Hasan Piker

uh throughout the entire process and uh i just like walking backwards because he didn't know where i lived and just because i used to walk home from the school and walking walking walking and then uh luckily because i was so late that my mom was outside already and she was screaming she didn't even see the kid had a knife um but it was like a somewhat traumatic experience for me but it was also kind of a funny experience

Because I guess that was a little bit like bullying, if you think about it.

Because I guess that was a little bit like bullying, if you think about it.

Yeah, I think it was a little bit extra than bullying. But yeah, the next day, the principal in front of the entire school reprimanded him and pulled his ear and kind of beat his ass in front of everybody. He was crying and he was forced to apologize to me for almost...

Yeah, I think it was a little bit extra than bullying. But yeah, the next day, the principal in front of the entire school reprimanded him and pulled his ear and kind of beat his ass in front of everybody. He was crying and he was forced to apologize to me for almost...

killing me with a knife and and you know follow me home um but uh you know i've had experiences like that and then also experiences for being like a little different too for sure uh or just being fat and being unathletic being uh someone who's interested in nerdy stuff like interested in american culture rather than the normal stuff that everyone else was interested in.

killing me with a knife and and you know follow me home um but uh you know i've had experiences like that and then also experiences for being like a little different too for sure uh or just being fat and being unathletic being uh someone who's interested in nerdy stuff like interested in american culture rather than the normal stuff that everyone else was interested in.

Having said that, I also had normal hobbies as well. I played a lot of Dota, which is a MOBA game. It's the first ever one that was ever created, Defense of the Ancients. That was very popular amongst my classmates, so...

Having said that, I also had normal hobbies as well. I played a lot of Dota, which is a MOBA game. It's the first ever one that was ever created, Defense of the Ancients. That was very popular amongst my classmates, so...

I mean it wasn't like – I don't know. I wasn't like afraid to go to school or anything. I mean, I didn't like it. I didn't quite like it, but I think that's probably why I dove too much into just like doing art in general. But. I did have some close friends. It's a different thing. It's different in Turkey.

I mean it wasn't like – I don't know. I wasn't like afraid to go to school or anything. I mean, I didn't like it. I didn't quite like it, but I think that's probably why I dove too much into just like doing art in general. But. I did have some close friends. It's a different thing. It's different in Turkey.

They don't have the same cliques in Turkey in high school, or at least they didn't when I went there, or at least the high school I went to didn't have that. But I was best friends with one of the... one of the best basketball players in the school team. Right. And he also would draw a lot. So we were just like we would hang out all the time. We lived close to one another.

They don't have the same cliques in Turkey in high school, or at least they didn't when I went there, or at least the high school I went to didn't have that. But I was best friends with one of the... one of the best basketball players in the school team. Right. And he also would draw a lot. So we were just like we would hang out all the time. We lived close to one another.

So it wasn't like there wasn't like a concept of like cool kids. But I also was getting bullied at the same time by like other random bullies. But they weren't the cool kids, if that makes sense. It's just it's a weird dynamic. But I just kind of kept to myself for that reason. I just, you know, drew and did what I wanted to do. Kind of like now.

So it wasn't like there wasn't like a concept of like cool kids. But I also was getting bullied at the same time by like other random bullies. But they weren't the cool kids, if that makes sense. It's just it's a weird dynamic. But I just kind of kept to myself for that reason. I just, you know, drew and did what I wanted to do. Kind of like now.

Definitely college, because it gave me an opportunity. I think when I was younger, I would do this every summer break. I was like, I'm going to reinvent myself. Because, like, there was so much that I desired that I was not achieving. I'm going to reinvent myself. I'm going to be cool when I come back from summer break. And then I think college was when I was actually able to do that that summer.

Definitely college, because it gave me an opportunity. I think when I was younger, I would do this every summer break. I was like, I'm going to reinvent myself. Because, like, there was so much that I desired that I was not achieving. I'm going to reinvent myself. I'm going to be cool when I come back from summer break. And then I think college was when I was actually able to do that that summer.

I lost a lot of weight. And also I went to Miami, University of Miami, and all of a sudden I was an international student that was coming in with a bunch of other scared international students into this like new environment. So everyone is trying to figure out where they are in this space. And for me,

I lost a lot of weight. And also I went to Miami, University of Miami, and all of a sudden I was an international student that was coming in with a bunch of other scared international students into this like new environment. So everyone is trying to figure out where they are in this space. And for me,

I think that was an opportunity where I wasn't I was no longer like a weird person that was sticking out because everyone else was weird. Everyone else coming to college is like a totally new, a complete reset. And I think that's when I started growing into my more social personality, for sure.