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The Dark, Sad Life of Boogie2988 | Official Documentary
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Jinzo Prime
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Can I get a TLDW?
Boogie2988 went from a successful youtuber to dealing with bankruptcy and a failing channel that barely gets 17,000 views per video (down from 230,000 pre covid)
Puscifer
Member
It's crazy to me what the availability of livestreaming has done to many YouTubers, go mask off one time if you're putting up a front and it's game over
Spokker
Member
Do you think him spending $200,000 on hookers from 2018 to 2021 had anything to do with it? I guess putting it into mutual funds isn't as fun, though.
Puscifer
Member
He literally got memed on with a crypto pyramid scheme and lost millions
Absolutely. But it is clear even before that that Boogie has zero knowledge of how to manage finances. He lost 600,000 on Crypto alone.
TheDarkPhantom
Member
Need to check this out when I have time, his Francis Xbox rant from a few years ago was GOAT-tier. I would occasionally watch his vids but it's been years, last thing I remember watching was him talking about preparing for the surgery, don't quite remember how long ago that was.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Why is some lady climbing on top of him in the intro?
I watched him during his prime years. Didn’t he join GAF and ended up saying some stupid stuff? He sure did screw up a good thing.
I watched him during his prime years. Didn’t he join GAF and ended up saying some stupid stuff? He sure did screw up a good thing.
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He spent 200,000 on prostitutes.
Not sure on the GAF bit. I may have to give this documentary a break. I am 30 min in and I am depressed as all hell watching it.
Pegasus Actual
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Yea, no sense in joining the downward spiral.
Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
That's because he was an insufferable prick. (I don't know about now) He would always make certain dramas about him, when they were nothing about him. He was weird and I saw the decline years ago. He basically squandered his fame and money. Wasting money on complete wastes of shit and his personality is or was reminiscent of Jekyll and Hyde.
newtypepilot
Member
imagine that the Frances persona wasn't really a persona at all.
Billbofet
Member
I watched about half of it and it's nothing but him complaining without much introspection or accountability. I hope he gets his shit back on track, but this doc makes him look terrible and challenging to be sympathetic to.
On a lighter note, I found it funny that having sex with him made a sex worker quit that line of work and even the filmmaker took a break because it was so exhausting how negative Boogie is about everything.
On a lighter note, I found it funny that having sex with him made a sex worker quit that line of work and even the filmmaker took a break because it was so exhausting how negative Boogie is about everything.
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Cyberpunkd
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He drew a lot of attention to himself, said dubious things, then had a meltdown any time someone criticized him (even in the most gentle possible way). Then people would pity and console him, he’d recover, go back to saying dubious things for attention, get mildly criticized, immediately have another meltdown, rinse and repeat.
Keep in mind that we had maybe a half dozen cycles of this in one night. It quickly became an untenable situation that was very disruptive and inappropriate, so I had to ban him. Nothing personal.
Pegasus Actual
Member
Some middling YouTube documentary maker tries to rehab Boogie's YouTube career, post Reddit takedown destruction, by throwing in a magic mushroom epiphany in as the conclusion.
There's tales of hookers, and wasting money. There's one hooker whose identity is being hidden but you can still tell she's really ugly. There's some other day-in-the-life bullshit.
Looks like he's currently getting a bump from post doc vids. He claims he'll stop making "I'm a sad sack" videos that nobody ever wanted to watch and hastened his channel's demise. We'll see how it goes.
I used to have Boogie subbed on YouTube. I tend to leave stuff subbed even if I don't really watch it, just to have a little more variety to pick from when looking at my YouTube subscriptions page. But I unsubbed him. I even still have Cinemassacre subbed ffs and I find that channel insufferable at this point.
Like the only other unsub I can even remember is COD stats YouTuber drift0r who went full retard and I guess is pretending he has a disease where he can't get out of bed or something?
Would have rather had a documentary on literally any one of Boogie's random Magic the Gathering friends' sad lives with maybe the exception of the girl with the hairy mole.
ManaByte
Gold Member
I remember him refusing to take a stance against GamerGate.
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-Minsc-
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One more thought. What sad group of people would even take the time to make such a documentary? They must have been jealous of his past success and want to feel good about his downfall. All said without watching the documentary.
