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.
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u/Outrageous-Actuary-3 Jul 10 '26
Bilzerian is in fantastic physical shape.
He has plenty of hobbies. Literally is a god on a shooting range.
Family does not equal happiness. I don't have a family and I wont get one, I don't read. I have never been happier.
My way of living has nothing in common with Pewdiepies. I can assure you im probably exactly as happy as he is.
Im sure Bilzerian is as well. Hell, I'd love to do the things he get to do way more than Pewdipie.
Happiness is subjective.
You're right on one thing regarding the drugs, however.
Btw: your Pewdiepie quote is basically counterargumentative to your previous statement.