Belle Delphine had a pretty interesting take on it. Her reasoning is that the average male compulsion is to protect and provide for a woman, right?
Now normally you'd 'simp' for your wife and kids. Men bust their asses at shitty jobs so they can provide for their families and recieve love and validation in return. One man providing for one woman and his children.
Now you have thousands of male viewers donating cash money to (objectively) hot girls in order to scratch that itch.
yeah or they just develop a parasocial bond because of a lack of genuine interaction with the opposite sex and throw money at her in hopes that they’ll be able to fuck her
If only we had a system where a man would meet a woman with shared life goals, form an emotional bond, marry her and use his income to provide for her and their offspring in exchange for love, intimacy and validation.
No, most gendered behavior is learned behavior, and women fall prey to it just as much. People are just lonely and donating money to streamers to interact creates a parasocial illusion of a close relationship. Its a problem in streaming in general.
I don't really get this explanation though. I'm a dude with a few friends and I go out ocassionally so maybe I'm not absolutely lonely but I'd never donate my money on some random girl online, no matter how hot she is
Also the Life path of getting a girlfriend/wife to "simp" for, then buying your house, car, have kids, get bigger house don't really exist for a lot of people nowadays so they fill the void with other stuff, like donating streamers
Probably because you scratch that itch with real women, the point they’re making is the men that support and donate to hot streamers can’t scratch that itch irl.
I don't interact that much with real women though. I have like one friend that's a girl and we speak very rarely and besides that, I doubt family counts lol. It's worth mentioning that I don't think I have this need of providing, idk if it's cuz I'd rather use my money on myself or because I don't have lots of it, just enough to live and slowly save up for things I want to buy for myself
I don't get how people are up voting this pseudo psychology take. There are plenty of lonely single men who would never donate to e girls. Also if having a gf/wife "scratches the itch" you'd think people wouldn't cheat on their partners.
I agree with you. And I like Belle Delphine. But I do experience happiness when I look at posts that are about pretty women like her. The content consuming alone feels good. I hope the platforms can unban her. Last time I checked insta and tiktok banned her accounts again. But the reposters and pretenders are still there. Hannahowo's accounts got banned in tiktok often too. And I don't really feel the need to donate money to them.
Sex Sells has worked literally since the dawn of humanity, if not earlier. The phenomena of “Watch thing because sexy woman” has existed basically since motion pictures have existed.
I think this is fundamentally different. Here there’s really nothing to sell, the viewers have access to the content already, and chose to donate because simping makes them feel good. This is different than buying a product because s hot chick is in the ad or even simping for someone they know irl.
Research in social psychology has found that men with lower self-esteem or higher rejection sensitivity often rate attractive women less favorably than men who feel more confident.
It’s thought to be a defense strategy to reduce perceived competition or feelings of inadequacy.
I would question that psych finding considering that beauty is subjective to begin with. It could be that people with kids and esteem prefer certain types of women and genuinely find socially labeled "attractive women" less hot. Think of all the lip injected buccal fat removed monstrosities that are "hot celebrities". You could also say that those with more and esteem are more humble and thus give more conservative ratings.
For individuals? Yes. For averages in groups? Nope.
That'd be weird, because for that to impact the study all the people with low self esteem would have to have a collective different taste than confident people. Which would is.. highly unlikely.
Again, that'd also be weird, since the only rated more conservatively on above average women.
Human isn't. Humans are. I really get the feeling you flunked statistics in classes.
Psychology experiments are often full of shit to begin with and many studies couldn't even be replicated. For example, how did you even find out who in your study has "low self esteem"? Self report? More often than not it's some dumb method "when we offered them cookies they took more so they're more confident" or "they held eye contact for % of time so they were labelled more confident". "Rated more conservatively on above average women" yes because women are probably rated higher than they should be, they would rate more at the middle of the bell curve where most of the population is. Somehow I doubt you have any experience in stats or psychology if you think many of their experiments say anything useful.
All these guys calling that girl mid. I donno, I just get the impression they would turn on a dime if she was actually interested in them. Also guys who feel the need to type "she's mid at best" in a comment section of a Reddit post, I never get the impression these are the most highly in demand men.
Oh don't get me wrong, dudes on reddit who are overly eager to call girls mid or ugly are probably losers, just pointing out that people who rate her as average may not be doing it out of spite or some kind of complex. Also really doesn't help when slang like "mid" is used as insult. Mid should mean "average" which shouldn't even be an insult, it's literally the largest part of the population. And once again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Intuitively this feels true, do you know why women rate very obviously and conventionally attractive women (and men to a lesser extent in my experience) very low though?
It’s about self esteem and wanting to believe that they’re more beautiful. Of course, if said woman is a friend, they’ll be called an incarnation of divinity regardless of their actual appearance.
Also, lots of people are way too online and don't go outside enough. Because the people who post videos and pictures of themselves online that get views tend to be more attractive and/or use filters, it skews the perception of what are average looks.
