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He is like the opposite of DSP where instead of a very autistic strict schedule that must be adhered to he can only try to stream "in the moment", and if he doesn't do it right during the minute the thought about then it can't be done. If he is awake NEET hours could he not stream at 10 pm or 7 am?
 
100% VIRGIN M00TY said:
He is like the opposite of DSP where instead of a very autistic strict schedule that must be adhered to he can only try to stream "in the moment", and if he doesn't do it right during the minute the thought about then it can't be done. If he is awake NEET hours could he not stream at 10 pm or 7 am?
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Yes, but as he said, he'd probably find reason to not do it.
Also, I highly, HIGHLY recommend watching Spoony's review of Captain America (1979)
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The Spoony Experiment - Rebruary 2010: Captain America (1979) (Reupload)

Originally uploaded 02/08/10 Reb Brown dons the stars and stripes as America’s hometown hero!
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So much of it aged well. A suicide joke about 2 minutes in, with spoony saying that's the coward's way out. Criticism that the protagonist is boring and even putting in the sound of a crying baby as Steve Rogers complains. You could easily make a montage of spoony's whiny tweets and put the same cry over them. That's not to say that the criticism isn't valid. It's just amusing to see how much those points can be applied to spoony himself.
 
100% VIRGIN M00TY said:
He is still alive but not living, he is some sort of ghoul stuck in the confines of Twitter purgatory.

What does he do all day? Can he even name the day of the week he is in? He can't even low effort stream once a month. The only time something changes is when life forces a change on him, like being kicked out of his house. You would think sheer boredom of doing the same thing every day for years would have snapped him out of it by now.
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I think he has legit crippling depression. Like the medical condition where the chemicals in his brain are so fucked up that he can't function. Depression is kind of a meme cause so many people falsely claim it when they're a little sad or a little lazy or just wanna be a victim and get attention, but real brain chemical depression exists. Not absolving him of responsibility for his choices/actions or saying he didn't dig the hole he's in, but he's clearly actually mentally ill and not able to get himself out of it after years of going ever deeper into it. He doesn't even seem to do the most minor things to save himself. He needs a doctor and medication.
 
Lucas Silva #4903141 said:
Yes, but as he said, he'd probably find reason to not do it.
Also, I highly, HIGHLY recommend watching Spoony's review of Captain America (1979)
www.youtube.com

The Spoony Experiment - Rebruary 2010: Captain America (1979) (Reupload)

Originally uploaded 02/08/10 Reb Brown dons the stars and stripes as America’s hometown hero!
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com

So much of it aged well. A suicide joke about 2 minutes in, with spoony saying that's the coward's way out. Criticism that the protagonist is boring and even putting in the sound of a crying baby as Steve Rogers complains. You could easily make a montage of spoony's whiny tweets and put the same cry over them. That's not to say that the criticism isn't valid. It's just amusing to see how much those points can be applied to spoony himself.
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It's shocking how many of Spoony's videos have been recontextualized in recent years. My personal favorite is from Ultima IV where he talks about the hobos you throw money at.


Or that one joke from Tekken: Blood Vengeance where Miles tells him flat out to get a job (to say nothing of the constant mocking of the emo character despite Noah's own statements exceeding his in cringiness).

 
That beggar section perfectly works with Darksydephil as well, I feel like making a poor mans edit now.

Grand Wizard Wakka said:
I think he has legit crippling depression. Like the medical condition where the chemicals in his brain are so fucked up that he can't function. Depression is kind of a meme cause so many people falsely claim it when they're a little sad or a little lazy or just wanna be a victim and get attention, but real brain chemical depression exists. Not absolving him of responsibility for his choices/actions or saying he didn't dig the hole he's in, but he's clearly actually mentally ill and not able to get himself out of it after years of going ever deeper into it. He doesn't even seem to do the most minor things to save himself. He needs a doctor and medication.
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It is surprising how pointless any type of action feels when your brain is dead and you are getting no chemical reaction from it, so usually only the most necessary actions are performed like eating and drink and brushing teeth. And also the amount of fatigue that depression brings.
 
Spoony definitely has chemical depression, but so do lots of people. Spoony's problem is that he doesn't want to get better. He likes being depressed, and while that is the case he won't seek or accept any help, which his narcissism prevents anyway.
 
Lucas Silva #4903141 said:
Yes, but as he said, he'd probably find reason to not do it.
Also, I highly, HIGHLY recommend watching Spoony's review of Captain America (1979)
www.youtube.com

The Spoony Experiment - Rebruary 2010: Captain America (1979) (Reupload)

Originally uploaded 02/08/10 Reb Brown dons the stars and stripes as America’s hometown hero!
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com

So much of it aged well. A suicide joke about 2 minutes in, with spoony saying that's the coward's way out. Criticism that the protagonist is boring and even putting in the sound of a crying baby as Steve Rogers complains. You could easily make a montage of spoony's whiny tweets and put the same cry over them. That's not to say that the criticism isn't valid. It's just amusing to see how much those points can be applied to spoony himself.
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In the context of the review, "coward's way out" was true. In Loony's current state, suicide would be a courageous move. Depends on context, but killing yourself is not as easy as you might think especially if you don't have a cyanide pill or other "hands off" method. Imagine pushing a knife (or glass) in your neck, not easy when your body surges suddenly with adrenaline trying its best to change your mind.

