Ok, this is the BAD ENDING to carrying on YouTube WELL past your 'prime'..
(Points at Pewdiepie) This is the GOOD ENDING of retiring at your peak and living your life, uploading when YOU want to. I mention him now especially as some on the salty left are mentioning he JUST left the top 10 subscribed Youtuber charts despite being retired for years..
Jon very early pivoted into a whole production company, well above what he needed for his own videos. His stuff seemed to just be for his own amusement and quick cash infusions rather than a career by that point. Which is why he uploads so rarely.
No actual idea. The only confirmation we has is he makes some commercials without his face in them (meaning we don't even know which ones they are), but if you look at the size of his crew and background work area its very clear they do more than just his videos. Shit he got a few guys from Industrial Light and Magic that he named in one video, which means he has connections too.
I honestly think if other youtubers used him they'd credit it, as he is a huge name in that sphere, and we haven't seen that at all. So they must be used elsewhere.
Once you get out of the "hobby" level and try to make it a job its very much in the "oil field" situation. Where you need to be making and investing every penny as fast as possible before that gravy train runs out, and it will quickly unless you are part of a small, small group.
Boogie COULD have had a good end. He had so many off-ramps and friends encouraging him to better himself. He could have gotten his weight under control, find new hobbies, and quietly matured alongside his audience as he dedicated himself to a new passion.
He threw it all away because he's a impulsive fat fuck with zero self-control. Now he's doomed to be a maladjusted lolcow for terminally-online autists.
What are your thoughts on James Rolfe AKA Angry Video Game Nerd?
He has kept going long after his material has stopped being good, and (relevant to his AVGN costume) is balding in the worst of ways (see his Glitch Gremlin reunion episode for an excellent example).
Rather than getting hair plugs, getting a convincing wig (emphasis on "convincing", see his Dragon's Lair pt 2 video) or shaving it all (kind of like Doug Walker AKA Nostalgia Critic), he's decided to really lean into it for comedy's sake, and all I can do is shake my head in pity.
Edit: To lighten the mood, sometimes I sing the line "where did their hair go?" from his Ikari Warriors video, because it is so prophetic in an ironic way.
He probably should've changed what he is doing or stopped routinely posting, just making videos when he feels like it.
The worst thing you can do is stay with the same thing forever as eventually, you stagnate. As again, look at Pewdiepie, he ROUTINELY changed what he was doing and got new audience while keeping his old. Hell I hated his early work with the scarecam reaction shit but liked him years later, ironically around the fiver scandal.
I doubt Boogie has the coordination for something like that. He's probably fine anyways, I'm sure there's at least two rolls on the back of his head to cushion his fall.
Unless the axe has a conductive handle, it wouldn't matter if he did. No path from the blade through his body.
As someone else said, he just couldn't deal with the axe suddenly coming free. Possibly made worse by all the drywall dust on the smooth floor under his feet.
I must have missed the part where he "almost DIES" because it looks like, at worst, he just lost his balance and fell down because he's a fat, uncoordinated fuck. Axe didn't even come close to hitting him.
How none of these people secure their bag at their peak never ceases to amaze me. God damn... Only assholes who did it right is Asmongold and Pewdiepie it seems.
Just saying, if asmon quit today, he can pretty much do nothing for the rest of his life in comfort. Which is just him in that roachsty playing games and eating dollar steaks as a millionaire.
Boogie had near 4 million viewers and getting millions of views pretending to be a wholesome fat with aspergers pretending he is pretending to be his real-self. And we're talking pre-adpocalypse money.
He's telling his viewers he's broke and doing stupid shit like this for dollars.
That's assuming Asmongold invested his money well or has a modicum of financial literacy. I wouldn't be surprised if he'll eventually blow his fortune on medical bills (him "washing" out the taste of water with soda should tell you everything), or, judging by his milquetoast takes on everything imaginable, some boondoggle/rug-pull his real-life associates guilt-trip him into "investing" in.
Asmon is no different from a lotto winner; he'll revert to the mean in due time, i.e. poor.
Maybe I'm wrong and Asmon will continue rolling in the dough with mediocre reaction vids. But so far, the only one that succeeded in every sense of the word is Pewds.
I've long been disabused of "fiduciary duty", oaths, swears, and other pinky promises people make mouth-noises reciting, but for Asmon's sake, I hope you're right.
I have to imagine that with a portfolio large enough it makes more sense to skim things off the top while continuing to grow said portfolio rather than to zero it out by transferring it all into another account. Long term grift is better than stealing the whole thing and getting caught.
If OSHA can just run in a person's own home where they're doing work and call it a violation then you truly are slaves of the state and everything you do is on the clock for them.
Anything but getting a real job.
Ok, this is the BAD ENDING to carrying on YouTube WELL past your 'prime'..
(Points at Pewdiepie) This is the GOOD ENDING of retiring at your peak and living your life, uploading when YOU want to. I mention him now especially as some on the salty left are mentioning he JUST left the top 10 subscribed Youtuber charts despite being retired for years..