Literally, I've never watched a stream in my life and have no idea who this is (so I don't even know why I'm in this comments section to be honest) but like there's nothing wrong with saying she's clearly a very attractive person?
Nah sure they arent. Thats why I am surprised. This is considered slightly above avarage here in her age bracket (of course if you take out white trash and junkies). Not bad looking sure, but...well mid.
Could be just where people are rating on the scale. Like I know a lot of people who would be insulted if they were rated 7 or below. Even though out of 10 a 7 is far from bad. Think like an ign 7 which is a shit game most of the time
I mean sure, but from the clips ive watched her personality is quite normal. Nothing super charismatic.
Also if im honest, if a woman is popular on twitch it 99% of the time means her following is mostly horny men daydreaming about fucking her. This is nothing against women, just that I know their audience.
Seriously, it's a subjective matter, but if you don't think she's a 7+ then you should probably get off the internet and step outside for a bit. Or you're Henry Cavill and everybody just seems less to you.
Anything, drink it, masurbate with water despite that being worse than dry, try to give themselves an enema, freeze it in the shape of a vagina and get frostbite on your chap trying to fuck it.
I have no idea who she is. A whoops video is basically just another term for a leaked video with the assumption of it being something that wasn't intended to be released publicly
She is the quintessential "tease hoe", as they have been called. Do obviously sexually suggestive things while acting too innocent to get it, or just don't acknowledge it. Her viewers want her sex appeal while pretending she is a pure and innocent soul unlike those other "thots". If she did OF, those fans that have built up her career would leave in droves as their cognitive dissonance is invoked.
The V-tuber Filian does this as well. She always goes on about being a "virgin" and teases her audience with "flash bangs" which are just swimsuit shots in suggestive ways but she is "innocent" so it seems immoral.
I honestly think the men find them attractive for these reasons are the same men that want to only date some pure and submissive virgin who is also an insatiably horny sex goddess. They are afraid of being negatively compared to any other past or hypothetical partners she may have had, and it makes them feel superior to those "gooners" who watch women like Amouranth, or date women IRL with high body counts.
I saw a YouTube once where they were trying to keep John Lennon's marriage on the down low for the same reasons. Keep them single and potentially 'available'.
I’d also like to add that Disney was hardcore subscribing to this same formula, the Jonas Brothers had purity rings and were selling them to fans. 40 year old women wanted to jump 16-17 yr old Joe Jonas’s bones 😂.
Pokimane probably has generational wealth at this point and wouldn't ever need to do OF within her lifetime unless it was for personal reasons or she gambled all her money away like an idiot.
Dont forget actively shitting on her own fanbase on the regular. Nevermind the scam that those 'cookies' she sold were. I cant imagine being so horny that youd actively turn into someone who actively despises you.
ive made a plan, i think only 3 more $1500 donations and she will dm me and then i basically got it in the bag, mom said we'll lose the house because i took out a 15k loan but waifu will pay it for me obviously
She looks like that cute local barista or pretty cashier at grocery store. She’s “everyday/girl next door-attractive” and that’s a great appeal since it’s not a super model that lives in another dimension as you.
While there are prettier girls, she is still very good looking.
I don't know a bit predatory. It's like saying looking at a nice shaped big dick makes me feel alive but small shrimp dicks makes the world sorrow and unenjoyable, feels suicidal.
This is because she wants to marry me and have sex with me!!! Why else would should respond to my message specifically?! We must meet in real life! She will see me and we will fuck!!!
I rarely leave comments on anything, I hate this woman and everyone who likes her, men and women, nothing interesting about gaming/chatting twitch streamers....
Just a first mover effect. She actually could play LoL when it was peak and looked good, and then just monetized the heck out of anything she did after that.
This has nothing to do with "male loneliness" epidemic. You can find pics of her without makeup on, she is more than mid. It's just that men need to step out of their caves once in a while (especially if you want a girlfriend).
As someone with a close circle of friends from both genders but also someone who's had no bitches his entire life, that's quite the assumption you just made
I'm not debating they have overlapped populations, but they are distinct things.
I am absolutely part of the male loneliness problem. I give zero dollars to ethots. You can't just start calling me a twitch chat simp because I have few friends. Despite overlapping populations they are distinct things. I would assume a very high proportion of married men also have less than 5 friends.
And it's men without friends, who'll join these livestreams to get some form of social connection even though it's parasocial.
When you're tired of being rejected for yourself as an individual, but you're cherished when a part of the group (in this case the chat, in many cases cults and religious groups), you do end up leaving your individuality behind only to benefit the cause of the group
Honestly watching streamers as a whole doesn't make sense to me cuz like why would you watch hours of boring content with like 5 minutes of actually entertaining stuff, like do people really have so much time to waste?
Yeah I’ll never understand people that spend hours every day watching other people play video games or react to shit or react to other streamers reacting.
I hate those YouTube videos "idiots laugh at whatever BS is trending "
I can just hang out with my own friend group and have fun laughing with them about the same shit, how parasocial do you have to be to laugh at a group of friends laughing at memes?
