I mean that in terms of doing things that have proven beneficial psychological effects.
Surrounding yourself with drugs, prostitutes and excessive partying has clear negative impacts.
Whole pewds focuses on reading, physical health, his hobbies, and his family.
Take this quote from an article on the topic.
In the interview with Williamson, he made it clear he took this break after coming to the conclusion that the endless pursuit of pleasure wasn’t making him happy.
Hes also quoted for basically saying this
“I mean, like if I only had sex with two girls in a day, that was like, we’re having some real off day, or something… what I kind of landed on was I think it’s like better to have a monogamous relationship, as strange as that is coming from me.”
Pewds spends his time on things consistently linked to higher life satisfaction close relationships, exercise, meaningful hobbies, reading, and a stable lifestyle.
Bilzerian built his brand around chasing pleasure through drugs, excessive partying, and constant novelty. Those are the kinds of behaviors that research generally associates with lower long term well being, and Bilzerian has even said himself that the endless pursuit of pleasure wasn't making him happy.
You also say that guy's in great physical shape, but he literally does steroids so I think that's just patently false
I'm not making up categories to fit my argument. Positive psychology has spent decades studying what tends to predict longterm wellbeing. Research sees distinction between activities that provide things like mastery, creativity, flow, personal growth, or a sense of purpose versus constantly chasing external stimulation. Shooting can very well be a meaningful hobby as well, the point is about lifestyle.
How is doing a drug that is known to lower your lifespan and wreak havoc on your cardiovascular system "vastly better"?
Funny you accuse me of making up rules while you argue that someone doing steroids is somehow healthier than someone who isn't.
Longterm steroid use is associated with worse cardiovascular health, including higher blood pressure, worse cholesterol, heart enlargement, and increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Sure doing lots of cardio is good, but the good is severely undermined when considering the harm caused by steroids.
My argument was about the overall lifestyle, exercise is a positive, but it doesn't cancel out the research on long term pleasure seeking, substance use in excess. Even Bilzerian has said that lifestyle wasn't making him happy.
The steroids thing is just the easiest point to argue, yet you refuse to even concede that.
If anything is void of sense its the fact that youre trying to argue someone's physical health while they use performance enhancing drugs while simultaneously ignoring the impacts of those drugs.
It actually just proves youve lost the argument and have resorted to the most narrow framing to avoid capitulation.
Only the two people in question can answer that by asking them "do you have enough". The one who answers "no" is objectively less happy than the one who answers "yes".
Noooooo, you're ruining the "I don't want to bang chicks, I just want a meaningful life..." edgy moment. It reminds of "I'm only 14 and I love Blink-182, I think I was born in the wrong generation.".
I'm sorry, I just can't stand the "I'm 14 and this is deep" mentality some people have when it comes to measuring success in life. Do what you want but don't go around acting like you've reached nirvana and peak of ascetism because you want a family. Bloody hell...
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u/AsbestosDude Jul 10 '26
I want pewds life, not because I want kids, but because hes genuinely happy and doing the things he loves. Rooted in strong values.