My morning routine is. Wake up. Stretch. Look in the mirror. Repeat, “Thank God I’m not Ben Shapiro!”

Watch this at 1.5 speed, that's how I picture Steve after his 3rd Calzone and second box of wine.

I so look forward to Bro Watch, every time.

You're always my go-to KZfaq dude-bro, Steve. Would love for you to do a similarly themed, and scathing, video aimed at the Authortube Writing Advice Industrial Complex. Near as I can tell, Authortube is 90% YA-fed 12 year olds who wouldn't know life experience if it jumped up and slapped the John Green and Leigh Bardugo out of their hands. But, somehow these fresh-faced Zillennials are going to help me craft compelling fiction?

This has to be one of your funniest videos. The mental image of mini-me grifters cracked me up.

Why these modern day stoics can get away with stealing other people's ideas and make a bagillion dollars off of it is mind boggling. I tried reading Ego is the Enemy and didn't get very far when I realized not a single idea or life lesson in the book was his own.

Woke up early for work (5:30 am), and here I am drinking a cup of coffee in the truly beautiful and quiet pre-dawn hours (which I wish I just sat and appreciated more often) and here I am watching a Bro Watch video. 😜. Need to go get a jug of water before I head out for work.

I live for your Bro Watch videos. Off to watch your victims BEFORE I come back to get your take. I love playing along with Steve. (It is always surprising the nuggets of sense that you extract from the metric tons of poop!)

Like others I'm floored you haven't read The Righteous Mind, I've often wondered what you might think of it. I'm usually hyper skeptical of the kind of book, but I think Jonathan Haidt and Paul Bloom do it about as well and carefully as you can. haha yes, Bob Shiller is an excellent economist. And as I recall I reviewed that particular book for OLR.

affirmations? No coffee? Getting up early? I cannot get on board with this. I firmly believe in the Lazy Cow method. :) Are you sure Nate didn't just Blinkist his favorite books? I somehow can't picture him reading a chunky book 🤣

A new bro watch. Fantastic!

Next hour of my life I'm cooking and cleaning and believe you me I don't want to do it but that's life. That was just a bad timing for that particular advice)))))

Yes - I’d be happy to hear your thoughts about “The Righteous Mind”. Not perfect, but SO, so good.

The nothingness of meditation is more about the clarity of thought it brings to the rest of life. It's not extinguisment - or not just - it's renewal.

Love me a good bro watch.

I did watch a little of Ryan Holiday and I had to laugh when he was talking about Marcus Aurelius, and at one point calls him Marcus in that familiar way you mentioned--as if he knows him personally. 😉 I love intermittent fasting and your body does quickly adapt to the fast. It's also good to change it up, keeps your metabolism sharp. The meditation I do involves progressive muscle relaxation, initial stillness and rhythmic breathing...then journeys into various landscapes, starscapes, dreamscapes etc. Focused on unfolding sensory displays that the brain chemical changes afford while doing it. Approximately 20-30 minutes. You are so very right about Jordan Peterson. He cannot do proper interviews due to his own constant interruptions, interjections. So right about dogs and water--and cats. They need fresh water!

Grifters of the world unite! All we have to lose is other people's money.

new year? new steve? you're actually agreeing with some dudebro's advice? I thought I'd never see the day 🤣🤣🤣

How much water do you drink, Steve? Could you show your container? I’m trying to drink more and I find myself having stomach issues as a result.

@28:20: The multi-cam shoots can be for multiple reasons. It can be used to cut sentences together (as some of these channels will perform multiple takes) as well as just dropping "umms" or other undesirables. Another reason is re-engagement. From an editing perspective, those channels like to switch the visuals up every 5-10 seconds because it keeps the audience engaged for youtube analytics. We booktube plebs are used to the simple jump cuts, but some editors ask for multiple camera angles in case they don't have enough b-roll and just have a preference for using multiple angles.

All these Bros need to read Oblomov.

Starting the year with a browatch? You wanna start the year by getting to 13k subs?

No way! You upload a new episode of Manatee Monday And BroWatch on the same day? I mean, I'm elated, but careful, Steve! This sure is starting to look like you're pandering to your audience! Is this what will happen to your channel now that you hit 12k subscribers? Whatever is next? Brewing coffee on camera? A cow patty ring? Will the daily Penguin get a sponsor?

I do IF and I don’t smoke!