I hate all “loud=funny” channels tbh. That ishowspeed guy annoys me to no end. I genuinely don’t understand his appeal. Seems his entire shtick is just being a loud obnoxious asshole.
I mean if you think about it watching any TV or drama is watching actors react to situations, and reality TV is literally reaction content. Maybe you should try harder to understand people.
Some streamers are fairly funny or entertaining, but i can't imagine just sitting there literal hours watching them. I dont have the time nor attention span for that.
It's easier to watch someone play a game than play it yourself. React shit I'll never understand though, maybe if you play something and have the stream on 2nd monitor
I like watching YouTube videos of streams of people who are really good at games I play, or do challenges. I really like Roffle, because he’s really good. I don’t like watching bigtits54 playing the most mid shooter ever. Or Johnfard with a trillion views playing the same shooter but with nothing funny. Only streams I watch are caseoh occasionally
I only get it when it's a watching a player that's really good at the game or hosts community events. It's fun in a small community like Trackmania where you see the same top players often, and can play against them when they host events. Watching FPS Streamer #754 does nothing for me.
Also good second monitor content while working (or at work where I can't play games myself). But at most I'll give a Prime Sub because I have that already. I really don't get people donating hundreds to a streamer.
Even their highlights sucks. I tried watching top 10 funniest moments of some hot streamer, and it's all small mundane things followed by their overreactions.
"WAIT WHAAT? DUDE NO WAY! WAIT WHAT?? THAT IS SOO CRAAAAZY DUDE WHAT?? THAT IS IN-SANE! "
yeah most top 0.001% popular streamers are ass. only good ones out of the super popular id say are jerma (whos kinda retired) and nl. and if its a hot woman streamer then frankly chances are they got popular for being a hot woman and not actually being entertaining. good female streamers do exist though like cakejumper.
most online content isnt worth watching, it just feels like twitch is worse because the discoverability is pretty bad and almost all the popular stuff is trash
Absolutely, there is a huge local yt channel in my country, which i absolutely admired, they did quality gameplay videos nicely edited, even tech videos and stuff. It was the RadBrad equivalent for me in my lamguage.
But after years they transitioned slowly to twitch and stopped making handcrafted videos. They made 2-3 other channels about VODs, Shorts, podcasts and stuff but that wouldn’t even be the problem.
Tried this stream thing because i loved the personality and i was interested of the current game he was playing, but i only saw a man trying to talk every 5 mintues with the chat about inside jokes, thanking donations and stopping/ruining gameplay. He literally ignored pop-up tutorials and important game elements because he simply wasn’t paying attention to the game.
Nowadays they have collaborations with McDonalds and are becoming celebrities among non-gamers too.
I like where the are right now, because they deserve it, but i really miss their old yt era.
Any sort of streaming I think is lowkey dumb. I'm not against it per se, but I personally won't spend 6 hours of my life to watch someone play a game, when I know damn well there's gonna be a 30 minutes long video that condenses those 6 hours into a comprehensible and entertaining experience. I've rarely been excited for a livestream, and I have rarely sat through one from start to finish. I sometimes watch one for a few minutes, then leave because it's just not that entertaining usually. I'm much more used to edited videos that summarize a stream. And this isn't about short attention span or need for entertainment at all times (such as Family Guy clips or Subway Surfers gameplay), but more so about the fact that there's a type of content I'm more used to, and I don't like changing things if I can avoid it. Also, I don't like sitting through 20 minutes of silence because Mr. Streamer went for a shit and forgot he was live and went on his phone for too long. At least in VODs I can skip that, but not on streams, which is another reason why I don't like them. I have nothing against those who watch them or those who stream, but it's not my kind of stuff. If I was a content creator, I most likely would do streams, though, because then I get to actually do something.
obviously you're just not the intended audience (me neither). watching the game itself isn't the point, it's watching someone they like albeit parasocially playing the game. don't have data to back it up but i feel it's gotten nore prevalent that the rise in streaming came along during covid because people couldn't go out. so they scratch the itch with streamers and even streaming themselves with friends and strangers. i don't watch this streamer so i don't have an opinion on their quality, but she's an attractive girl who plays vidya so that's kinda a big net.
what i don't get is vtubers who act as anime characters. no hate, i can see it's the same game but played em differently. now that it's just not for me.
You gotta pick your streamers properly really. And I personally don't think most people just sit down to watch a stream but rather do it while eating/playing something/doing other shit. I don't just watch a stream unless I'm too tired to do anything else and at that point I might as well go to sleep
The only time I've watched streams (and only for max 30 min) was when I was interested in a game or dlc and wanted to see if it was worth the purchase. Sometimes to learn a game too but YouTube is better for that.
This thread turned into people whining about streaming being bad, and I honestly don't really understand why people think that.
I think it's relaxing to watch someone play while having some conversation with them. Streamer rambling about some irl story of theirs, or other topic with game in the background.
