Hasan Piker

So for me, it was like a dream as a you know so much prosperity 32 different brands of Oreos that you could pick from right like all this stuff and a great television and and All of that played a major role in me wanting to come to America. I

Developing my voice? I guess I was always, even without being on camera, I still was a yapper. I would talk to my friends about this stuff all the time. Interestingly enough, I think for me...

Developing my voice? I guess I was always, even without being on camera, I still was a yapper. I would talk to my friends about this stuff all the time. Interestingly enough, I think for me...

what was hard was to basically take my personality and the way I operate off camera and become comfortable enough on camera that I can be exactly like that on camera and we're there now but this is this conversation that we're having would not be different whether the cameras are on or off like I would just this is exactly how I

what was hard was to basically take my personality and the way I operate off camera and become comfortable enough on camera that I can be exactly like that on camera and we're there now but this is this conversation that we're having would not be different whether the cameras are on or off like I would just this is exactly how I

Yes and no. I feel like I sleep like a baby. Like I don't have an issue going to bed. I just knock out. But I will wake up, take a piss at 5 a.m. every morning. And when I do, I notice myself like arguing with commonly held perspectives when I wake up in that moment where I'm like, oh, fuck, what am I doing? But sometimes I'll be like, that's a great argument. I got to remember that.

Yes and no. I feel like I sleep like a baby. Like I don't have an issue going to bed. I just knock out. But I will wake up, take a piss at 5 a.m. every morning. And when I do, I notice myself like arguing with commonly held perspectives when I wake up in that moment where I'm like, oh, fuck, what am I doing? But sometimes I'll be like, that's a great argument. I got to remember that.

Yes, yes, 100%.

Yes, yes, 100%.

I like it but I also do shut it off and the way I shut it off is by mindless television consumption like I watch a lot of anime and I play a lot of video games like that's how I shut it off where I don't think about anything and that is my hyper fixation for the moment like a TV show that I'm watching that I want to catch up on or a video game that I'm playing.

I like it but I also do shut it off and the way I shut it off is by mindless television consumption like I watch a lot of anime and I play a lot of video games like that's how I shut it off where I don't think about anything and that is my hyper fixation for the moment like a TV show that I'm watching that I want to catch up on or a video game that I'm playing.

So in the brief hours, the three hours, four hours that I'm awake when I'm not in front of a camera, that's what I do. Or I play basketball.

So in the brief hours, the three hours, four hours that I'm awake when I'm not in front of a camera, that's what I do. Or I play basketball.

I'm competitive, and the space I'm in is very competitive as well.

I'm competitive, and the space I'm in is very competitive as well.

It's kind of interesting because we look at other relatively popular figures in the industry that take the initiative and scale it back, scale back their operations and say, I'm not going to do this. I've made enough money. I'm not going to stream every day. And we look at that and we're like, wow, that's weird. Oh, these guys never stream. And it's like, no, they've made it.

It's kind of interesting because we look at other relatively popular figures in the industry that take the initiative and scale it back, scale back their operations and say, I'm not going to do this. I've made enough money. I'm not going to stream every day. And we look at that and we're like, wow, that's weird. Oh, these guys never stream. And it's like, no, they've made it.

They're successful and they're healthy. But for me, this is what I like doing. The moment that I don't enjoy doing this is the moment that I'll stop. There's only been one instance where I've actually truly thought about changing my my trajectory and just like scaling all this back and maybe even stopping it entirely. And that was, I would say, post October seven.

They're successful and they're healthy. But for me, this is what I like doing. The moment that I don't enjoy doing this is the moment that I'll stop. There's only been one instance where I've actually truly thought about changing my my trajectory and just like scaling all this back and maybe even stopping it entirely. And that was, I would say, post October seven.

when um in the aftermath uh in the months that came up afterwards everyone was like a big chunk of my community left because they were just like they had never encountered someone who was uh i think for palestinian emancipation and in the aftermath of such uh horrifying uh actions for many people their first encounter was october 7 right with the issue and they're like this is the most