Elissa has uploaded a clip from last night's kitchen seethestream where Nick complains even more about how much he hates streaming. This one's pretty nuts, and this clip comes in over 11 minutes.
Nick says he was depressed about streaming before Philly "almost to the point of never wanting to stream again". He talks again about how missing multiple days of streaming due to going to Philly for the weekend was stressful since it means it is harder for him to meet his Rumble contract.
Long interlude where I think he's whining about sponsors wanting to meet with him so he can take their money. He is so fucking busy!
Nick also complains that he likes to look at "video game stuff, Dungeons and Dragons, I'll check up on girls in bikinis, because apparently the computer figured out I like that, and that's what my, like, curated news is." Yes, he appears to be complaining that his news feeds on Instagram or whatever are not feeding him legal news for his prep for his show.
Nick is right that it is difficult to catch someone's attention and entertain them for hours at a time. He suggests testing it out for yourself to see how difficult it is, and I will be the first to admit that I couldn't do it. That's why it isn't my job. But he chose it as his.
When I hear the complaints about the time and effort that goes into streaming, my brain translates this to the direct analogue of anyone else complaining about their job. I can empathize with some of this. Most jobs are hard in their own ways. If he really hates the amount of effort required to run this kind of business, maybe he should consider another field. But by what he's actually complaining about, I'm not so sure a lot of that effort is even being put in.
He says it's hard to do show prep and bemoans that topics don't automagically show up in his curated feeds, but he doesn't seem to actively look for them. Business owners in any other field often have to do similar research, even into their leisure time. He also has an established community resource that is already willing to do this for him, for free, but is more interested in leveraging it for exposure of a different nature.
He says he doesn't want to meet with people for various business operations, and earlier expressed a general loathing of obligations. People working in any field have obligations of all sorts and have to talk with people all the time, whether they like it or not (and they often don't).
He says it's difficult to meet his contractual show goals when he's beaten down, tired, or out of town. A lot of people are beat down by their jobs and might not want to work on a given day, but have to do it anyway. Maybe he should consider not going on vacation while he still has to honor his side of the contract. Most people plan their fun around their work, not their work around their fun.
While I can empathize with the things that everyone has to go through, where it gets funny is when I remember that he is talking about a million dollar business that he doesn't want to manage or hire people to manage due to his particular peculiarities. But that's what caught my attention and what makes the whole thing entertaining!