Y'all are not ready to learn what vtubers are I think
Almost all streaming is just the most innane wank that nobody should give a fuck about ever.
Most people watching crypto streamers are doing it while driving Uber.
Most people watching IRL streams don't go out IRL
People watching thirst streamers have beaten their dicks into being ineffective.
Reaction streamers? Their audiences are acoustic so dont know how to react.
The bearded dad gaming streamers who make their kids party with them? Your kids just want to do homework and jerk off, you're as bad as trailer park late night visiting dads.
This doesn't explain the popularity of male streamers, it doesn't explain donations, and it probably doesn't explain looking at an attractive woman play video games for hours.
Anon finds out "male loneliness resulting in people forming parasocial relationships with streamers and other photogenic internet personalities" has been monetized
watching anyone play anything is pretty dumb. there are exceptions where its the humor of the person who just happens to be streaming though. pongsifu is a good example. dudes a goof
there are exceptions where its the humor of the person who just happens to be streaming though.
isnt it the reason for almost everyone? if someone just wants to watch gameplay theres thousands of videos without commentary out there. you either watch them for their commentary/personality, their skill or because you wanna jerk of them whenever they say your name after you gave them money
I watch her podcast with LilyPichu occasionally. It has had some good episodes for just laughing at silly things, pretty girlie. I don’t lurk streams nearly ever, even then it’s stuff I like. (Fire Emblem)
Anyways, it’s interesting how Lily seems to have really earned her job (voice acting, and she seems more real and grounded) but she has an “annoying voice” says my wife. And then Poki has this relatable tone of voice, but she seems more like a princess. I dunno, it’s skill sets I guess.
Regardless of opinions on streamers and anything else, isn't this like a rather common feeling anyway? LMAO.
Seeing your partner do something you like and backseat them/just watch them do it is fun. Hell, I have fun watching my dirty male friends play games, let alone my gf.
You know, sharing experiences and that kind of thing.
I mean, when I play video games I play the female lead because I like looking at their butts while the video game plays. I gotta figure it’s the same, I’m watching a game play through and there’s also tits.
I've never watched her but I have watched podcasts she's shown up on and she always seems to be pretty funny and likable. Maybe people like her because she's actually likable i don't see why thats such an impossibility.
if you enter a parasocial relationship with a sexual kontext you might as well watch the streamer do something you enjoy yourself... i mean, it least it has that upside.
thats better than no relationship at all for many out there.
Those poor boys need love so bad, I can feel it in SOUL :(
I believe in mating for life, but if I was reborn as straight girl with my memories intact, I would have sex and cuddle with all the lonely virgin men just to make them feel better and give them confidence to get the waifu of their dreams.
I would literally do everything in power to fuck that fat balding virgin shut-in NEET in his 30s that doesn't use non-anonymous social media. I would break into his house and drug him, cuff him to the bed and tape his mouth so he doesn't scream. Then I would free his hand and ask if he wants to have sex, he'd write down his answer, if he says no I'd leave, If he says yes then I'd let him prepare or fuck him right then and there if he wants. Each anon gets a few days of loving attention so it doesn't feel like a one and done prostitute experience.
Once I get plenty of experience I will make a holy order of women based on the principles of love and sex, I will train them in my ways, and then no man will be a virgin involuntarily or never not know what it's liked to be loved.
doxx-o-matic@reddit
What makes a man do this? Not having his ass beat enough for being a pervert when he was a kid.
CORVlN@reddit
Belle Delphine had a pretty interesting take on it. Her reasoning is that the average male compulsion is to protect and provide for a woman, right?
Now normally you'd 'simp' for your wife and kids. Men bust their asses at shitty jobs so they can provide for their families and recieve love and validation in return. One man providing for one woman and his children.
Now you have thousands of male viewers donating cash money to (objectively) hot girls in order to scratch that itch.
SwissIdol97@reddit
yeah or they just develop a parasocial bond because of a lack of genuine interaction with the opposite sex and throw money at her in hopes that they’ll be able to fuck her
CORVlN@reddit
If only we had a system where a man would meet a woman with shared life goals, form an emotional bond, marry her and use his income to provide for her and their offspring in exchange for love, intimacy and validation.
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The_Shittiest_Meme@reddit
No, most gendered behavior is learned behavior, and women fall prey to it just as much. People are just lonely and donating money to streamers to interact creates a parasocial illusion of a close relationship. Its a problem in streaming in general.
Fiercepaws@reddit
I don't really get this explanation though. I'm a dude with a few friends and I go out ocassionally so maybe I'm not absolutely lonely but I'd never donate my money on some random girl online, no matter how hot she is
The_Majestic_Mantis@reddit
You’re not the target demographic. That’s why so many dont understand, which might be for the best.
TobiChocIce@reddit
Also the Life path of getting a girlfriend/wife to "simp" for, then buying your house, car, have kids, get bigger house don't really exist for a lot of people nowadays so they fill the void with other stuff, like donating streamers
Mirrormaster44@reddit
Probably because you scratch that itch with real women, the point they’re making is the men that support and donate to hot streamers can’t scratch that itch irl.
