Hasan Piker

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

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

barbaric, this is the scariest thing I've ever seen. So when I was like, no, no, no, this is how it's been for 75 years. And the reason for that is because of Israel, they were like shocked. And so many people left and so many fans of mine said, no, this is unacceptable.

barbaric, this is the scariest thing I've ever seen. So when I was like, no, no, no, this is how it's been for 75 years. And the reason for that is because of Israel, they were like shocked. And so many people left and so many fans of mine said, no, this is unacceptable.

And I think in that process, I felt so discouraged about what I was doing because I was like, I've been saying these things for 10 years. I can't believe so many people would just be like, you're an Islamist fundamentalist terrorist. and you need to be de-platformed. That was when I felt so, that was the only time I felt discouraged where I was like, damn, what I'm doing is like, it's not working.

And I think in that process, I felt so discouraged about what I was doing because I was like, I've been saying these things for 10 years. I can't believe so many people would just be like, you're an Islamist fundamentalist terrorist. and you need to be de-platformed. That was when I felt so, that was the only time I felt discouraged where I was like, damn, what I'm doing is like, it's not working.

And I think people resent me for it, for my positions. And I don't know if I can like penetrate public consciousness. Now, obviously we're in a very different space now because 16 months later, everyone's like, okay, maybe you were right. You weren't that wrong.