Lets breakdown the many copes of Noah Cantwiler.
1.
"It's been over 10 years." The passage of time only makes a comeback more meaningful.
2.
"I've struggled for years with this. And I've tried. I really have." What he does isn't that difficult, and in terms of a comeback video the bar has never been lower. Many people would be content with little or no editing. If he can't even sit infront of a camera then he should just record over footage or go back his roots and make written reviews. His social media is proof that if nothing else he can still pump out volumes of text.
3.
"the culture and the platforms available have made it so that content production, for me is basically impossible and not a viable career option by any stretch" The fuck does this mean? Who cares what the culture is like, people want more of his old content not something contemporary. He still has a channel with 144k Subscribers, new YouTubers would kill for that kind of reach, so any mention of the platform is bullshit. It doesnt need to be a career either, right now he makes basically no money (what's his patreon at?) and even if making videos wont pay the equivalent of a salary what he'd get for them will be more than the nothing he's getting now.
4.
"The truth is that I've been useless to everyone ever since I parted ways with April. The breakup destroyed me, and that's entirely on me for not being able to deal with it. The only thing that's brought me any solace is in raising my dogs, and I'm fully aware of how pathetic and sad that truly is." While he does try to undercut the blame by saying its his fault for not being able to deal with it, this does still come off like he's blaming April, a fangirl rebound from Scarlet, dumping him for all his problems. While we don't know the details of that breakup, how messy it was, what was said, etc this all boils down to an issue of self esteem. Consider the follow up sentence, he thinks its pathetic and sad to take solace in raising his dogs. Raising dogs is cool, and dogs provide a means of meeting women a bonus to his chances of connecting with them, but he can't see it that way because he's too busy wallowing in his own self loathing.
5.
"Video production was all I was ever any good at. It was all I ever wanted to do. And now I can't even face getting in front of a camera anymore for all the feelings of shame and inadequacy I feel." Those feelings of shame and inadequacy would melt away if he just started making content again. Going back to what I said before about facing the camera, if that really is such a big obstacle for him then he doesnt have to do it. Heck why not make a video where his MST3K puppet is the one doing the review? Maybe that form of cognitive dissonant disassoaciation would help him. He could open with the puppet (I wish I could remember its name) complaining that it waited too long for Spoony to stop being a lazy, pathetic, bastard and now it's time to take matters into it's own hands. That has the potential to be genuinely funny.
Unfortunately we'll probably never get to see that, or anything else from Spoony again. If he doesnt actually kill himself this time he's going to either fade away or return to the status quo of being a faggot on social media until the next time he needs to bait for pity.
In the unlikely event that I am wrong, here's three video premise ideas that Noah has my permission to steal without credit.
A. The puppet perspective outlined in point 5 above.
B. Just make a video in the same old style as before as if nothing ever happened.
C. Make a video and blame the subject matter for the decade timeskip e.g. "this game/movie was so bad it put me into a content coma for a decade!"