Fiercepaws@reddit
I don't interact that much with real women though. I have like one friend that's a girl and we speak very rarely and besides that, I doubt family counts lol. It's worth mentioning that I don't think I have this need of providing, idk if it's cuz I'd rather use my money on myself or because I don't have lots of it, just enough to live and slowly save up for things I want to buy for myself
InquisitorMeow@reddit
I don't get how people are up voting this pseudo psychology take. There are plenty of lonely single men who would never donate to e girls. Also if having a gf/wife "scratches the itch" you'd think people wouldn't cheat on their partners.
CORVlN@reddit
aLsO If hAvInG A Gf/wIfE "sCrAtChEs tHe iTcH" yOu'd tHiNk pEoPlE WoUlDn't cHeAt oN ThEiR PaRtNeRs
InquisitorMeow@reddit
Sorry if you got cheated on buddy, no need to take it out on me.
FrazzleFlib@reddit
that actually makes some sense
_Empty-R_@reddit
maybe. doesnt fully work. I am the loneliest man I know of and I full despise and avoid this behavior.
TheJReesW@reddit
Not everything applies to everyone, but it applies to enough people that someone like pokimane can make a living out of it
girlgamerpoi@reddit
I agree with you. And I like Belle Delphine. But I do experience happiness when I look at posts that are about pretty women like her. The content consuming alone feels good. I hope the platforms can unban her. Last time I checked insta and tiktok banned her accounts again. But the reposters and pretenders are still there. Hannahowo's accounts got banned in tiktok often too. And I don't really feel the need to donate money to them.
glizzytwister@reddit
Belle Delphine has a room temperature IQ, so I wouldn't really put much weight into her words.
CORVlN@reddit
She made millions selling her bath water to men
glizzytwister@reddit
No she didn't, she made $90,000. That's a lot for bath water, but it's a far cry from millions.
And people wanting to buy her bath water has nothing to do with her intelligence.
CORVlN@reddit
Brother the point of the conversation is that she made millions off of selling intimacy to lonely men, Jesus.
glizzytwister@reddit
Yes, and you're treating her as some kind of philosopher because she pointed out that men are horny.
In reality, she's dumb, regardless of how much money she made shaking her tits around on camera.
You need to touch grass.
Rex__Lapis@reddit
and yet she made insane bank and a couple times at that. she played the game before it became big. made huge money and gtfo. can't be that stupid
Hello-_-Kitty@reddit
they're downvoting you cuz the betas are mad
CORVlN@reddit
They hate us cause they ain't us
UsErNaMeS_aR_DuMb@reddit
Sex Sells has worked literally since the dawn of humanity, if not earlier. The phenomena of “Watch thing because sexy woman” has existed basically since motion pictures have existed.
A_Random_Dane@reddit
I think this is fundamentally different. Here there’s really nothing to sell, the viewers have access to the content already, and chose to donate because simping makes them feel good. This is different than buying a product because s hot chick is in the ad or even simping for someone they know irl.
Doyoueverjustlikeugh@reddit
I would bet Hooters waitresses get higher tips than regular waiters, which would be comparable to this situation.
FearLeadsToAnger@reddit
Long before film.
J-DubZ@reddit
Pokimane is insanely mid also
groupfox@reddit
Where the fuck do you live if you think she is mid. She is not 10/10, but she is definitely up there.
PatrickDCally@reddit
Common phenomena.
Research in social psychology has found that men with lower self-esteem or higher rejection sensitivity often rate attractive women less favorably than men who feel more confident.
It’s thought to be a defense strategy to reduce perceived competition or feelings of inadequacy.
InquisitorMeow@reddit
I would question that psych finding considering that beauty is subjective to begin with. It could be that people with kids and esteem prefer certain types of women and genuinely find socially labeled "attractive women" less hot. Think of all the lip injected buccal fat removed monstrosities that are "hot celebrities". You could also say that those with more and esteem are more humble and thus give more conservative ratings.
Spiritual_Grape_533@reddit
For individuals? Yes. For averages in groups? Nope.
That'd be weird, because for that to impact the study all the people with low self esteem would have to have a collective different taste than confident people. Which would is.. highly unlikely.
Again, that'd also be weird, since the only rated more conservatively on above average women.
Human isn't. Humans are. I really get the feeling you flunked statistics in classes.
InquisitorMeow@reddit
Psychology experiments are often full of shit to begin with and many studies couldn't even be replicated. For example, how did you even find out who in your study has "low self esteem"? Self report? More often than not it's some dumb method "when we offered them cookies they took more so they're more confident" or "they held eye contact for % of time so they were labelled more confident". "Rated more conservatively on above average women" yes because women are probably rated higher than they should be, they would rate more at the middle of the bell curve where most of the population is. Somehow I doubt you have any experience in stats or psychology if you think many of their experiments say anything useful.
