Yeah, most of them are actually artists primarily, but getting a stable job in art is quite hard.

It’s surprising that more political science majors that want to make a difference to society aren’t working at an Amazon warehouse instead of streaming.

1. The person in OP’s picture could retire today and never work again. So clearly it’s not “sucking out his soul” since it’s entirely voluntary.

I mean, debatable, hassas is like early 30s and if we make the big big assumption he has $1m in actual savings, then he would have to live for another 50 years just to make it into his 80s which would come out to about $20k/year not considering investments or inflation or anything. So not realistically enough to retire on.

Even if we assume he can retire to a life of luxury, does it being voluntary mean it can't be a soul sucking? Like my country has a good benefits program and I'm disabled, so I could live the rest of my life on benefits if I wanted to, does that mean I can't complain about my job and that it can't be soul destroying?

The effort of actual streaming is only part of the job and it's still tough to engage with people and be entertaining for hours and hours every day. Like have you not been in a social situation where you have to put on airs? It's exhausting.