- Joined
- Jun 13, 2016
Ralphâs remaining audience are there for the self-destruction. His core paypigs are dwindling and either getting bored or have less cash to waste, but they arenât being replaced with new paypigs. AF paypigs donât want to spend their allowance on middle aged man.I don't agree, I think Ralph has as much longevity as his core paypigs can support. He's making decent money, if it wasn't for his poor life decisions he would be wealthy. His lack of credit, anti-social behaviour and inability to maintain healthy relationships with normal human being is what has led to his relative poverty. If he didn't gamble his money away, he would probably saving a kings ransom.
Like DSP, Ralph would be better getting off getting a job - if he could do a total reset. Yet, that's not a possibility, any job would be menial and minimum wage and wouldn't support his outgoings. Additionally, his poor credit locks him out of many options that should be available to him.
So really, streaming is the best option available for him financially - it's just his surrounding behaviour that is an issue. It's not beyond the wit of man to change that, but it's Ralph so he won't.
If Gunt was wiser with what money he makes he wouldnât be a lolcow. If Ralph wasnât an idiot he could have probably bought a little house or made some good investments but then he wouldnât be Ralph. Ralph snorts, drinks, eats and gambles away his money.
If heâd clean up his act and try to actually live the trad LARP he occasionally pays lip service too theyâd be gone. Plenty of better options if they want watch a right wing religious trad ramble. Ralphâs paypigs live in similar fashion to Gunt but he makes them feel better about their own lives or they live vicariously through him.
But most paypigs only last so many years. Ralphâs problem is his inability to attract new audience and paypig replacements. Heâs only managed to live the debased lifestyle he has by avoiding taxes, debts and using girlfriends (and mom) as a front.
I think his hope was for AF to provide new piglets but I donât think that panned out as well as he hoped.
To keep what heâs got now heâs got to stick with the formula thatâs made him a miserable, drunken sack of shit. Him cleaning up his act might attract old fans that became disgusted with him or guys that were like him but reformed and like to support a redemption story, but I think Gunt is too weak and scared to face life and an audience without a pile of vices.
He will stick to his toxic formula to the bitter end because heâs weak and has no ideas or plans beyond another stupid event. His schtick is at the end of its viable lifespan and there is way more competition for parasocial paypig dollars than there was eight years ago.
Gunt could probably eke out his Vice addled lifestyle another few years if it was just him, but now he has a wife and baby towing along which severely limits his leeching and living options.