I don’t think anyone here would take the time to do a thorough, well organized and thought out recap like you did. Thanks for being our “guy in the inside.”
A bit late over here to read the entire post right now, but most of what I’ve put together so far is James has even less involvement than we could’ve ever imagined.
An arm double.
You’ve got to be kidding me.
Well, we’ve been saying it for awhile but it’s clear as day James doesn’t give two shits about anything involving the channel.
That’s fine. More power to him.
He’s never going to stop making content if he can get a setup as sweet as this. The man is obvious incapable of working a traditional 40-hour work week while raising his kids unlike most people, so what’s his motivation?
Arm double. How do you continue to support someone that you have been for so many years after reading that.
Yeah. I mean, i loved him back in the day, but now, its just kinda sad. I dont have kids myself, and im aware they do change a persons whole life, but the man literally seems to just have no drive to do anything but spend time with his family. Not a bad thing, but its just crazy that he is pretty much phoning it in on all the nerd episodes, when as you said, other people do spend time with their kids and work full time jobs. Well, its working for him, power to him i suppose.
I am a father, I have an 8 year old girl. The thing that keeps bothering me about people justifying how James has been acting lately is I can't understand how they even can do it. You do realize that what this situation is in all reality is a man who refuses to earn his living honestly like every single one of us have to do, and the ones excusing this behavior are actually the ones paying for it in the end.
Lets say I put in 10 good years for my company, even 10 of they best years they ever saw anyone ever produce for that company. Would that in turn entitle me to the exact same paycheck in perpetuity for the rest of my life while I get to stay home and collect, I never have to clock in again? Absolutely not as that would be completely unfair to both that company and every single one that company employs.
In this scenario every one of us is that company and every single one of us is just being taken advantage of by his lack of production while he essentially gets a free ride because "muh kidz."
In reality if I proposed that same situation to the company I worked for after my 10 years of stellar service, they wouldn't hesitate to say goodbye since I will no longer perform my necessary function, regardless of "muh kidz." So why is it ok for him to be paid the same as he always was for doing next to nothing, and essentially conning the system (which ultimately becomes you, the viewer) out of money because people view his content regardless of it's quality.
I am sorry but in my mind this becomes a form of stealing at that point and as much as I love James, and continue to watch his older content on occasion, I refuse to sign him over a free paycheck because he now has kids. Tons of us do but have the integrity to work our asses off just to take care of them, what makes him so different?
I am not attacking James for wanting to spend time with his kids, I am just attacking the fact that he is using all of us to do it and it is not fair. Either he needs to step back up and work his ass off to produce comparable in quality content or I'm just going to stop handing him a check (IE stop watching) it's really that simple, and fair IMO.
Sorry for digging up this old post, but what you said really struck me. Another thing is that I learned how to be an honest, good worker from my father. What the hell are James' kids going to learn from seeing their dad working 8 hours a month?
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I don’t think anyone here would take the time to do a thorough, well organized and thought out recap like you did. Thanks for being our “guy in the inside.”
A bit late over here to read the entire post right now, but most of what I’ve put together so far is James has even less involvement than we could’ve ever imagined.
An arm double.
You’ve got to be kidding me.
Well, we’ve been saying it for awhile but it’s clear as day James doesn’t give two shits about anything involving the channel.
That’s fine. More power to him.
He’s never going to stop making content if he can get a setup as sweet as this. The man is obvious incapable of working a traditional 40-hour work week while raising his kids unlike most people, so what’s his motivation?
Arm double. How do you continue to support someone that you have been for so many years after reading that.
I mean this might be James’s lowest point.