The Cockatrice
Gold Member
Even looking at him makes me want to punch him. The fact that he had a huge fan base is still crazy to me.
It’s all on Boogie’s behalf it seems. It’s an authorized documentary.
ClanOfNone
Member
No such thing as bad publicity!
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I know resetera types love to shit on this guy. So he can't be all bad. I've seen very little of him over the years. I think I watched maybe one video. What made him "famous" was he funny?
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-Minsc-
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Ahh, ok. I suppose it all depends on how he uses the experience to grow as a person. Though, based on previous comments it may all play into his previous life cycle.
In the context of wanting him to improve as a person, yes. Feeding internet fame is probably not the best way to go about it.
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Dr.Morris79
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Sybrix
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I've been watching him on and off for the last few years, probably 10 year actually thinking about it.
He used to be primarily a gaming channel, however there is so much of his life drama that spills into his videos he seems to have focused on that for the last few years only.
I still watch his from time to time but some of the drama he gets caught up in is stuff im not interested in.
He doesnt help himself sometimes either, the e-begging video when he blew all his cash on Crypto.
In that documentary he talks about having to sell his house due to not making enough money now, however he also spent over $300k on hoookers.................................................. reasonable question is why didnt he clear his mortgage when he had all that cash!?!?!?
He used to be primarily a gaming channel, however there is so much of his life drama that spills into his videos he seems to have focused on that for the last few years only.
I still watch his from time to time but some of the drama he gets caught up in is stuff im not interested in.
He doesnt help himself sometimes either, the e-begging video when he blew all his cash on Crypto.
In that documentary he talks about having to sell his house due to not making enough money now, however he also spent over $300k on hoookers.................................................. reasonable question is why didnt he clear his mortgage when he had all that cash!?!?!?
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Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Most people are idiots, this one made loads of money but was still an idiot
TheUsual
Gold Member
Watched a good chunk last night. Damn, dude needed a financial advisor when he was raking in the money. Someone to guide him to grow that and not waste it.
Easy to judge in that aspect. It's natural to ride that income high and keep thinking it's going to be like that 24/7.
Other parts though...that job agency interview...hilarious. Dude is definitely out of touch there. And I didn't know he's a felon.
Easy to judge in that aspect. It's natural to ride that income high and keep thinking it's going to be like that 24/7.
Other parts though...that job agency interview...hilarious. Dude is definitely out of touch there. And I didn't know he's a felon.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
It really isn't. Not if you've ever come from hardship. Anything else is just stupidity.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
I can confirm sadly. My mother got some settlement money and instead of clearing her dept with it she blew all of it.Most people are idiots, this one made loads of money but was still an idiot
Some people just can't be helped.
Kenpachii
Member
Sad pile of garbage human, let him go bankrupt so he gets a wake up call. Also what the fuck is that 20+ younger chick doing with him? she's also a sex worker? because lets be real here lol.
kanjobazooie
Mouse Ball Fetishist
I didn't need to know that Boogie worked in porn.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
It happens bud, just be there for her whatever she does, she's still your mum
Mines the same though..
Cyberpunkd
Member
TBH don't we have enough examples of great athletes coming from hardship and the first thing they do is blow all their paychecks on stupid things, then after they retire they go bankrupt relatively quickly? Tyson is one example.
I would say the opposite - if you don't come from hardship your parents probably instilled in you the value of hard work, but also sensible budgeting and financial acumen.
-Minsc-
Member
In reading about successful people they typically mention finding a great mentor. It's reasonable to say those who hold on to success (not the superficial kind) have wise counsel behind them.
Laieon
Member
Dude also seems to get extremely judgemental and push away anyone who legitimately tries to help him or suggest he's anything less than perfect, from his exwife to various other Youtubers like Ethan Klein to that fitness guy who reached out to him after he got his surgery to try to get him on a workout plan that would keep him at that weight, if not even better (I think that was Boogie anyway). He's the living embodiment of this:
Yep, and seems like that trend has just continued year after year.
Yep, and we also see young people in their 20s joining the military and blowing their paychecks on sports cars. Financial literacy isn't nearly as prominent as it needs to be.
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willothedog
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Prince Andrew disagrees.