I’m not a fan of Critical Drinker personally (his taste in movies is too normie for my liking and he rarely talks about movies that aren’t mainstream blockbusters), but he’s still an infinitely better reviewer than Bob and at least seems like a fun guy to hang out with. Also, any time he dunks on the Half-Price Harkonnen, it’s fucking gold.
Of course, I just bring him up as an example of how badly Bob's doing. Even when he blathers on about the latest pop culture ephemera that
should be driving viewers to his channel, Bob can't muster even a tenth of what Drinker manages. Maybe the algorithm's given up on Bob, but I feel that if he were actually producing content people wanted to see, he'd be doing a
little better.
Hell, it's not like this is even new for Bobbo. Going back to the Escapist's channel, most of his old Big Pictures never cracked six digits either, and that's after years, if not close to a decade. He probably used the old "people are watching it on the website" excuse that Rooster Teeth uses today for their own low Youtube numbers, but I have sincere doubts people were watching it in droves there.
If Bob had some sense, he'd be making an exit plan immediately, though he probably should have years ago. He's unlikely to be hired by an Escapist-type website again when there are plenty of less abrasive, more knowledgeable options to choose from. He's not gaining any new fans, and what fans he does have are dwindling month by month. Considering that's his only source of income now (I doubt he's getting paid much by MatPat to read Wikipedia), that doesn't bode well. He should be saving what he can while he looks for a 9-5, but he's in denial and believes the ride will never end. I just wish it'd happen sooner, the long bleedout is getting dull.
Give him a magic monkey paw, ask him if he'd like it if Alabama never existed.... while still high on the excitement of being able to actually disappear that which displeases him? He'll shout YES!!!! GET RID OF THOSE RACIST HICKS!!!!
*a finger curls*
Now, about the Moon landings you love so much...
What Moon landing? Bob?
When you wished away Alabama you also got rid of the Redstone Arsenal and the Huntsville Space & Rocket Center, without those, we didn't get to the Moon.
You can go a lot further with that. The South is blanketed with NASA sites.
Wish away Texas? You got rid of the Johnson Space Center, no astronauts.
Louisiana? The Michoud Assembly Facility, no moon rockets or shuttles or the ISS.
Mississippi? Stennis Space Center, no engine tests.
Florida? Most obvious of all, Kennedy Space Center, no rocket flights period.
And it may not be strictly NASA, but let's not forget how the bulk of the Manhattan Project was done in Tennessee.
Imagine that, those backwoods hicks actually made a lot of contributions to Bobby's Superior Future. More than he ever has, that's for sure.