Brennan’s mix of agency (organizing 100 person LARPs at 15, becoming creative director at LARP camp by 19), and mindless track following (thinking the goal of arts school was grades).
He’s so proactively submissive about starting community college at 14. “Oh man I was so annoying. I apologize to anyone who had to be around me back then”. You can really see the childhood bullying trauma.
This isn’t conjecture, he says outright he still expects every new group he meets to put him in a trashcan.
I imagine hearing him talk about this would be bad for a 14yo in a similar position, which is a shame because the introspection around choosing his own goals vs. having them picked for him seems really useful.
About his recommendation of a social strategy: “Am I lying or telling the truth? I’m telling the truth to myself but you shouldn’t do it”.
Frank discussion of how financial constraints affected his life.
A happy ending where all the weird side threads from his life came together to create the best possible life for him.
things I found interesting about this video:
Brennan’s mix of agency (organizing 100 person LARPs at 15, becoming creative director at LARP camp by 19), and mindless track following (thinking the goal of arts school was grades).
He’s so proactively submissive about starting community college at 14. “Oh man I was so annoying. I apologize to anyone who had to be around me back then”. You can really see the childhood bullying trauma.
This isn’t conjecture, he says outright he still expects every new group he meets to put him in a trashcan.
I imagine hearing him talk about this would be bad for a 14yo in a similar position, which is a shame because the introspection around choosing his own goals vs. having them picked for him seems really useful.
About his recommendation of a social strategy: “Am I lying or telling the truth? I’m telling the truth to myself but you shouldn’t do it”.
Frank discussion of how financial constraints affected his life.
A happy ending where all the weird side threads from his life came together to create the best possible life for him.