PatrickDCally@reddit
All these guys calling that girl mid. I donno, I just get the impression they would turn on a dime if she was actually interested in them. Also guys who feel the need to type "she's mid at best" in a comment section of a Reddit post, I never get the impression these are the most highly in demand men.
InquisitorMeow@reddit
Oh don't get me wrong, dudes on reddit who are overly eager to call girls mid or ugly are probably losers, just pointing out that people who rate her as average may not be doing it out of spite or some kind of complex. Also really doesn't help when slang like "mid" is used as insult. Mid should mean "average" which shouldn't even be an insult, it's literally the largest part of the population. And once again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Specialist_Lie514@reddit
Intuitively this feels true, do you know why women rate very obviously and conventionally attractive women (and men to a lesser extent in my experience) very low though?
CreatorA4711@reddit
It’s about self esteem and wanting to believe that they’re more beautiful. Of course, if said woman is a friend, they’ll be called an incarnation of divinity regardless of their actual appearance.
sculksensor@reddit
Honestly I feel like more men should be doing that, even the playing field
jfuss04@reddit
Common theory is its mental gymnastics to encourage behavior that makes their competition less attractive
CasperSac@reddit
I don't KNOW, but my guess is it's the same reason (low self-esteem)
-Moon-Presence-@reddit
Lmao nah she is actually mid
CA6NM@reddit
Do you have the study by any chance?
nhtj@reddit
I just looked her up and have you seen her without makeup? Shes literally average. The phenomenon you describe is real but idk if it applies here.
destroyerOfTards@reddit
So why did I rate her higher than that guy? Am I dumb?
luigitheplumber@reddit
Also, lots of people are way too online and don't go outside enough. Because the people who post videos and pictures of themselves online that get views tend to be more attractive and/or use filters, it skews the perception of what are average looks.
Worried-Compote2897@reddit
Literally, I've never watched a stream in my life and have no idea who this is (so I don't even know why I'm in this comments section to be honest) but like there's nothing wrong with saying she's clearly a very attractive person?
POLISHED_OMEGALUL@reddit
Saliiim@reddit
All relative, she's definitely attractive, but mid for an e-thot.
J-DubZ@reddit
Doesn't matter where I live, I've simply seen her without makeup on.
axemexa@reddit
I’m curious, do you hold off on judging other women’s attractiveness until you see them without makeup?
groupfox@reddit
Are you comparing her with girls with make-up or what?
pakushi@reddit
Bro what
Have you seen other women without makeup or just pokimane
HatsuneM1ku@reddit
There are actual pretty women without makeup irl. They just don't come on your porn rotted tiktok feeds.
groupfox@reddit
Well there are people who make millions a year. That doesn't make the person who makes $300k a year mid.
Busterthefatman@reddit
they have not.
say what you want aboit her content but saying she's mid is just incorrect
J-DubZ@reddit
Yes, obviously
Fuzzy_Engineering873@reddit
She’s not bad looking without makeup she’s just not a cute asian chick like she makes her Twitch personality
SabunFC@reddit
She's Asian?
Fuzzy_Engineering873@reddit
No, literally not at all. She tries to market herself as Asian for engagement though because people love anime girls
maclainanderson@reddit
She's Moroccan
retardinho23@reddit (OP)
Almost 100% North African/Moroccan
SabunFC@reddit
u/KwintenDops Thanks. I'm glad I barely know anything about this lore.
KwintenDops@reddit
She’s maroccan
retardinho23@reddit (OP)
She actually has 0 east asian dna.
IT_techsupport@reddit
As someone who just visited Medellin, she is indeed very mid. 😂
L003Tr@reddit
Her voice is annoying af and she looks like a 12 year old
N_ando@reddit
The photo in this post isn't a particularly flattering one ngl If I'd never seen pokimane before I might say she is mid based off this photo
Mean_Introduction543@reddit
To be fair it’s hard tell. At least for me I’ve never seen a pic of her where it didn’t look like she had a solid inch of makeup on
Apprehensive-Toe4160@reddit
Are muricans really so ugly on avarage? Czech here, she is weaker 6 even with makeup.
SukunaShadow@reddit
Let’s not start pretending Czech women on suddenly top tier
Apprehensive-Toe4160@reddit
Nah sure they arent. Thats why I am surprised. This is considered slightly above avarage here in her age bracket (of course if you take out white trash and junkies). Not bad looking sure, but...well mid.
jfuss04@reddit
Could be just where people are rating on the scale. Like I know a lot of people who would be insulted if they were rated 7 or below. Even though out of 10 a 7 is far from bad. Think like an ign 7 which is a shit game most of the time
glizzytwister@reddit
I've seen your women, maybe one in 100k is a smoke show. The rest look like eastern european Gollum.
Less-Raspberry-7831@reddit
Low standards I guess
Pandorama626@reddit
She's okay. Nothing special, imo.
Friendly_Rent_104@reddit
online most pics are with 100 filters so you have to move the scale down
Verdux_Xudrev@reddit
I think he was referring to her content. Which, is mid. She was fine when playing Among Us with Corpse and folks. That's it. Mid.
