Hasan Piker

To a certain degree, for sure. I think, you know, I don't know them. I don't know them like that. They're anonymous, right? And they don't know me, but they think they do. I do put myself out there. Like, I am very... I'm very honest about... about who I am and how I feel, maybe to a fault, I should be able to hide it a little bit better.

Yeah, they know me, but I don't know them. So their expectation is that I should almost, but also... No matter how well you know someone, you can read it incorrectly, right?

Yeah, they know me, but I don't know them. So their expectation is that I should almost, but also... No matter how well you know someone, you can read it incorrectly, right?

And I think that the real issue there is people develop parasocial tendencies, parasocial relationships, and then operate under the assumption that they do know you and sometimes get things off base, but then will still argue with you on whether or not this is right for you or not. And it's like, you're not. I'm a 33-year-old man. You're... You're not my father. I don't even listen to my dad.

And I think that the real issue there is people develop parasocial tendencies, parasocial relationships, and then operate under the assumption that they do know you and sometimes get things off base, but then will still argue with you on whether or not this is right for you or not. And it's like, you're not. I'm a 33-year-old man. You're... You're not my father. I don't even listen to my dad.

You know what I mean? Like, I got this. Don't worry. That's what I mean when I say it just gets to an unhealthy place.

You know what I mean? Like, I got this. Don't worry. That's what I mean when I say it just gets to an unhealthy place.

choices that you would have made uh differently no not really because i mean there's there's things that everyone would change about themselves i think you know um getting in get involved in something earlier than you would have or anything like that but i i choose not to do that because I'm very happy with where I'm at.

choices that you would have made uh differently no not really because i mean there's there's things that everyone would change about themselves i think you know um getting in get involved in something earlier than you would have or anything like that but i i choose not to do that because I'm very happy with where I'm at.

And I feel like I have a policy, a principle of never just looking back and thinking, oh, I did that wrong. And then like endlessly thinking about that over and over again, because I feel like it's unproductive. There's nothing you can do. It already happened. And you reacted the way that you did.

And I feel like I have a policy, a principle of never just looking back and thinking, oh, I did that wrong. And then like endlessly thinking about that over and over again, because I feel like it's unproductive. There's nothing you can do. It already happened. And you reacted the way that you did.

You might as well focus on, learn your lessons from how you operated back then and make sure that it doesn't happen again. Improve yourself, but move on. So I rarely ever think about my mistakes in the past.

You might as well focus on, learn your lessons from how you operated back then and make sure that it doesn't happen again. Improve yourself, but move on. So I rarely ever think about my mistakes in the past.

I mean, I think it's the phones, it's the alienation, it's the atomization, it's the lack of hope that everyone is experiencing. But it's particularly bad for men. Because I think maybe, at least for women, it's like a relatively new thing where you get to just go to college and work and stuff.

I mean, I think it's the phones, it's the alienation, it's the atomization, it's the lack of hope that everyone is experiencing. But it's particularly bad for men. Because I think maybe, at least for women, it's like a relatively new thing where you get to just go to college and work and stuff.

So maybe they're more appreciative, regardless of how shitty the material circumstances are, even for them. As opposed to men whose futures have been taken away from them, I think, especially men that mostly worked in the manufacturing base that no longer exist in this country.

So maybe they're more appreciative, regardless of how shitty the material circumstances are, even for them. As opposed to men whose futures have been taken away from them, I think, especially men that mostly worked in the manufacturing base that no longer exist in this country.

So that switch over to white collar jobs and professional fields has eviscerated a big chunk of the male job opportunities that were readily available in this country. We have a significant rise of underemployment in this country. where I believe it's like 23%, something along those lines, is a crazy number of people just doing gig economy work and basically nothing.

So that switch over to white collar jobs and professional fields has eviscerated a big chunk of the male job opportunities that were readily available in this country. We have a significant rise of underemployment in this country. where I believe it's like 23%, something along those lines, is a crazy number of people just doing gig economy work and basically nothing.

Whereas in the past, I think a decent percentage of men could just get a job at a factory and it was fine. You could raise your children, send them to college even, you got the GI Bill. All of that stuff is gone. And I think young men feel that. They feel that. Young women feel it too. But I think it's particularly damaging to the collective conscious of young men.