Jontron seems to have done well too
Jon very early pivoted into a whole production company, well above what he needed for his own videos. His stuff seemed to just be for his own amusement and quick cash infusions rather than a career by that point. Which is why he uploads so rarely.
Does he hire out his crew to other youtubers?
No actual idea. The only confirmation we has is he makes some commercials without his face in them (meaning we don't even know which ones they are), but if you look at the size of his crew and background work area its very clear they do more than just his videos. Shit he got a few guys from Industrial Light and Magic that he named in one video, which means he has connections too.
I honestly think if other youtubers used him they'd credit it, as he is a huge name in that sphere, and we haven't seen that at all. So they must be used elsewhere.
Once you get out of the "hobby" level and try to make it a job its very much in the "oil field" situation. Where you need to be making and investing every penny as fast as possible before that gravy train runs out, and it will quickly unless you are part of a small, small group.
The saying Jim had:
"You got 5 years to make your money, invest it well then get out!"
Boogie COULD have had a good end. He had so many off-ramps and friends encouraging him to better himself. He could have gotten his weight under control, find new hobbies, and quietly matured alongside his audience as he dedicated himself to a new passion.
He threw it all away because he's a impulsive fat fuck with zero self-control. Now he's doomed to be a maladjusted lolcow for terminally-online autists.
What are your thoughts on James Rolfe AKA Angry Video Game Nerd?
He has kept going long after his material has stopped being good, and (relevant to his AVGN costume) is balding in the worst of ways (see his Glitch Gremlin reunion episode for an excellent example).
Rather than getting hair plugs, getting a convincing wig (emphasis on "convincing", see his Dragon's Lair pt 2 video) or shaving it all (kind of like Doug Walker AKA Nostalgia Critic), he's decided to really lean into it for comedy's sake, and all I can do is shake my head in pity.
Edit: To lighten the mood, sometimes I sing the line "where did their hair go?" from his Ikari Warriors video, because it is so prophetic in an ironic way.
He probably should've changed what he is doing or stopped routinely posting, just making videos when he feels like it.
The worst thing you can do is stay with the same thing forever as eventually, you stagnate. As again, look at Pewdiepie, he ROUTINELY changed what he was doing and got new audience while keeping his old. Hell I hated his early work with the scarecam reaction shit but liked him years later, ironically around the fiver scandal.
Did he hit an electrical conduit, or did he just pass out from the physical exertion?
Looks to me like he just fell on his ass when the axe pulled free.
Might even be faked for content. You can't see where he lands, there might have been a pillow or something.
I doubt Boogie has the coordination for something like that. He's probably fine anyways, I'm sure there's at least two rolls on the back of his head to cushion his fall.
Unless the axe has a conductive handle, it wouldn't matter if he did. No path from the blade through his body.
As someone else said, he just couldn't deal with the axe suddenly coming free. Possibly made worse by all the drywall dust on the smooth floor under his feet.
All that blubber would insulate Boogie from a shock even if the axe was all-metal
I must have missed the part where he "almost DIES" because it looks like, at worst, he just lost his balance and fell down because he's a fat, uncoordinated fuck. Axe didn't even come close to hitting him.
Liberal, fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life. He should come to Canada and hire a MAID eh? 😊
How none of these people secure their bag at their peak never ceases to amaze me. God damn... Only assholes who did it right is Asmongold and Pewdiepie it seems.
>did it right
>Asmongold
Just saying, if asmon quit today, he can pretty much do nothing for the rest of his life in comfort. Which is just him in that roachsty playing games and eating dollar steaks as a millionaire.
Boogie had near 4 million viewers and getting millions of views pretending to be a wholesome fat with aspergers pretending he is pretending to be his real-self. And we're talking pre-adpocalypse money.
He's telling his viewers he's broke and doing stupid shit like this for dollars.
That's assuming Asmongold invested his money well or has a modicum of financial literacy. I wouldn't be surprised if he'll eventually blow his fortune on medical bills (him "washing" out the taste of water with soda should tell you everything), or, judging by his milquetoast takes on everything imaginable, some boondoggle/rug-pull his real-life associates guilt-trip him into "investing" in.
Asmon is no different from a lotto winner; he'll revert to the mean in due time, i.e. poor.
Maybe I'm wrong and Asmon will continue rolling in the dough with mediocre reaction vids. But so far, the only one that succeeded in every sense of the word is Pewds.
He's mentioned stock holdings on a couple of his vdeos. I assume he just has enough money to hire someone to be financially literate on his behalf.
I've long been disabused of "fiduciary duty", oaths, swears, and other pinky promises people make mouth-noises reciting, but for Asmon's sake, I hope you're right.
I have to imagine that with a portfolio large enough it makes more sense to skim things off the top while continuing to grow said portfolio rather than to zero it out by transferring it all into another account. Long term grift is better than stealing the whole thing and getting caught.
If OSHA can just run in a person's own home where they're doing work and call it a violation then you truly are slaves of the state and everything you do is on the clock for them.
I hate that tweet.