SuddenTest9959@reddit
She’s girl next door hot. It’s part of her whole persona “chill nerd girl”.
kaninkanon@reddit
Turn off the simp vision
randyranderson-@reddit
Definitely mid. Good makeup skills though
Sean-Benn_Must-die@reddit
no i think shes a 6/10, not ugly but like for the fame she got you would expect a fucking bombshell of a woman
Cleigne143@reddit
Maybe because she has a personality? Don’t think you can sustain being a popular streamer for just being pretty.
Sean-Benn_Must-die@reddit
I mean sure, but from the clips ive watched her personality is quite normal. Nothing super charismatic.
Also if im honest, if a woman is popular on twitch it 99% of the time means her following is mostly horny men daydreaming about fucking her. This is nothing against women, just that I know their audience.
ElefanteOwl@reddit
Seriously, it's a subjective matter, but if you don't think she's a 7+ then you should probably get off the internet and step outside for a bit. Or you're Henry Cavill and everybody just seems less to you.
253253253@reddit
People's standards have been completely fucked thanks to instagram
legopego5142@reddit
bro is using reddit to look at 4chan calling her mid 😂
Turok7777@reddit
There's always 100,000 fuck-ugly internet gremlins itching to talk about how someone conventionally attractive actually isn't.
eddy_ed12@reddit
My brother in Christ go touch some sum grass
LeagueofSOAD@reddit
I think she would actually lose fans if she did only fans.
I_Heart_QAnon_Tears@reddit
This why "whoops" videos come out. To test the waters. If the reaction is negative then it was a mistake, otherwise it is on to selling bathwater
dirschau@reddit
What do people do with that anyway?
Is it just an ironic souvenir from their, ah, "favourite streamer" that sits on the shelf.
Or do they... Use it?
PascitoLP@reddit
People drank it.
PropheticUtterances@reddit
IIRC there was a man who contracted an STI from consuming a gamer girls bath water. I don’t recall if it was Belle Delphine or someone else.
Aractoruser@reddit
Dude, if you’ve been on the internet long enough to know about bath water, you know about the caliber of degenerates we have out there.
CUM JAR became part of the lexicon.
To answer the question. Yes… people “use” it.
Neomataza@reddit
Don't forget that officially they will say it was "an ironic purchase", because it seemed funny at the time.
zeromant2@reddit
Or the "cum box"
dirschau@reddit
...I like to pretend that they're not real
Cleveworth@reddit
Leave a sandwich to grow mold long enough and eventually it'll cover the earth's surface.
Ardalev@reddit
Don't we all?
bddragon1@reddit
in anyone's defense, the bathwater stories have reached a mainstream audience
Hello_Pal@reddit
I honestly think people that buy it like memorabilia. It represents a cultural time. At least that's the best way I can read it
mogley1992@reddit
Anything, drink it, masurbate with water despite that being worse than dry, try to give themselves an enema, freeze it in the shape of a vagina and get frostbite on your chap trying to fuck it.
The world is your degenerate oyster.
Mega_Anon@reddit
It's meant for drinking
ZeistyZeistgeist@reddit
Reminder: this is nothing new.
In Roman times, people bought perfumes made from gladiator sweat. Bathwater is just 21st century Gladiator sweat sale.
ShironeWasTaken@reddit
Separate it into multiple portions, mix each one in a bottle of lube. Jerk off with your favorite streamer
Later virgins 😎
throwawaysledking1@reddit
this guy knows bathwater
Queens113@reddit
https://i.imgur.com/7FCQkWB.jpeg
WSBPauper@reddit
omyrubbernen@reddit
IIRC, someone vaped a gamer girl's bathwater.
Icefox119@reddit
Wouldn't that technically be called steaming gamer girl bath water as it doesn't produce an aerosol?
utkohoc@reddit
You are underestimating the amount of mental illness present in gooner incels
Squidman_Permanence@reddit
Enema.
dirschau@reddit
something_usery@reddit
Drink it
NotEeUsername@reddit
You guys are crazy. She would make a fortune on OF and you know it
Maximillion322@reddit
What is a “whoops” video? Did pokimane have one?
Kirito619@reddit
Nip slips or other "accidental" flashes
I_Heart_QAnon_Tears@reddit
I have no idea who she is. A whoops video is basically just another term for a leaked video with the assumption of it being something that wasn't intended to be released publicly
Queens113@reddit
*fart jars
Dreadnought_69@reddit
TrueGootsBerzook@reddit
She is the quintessential "tease hoe", as they have been called. Do obviously sexually suggestive things while acting too innocent to get it, or just don't acknowledge it. Her viewers want her sex appeal while pretending she is a pure and innocent soul unlike those other "thots". If she did OF, those fans that have built up her career would leave in droves as their cognitive dissonance is invoked.
LeagueofSOAD@reddit
The V-tuber Filian does this as well. She always goes on about being a "virgin" and teases her audience with "flash bangs" which are just swimsuit shots in suggestive ways but she is "innocent" so it seems immoral.
