The most hilarious thing about this statement is that Digi himself would probably disagree with all three points.
I know, and that's kinda the issue at hand with Digi.
Any job can be a real job as long as it makes money and you don't necessarily need schooling to achieve that. But this takes really hard work (which he DID for the first part of his "career").
This is true, especially in the internet age. But having a typical education (and the social/professional benefits that provides) along with a "real" job allows you to live divested from the internet, which is often extremely unhealthy for young people.
I do agree however that taking breaks from social media and internet drama really helps with keeping proper perspective on your world view.
Yeah, and it takes a strong will to realize that and actualize a solution in your life. I've stopped using Twitter except during the weekends, and cut down on reddit significantly. I've dropped FB entirely except for the messenger to keep up with reading groups/friends/etc. The issue is, the internet has been offered, praised, and upheld as a replacement for both the social interactions and professional interactions you should have in meatspace. The platforms through which we most commonly interact are also purposefully unhealthy (Twitter, FB, Instagram, etc.). When you conflate all that together and live your life solely through it, it significantly deteriorates your everyday life and your ability to be happy in the real world. Plus, when shit happens on the internet—which
always happens—it can knock out your job, your career, and your own means of fulfillment in one go. Without being able to take a strong personal stance and take breaks, you get locked into evermore unhealthy cycles of rage and dopamine rushes. But by the time most people realize this, it's too late. Digi for instance is now a netizen through and through who only LARPs as a person irl. Without the internet, he'd probably become an hero.
Nothing wrong with porn though imo. Just don't chafe your dick and watch your own level of escalation in tastes.
When you get locked into pony porn as a teenager, it takes an iron will and a real hard look at the self to change for the better. Digi doesn't have that, clearly (also probably legit mental health issues that are going untreated, along with drug addictions, though the effects of weed dependency are a different conversation entirely). Which is why I think abstinence from it is the best short term solution—e.g. get off the porn. Again, by the time most people realize they're at this point, their tastes have already escalated to dangerous points and they are personally unwilling to change.
If you are a Digi fan he would probably shit on you for your opinions. Digi hates having a 9 to 5 job, hates school and hates the real world by now.
Probably lol but the difference is I have a real life and a real career pathway to lead me to happiness that I can actualize through the sweat of my brow. Without the internet, I'm a normal guy who will be relatively unaffected. Without the internet, Digi would lose himself entirely.
I guess my point is, the internet is neat, but don't treat it as your first and only means of living your life. It just corrupts you until you have a moment of crisis, at which point it may be too late. You can get some neat things from the web—I love the PCP lectures Digi has been a part of, and some of his earlier content was very good. But for that sliver of good stuff, you have hundreds of hours of Digi's terrible music, his self-identification through anime lolis, meandering vlogs, and autogynephiliac/loli self insert porn writing. Will it really be worth it in another 10 years when he's
truly a shell of a man? I don't think so, but at that point it will be too late.