Spunt said:
Spoony definitely has chemical depression, but so do lots of people. Spoony's problem is that he doesn't want to get better. He likes being depressed, and while that is the case he won't seek or accept any help, which his narcissism prevents anyway.
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I guess his heart problems leave him with a constitution of a 80yo. How do you differentiate between "too tired to do things he'd like to do" and "messed up brain chemistry" among old people? And what do you suggest he should do to "get better"?
 
kuniqsX said:
And what do you suggest he should do to "get better"?
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See a fucking doctor. Get meds prescribed. See a therapist. Accept the offers of help he is given every day. Even if he has to pay out of pocket to see a psych, his paypigs would gladly foot the bill. The reason he won't do these things isn't depression, it's ego.
 
Spunt said:
Spoony definitely has chemical depression, but so do lots of people. Spoony's problem is that he doesn't want to get better. He likes being depressed, and while that is the case he won't seek or accept any help, which his narcissism prevents anyway.
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He's definitely one of those people that loves using their issues as a crutch. Why get better when you have paypigs throwing you money every month despite not putting out any content [or making any attempt to put out content] in years.
 
Spunt said:
Spoony definitely has chemical depression, but so do lots of people. Spoony's problem is that he doesn't want to get better. He likes being depressed, and while that is the case he won't seek or accept any help, which his narcissism prevents anyway.
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It's not that he doesn't want to get better, it's that he wants it to magically be cured without any real effort on his part. Anything that requires time, patience and effort without immediate results is automatically dismissed as "not working".
 
Grand Wizard Wakka said:
I think he has legit crippling depression. Like the medical condition where the chemicals in his brain are so fucked up that he can't function. Depression is kind of a meme cause so many people falsely claim it when they're a little sad or a little lazy or just wanna be a victim and get attention, but real brain chemical depression exists. Not absolving him of responsibility for his choices/actions or saying he didn't dig the hole he's in, but he's clearly actually mentally ill and not able to get himself out of it after years of going ever deeper into it. He doesn't even seem to do the most minor things to save himself. He needs a doctor and medication.
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You can lead the horse to water, but you can't make them drink.

Spoony as I recall was diagnosed as having Bipolar II - which is a bit like normal Bipolar, but the high-part of the cycle never hits the crazy Manic level like in normal Bipolar. I remember him joking about it at the time when he was still vaguely capable of a joke between sad/wrestling tweets. I do recall him seeing doctors a bunch post CA-fallout and Scarlet. So it's not like he hasn't ever seen a professional. He has also spoken about trying therapy - but his twitter thread about it suggested he never had any intention to actually try it - so it was a waste of everyone's time.

But then - there's only so much a doctor can actually do for Depression. They can get you time off and give out anti-depressants, but a good doc will be cautious with resorting to those unless you convince them nothing else is working. They'll normally recommend CBT or other self-therapies that teach methods to identify when a depression/anxiety episode is incoming and how to try and counter or overcome it. The biggest step to curing depression is being able to say your tired of the numb nothingness or hopelessness you feel and asking for help. Which is difficult, but many people still manage it even when they hit massive lows.

But that can only happen when your willing to say "I deserve better" and are willing to look at what tends to set those episodes off. April likely stuck around because yeah, people who struggle with depression before getting help tend to need a bit of time and understanding. But it hit a point where she realised he didn't even want help to get better and just wanted to wallow in that misery.

Even if his folks or Miles showed up and forced him to the docs, it's all a waste till he says he wants to be better.
 
Yea.

Mental illness is a difficult thing to treat, and psychology is very far from being a hard science the way that physical medicine is. If you break your leg, doctors and nurses can physically tie your ass down to a table and do what needs to be done to fix it. If you have the sadbrains, there's only so much they can really do. They can't just go in and flip a switch and fix it. They can only be guides. Participation and a good-faith desire to get better are absolute requirements in recovery. Spoony doesn't want to participate and doesn't actually want to get better because he finds a perverse comfort in sadness.
 
RJ MacReady said:
Spoony has finally invented a new excuse to not stream: Nobody will watch me.

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This is not going to end well. As shitty as the streams are, they are the very last thread he has.
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This blog, updated very early in his career. He originally wanted Counter Monkey to be a book but abandoned it when he ran out of material and revived it as a vlog series a couple of years later. I've read through it a couple of times. It's legitimately interesting stuff and lends perspective to Spoony's past and personality.

I forgot about the other Counter Monkey site. He also created a separate site for Wrestle Wrestle around the same time which was likewise abandoned, and uploaded Counter Monkey to Youtube on its own channel where it remains today. This was all when he was trying to placate fans who didn't like his vlog content by separating it from TSE.
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I finally worked up the will to look at the link you put, and that's not it actually. I think it was something like photobucket? It had written reviews of x files episodes if that rings any bells.

Edit: Ah here it is. https://spoonyone.livejournal.com/
 
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Hello pot. Meet kettle.

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Spoony can bitch and moan about Trumps personality all he wants.

At least Trump never had 3 year old expired taco shells stored away pathetically in his cupboard along with the other sad foods Spoony has.
 
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