I wouldn't put the money laundering past him. He's clearly into crypto, tax evasion, etc. Plus, it is the stated reason NP2 was put on Match list. However, it is certainly not the only possible explanation. The majority of his patrons are on the $5 tier (the $20 one is for superfans), and simply watch the show when they receive the video link on Tuesday without interacting further.
I agree, I think it's a mix of multiple things however what makes it sadder is he looked to still be making a healthy chunk of change but his sperg outs are causing people to leave. I'm waiting for him to go full on war against Tim Heidecker in order to fund raise. That is gonna be hilarious.
It is really odd that there are no pics of him with his parents.
This was a surprising take here. I don't post pics with my family online and I never have even in middleschool. Not any kind of family issue, just when I share pics it's of myself or funny stuff I took with friends. As I grew older it I didn't post them for privacy concerns.
By all accounts the relationship between the family is good to the point where he takes his friends to meet his family to impress them, but that doesn't mean there isn't a hint of truth to it.
- Dax has stated that he had anger and issues with his mom in the past. Some say he said this to Jessie Lee Peterson to play into the bit, but as someone who has been a fan of Dax for a long time before he stopped being funny, I disagree.
- Dax's dad always busts his balls and Dax has stories of how his dad Arthur tried to get him to be good at things and Dax would fall short.
- His sister finished college and went to soft ball championships that were on ESPN. She is on a highlight reel somewhere. She is married to a guy the whole family seems to like and has produced grandchildren (I would expect some envy there for her getting what he percieves as easier passes for being a girl)
- His friends on the show seem to share the opinion Dax's father Arthur is not just cool, but cooler than Dax.
I think there is truth to his family looking down on him. His dad is a successful McDonalds Franchiser (with money he got from inside trading in the 70s, something they talked about on the first show Dax had his dad Arthur on). His mom is a speech pathologist who helps the autistic. I don't know if his sister works but she has the tools she needs to be independently successful either way and has married a man who has given two sons and takes care of his family.
Then there is Dax.... The guy who doesn't really do anything at that Marketing company he helped found, keeps talking about being a famous comedian even though no one knows who he is and his mom is ashamed of his Dr. Phil claim to fame and he was kicked out of UCB, barely got a house in his late 30's and keeps insisting everyone call it a dream mansion, is high or fucked up on something all the time, and while they seem to all like that he plays piano he makes a big stink about doing it and then airs out his feelings in his laundry room with that nice highschool friend who stopped talking to him for a while when he went and got a real job.
Bad relationship? No. I think they love him as much as they can and likewise with Dax.
Source of Dax's constant need to overcompensate? Probably. He seems to be the family embarassment. Best way I can describe him is he is like if Dark Side Phil were your family member: probably tolerable in small doses, but embarassing. He constantly exagerates how great he is at this one niche thing no one talks about, won't stop being confrontational, and has been kicked out of the respectable places normies have heard of in his niche field. Actually Dax is worse than Dark Side Phil as a family member, Phil isn't getting fucked up 24/7.
