks like a fantasy in comparison to his reality. At least Chris is actually insane enough to enjoy his nightmarish existence to some extent. It would be tragic if it weren't so fucking kino.