TrueGootsBerzook@reddit
I honestly think the men find them attractive for these reasons are the same men that want to only date some pure and submissive virgin who is also an insatiably horny sex goddess. They are afraid of being negatively compared to any other past or hypothetical partners she may have had, and it makes them feel superior to those "gooners" who watch women like Amouranth, or date women IRL with high body counts.
cucumbersuprise@reddit
Bit like how k pop stars can't have partners while they work for a music company
Freeexotic@reddit
Not just them, but basically every one of the Japanese "idols". It is insane to read about.
SoloMarko@reddit
I saw a YouTube once where they were trying to keep John Lennon's marriage on the down low for the same reasons. Keep them single and potentially 'available'.
SatanicAtTheDisco@reddit
I’d also like to add that Disney was hardcore subscribing to this same formula, the Jonas Brothers had purity rings and were selling them to fans. 40 year old women wanted to jump 16-17 yr old Joe Jonas’s bones 😂.
BiSaxual@reddit
It would be a crime not to post this.
https://youtu.be/UHBOp7AUkc0?si=-LdlwO1jqWhBpIIc
thenicezen@reddit
No fking way people unironically view filian like that. She is way too unserious lmaoooo
Munnin41@reddit
You're forgetting how absolutely stupid people are
klonkish@reddit
LostDelver@reddit
Yeah the people Filian collabs with? I can see why people are attracted to them. Fillian herself? She's just puntable.
krtwastaken@reddit
Doesn't she have an onlyfans with lewd pics of her avatar?
crackcrackcracks@reddit
Pokimane probably has generational wealth at this point and wouldn't ever need to do OF within her lifetime unless it was for personal reasons or she gambled all her money away like an idiot.
HighOverlordSarfang@reddit
Dont forget actively shitting on her own fanbase on the regular. Nevermind the scam that those 'cookies' she sold were. I cant imagine being so horny that youd actively turn into someone who actively despises you.
jbot1997@reddit
reminds me of yellz
ImTeijirr@reddit
I agree. It kills part of the fantasy once simps see her naked.
realjobstudios@reddit
Madonna whore complex and all that
my_cars_on_fire@reddit
She does OF now?! I didn’t know this! No one told me! Wtf, I thought we were all in this together?!
Cs0vesbanat@reddit
Don't read with your dick.
eberlix@reddit
My mind is telling me no, but my body... My body is telling me yee-ees!
AahAhhHahHaAhahHaHah@reddit
Reddit would be a much better place if people actually abided by that statement.
Ok_Firefighter3314@reddit
Sorry bro, she only makes videos for me
Cute_Prune6981@reddit
Literacy rates are insanely down nowadays.
my_cars_on_fire@reddit
It’s been a long day, I apologize.
Kiwieeeeeeeee@reddit
It's okay i forgive you fren :)
J-DubZ@reddit
Yeah probably
69th_inline@reddit
All the more reason to watch her, it's a more realistic potential girlfriend fantasy.
J-DubZ@reddit
"realistic potential girlfriend fantasy"
salvoilmiosi@reddit
schelmo@reddit
One of the saddest combination of words I've had the misfortune of reading on this website
69th_inline@reddit
Vo112d@reddit
no bro youre just jealous that she'll date me
ive made a plan, i think only 3 more $1500 donations and she will dm me and then i basically got it in the bag, mom said we'll lose the house because i took out a 15k loan but waifu will pay it for me obviously
youre all just haters!
J-DubZ@reddit
You forgot "show up at twitch con, meet her and we fall in love"
SabunFC@reddit
Elevating a mid to the status of millionaire streamer will ensure your fantasy remains a fantasy.
69th_inline@reddit
Incel story arc 101
Admirable-Ad-5026@reddit
Just wait until they start following a trade wife streamer
SabunFC@reddit
A trade wife? Oh no.. I just got back from 3rd or 4th 7 day ban this year.
would-i-hit@reddit
ALL CAKED UP WITH MAKEUP
POLISHED_OMEGALUL@reddit
would-i-hit@reddit
this chick is at the dunkin i go to
J-DubZ@reddit
Her makeup artist sure earns their living that's forsure
Kirito619@reddit
She does it herself. Even rich people do their own make-up unless for a special event i assume
Sean-Benn_Must-die@reddit
shes my QUEEEEEN
POLISHED_OMEGALUL@reddit
Nand-Monad-Nor@reddit
bait
OkSession5483@reddit
It's amazing on how many dumbasses think they have chance on her when she has a fucking cuck husband
BallisticThundr@reddit
This is an insane comment. Reminds me of the incels on r/truerateme
Savagemac356@reddit
IT_techsupport@reddit
As someone who just visited Medellin, she is indeed very mid. 😂
hundenkattenglassen@reddit
She looks like that cute local barista or pretty cashier at grocery store. She’s “everyday/girl next door-attractive” and that’s a great appeal since it’s not a super model that lives in another dimension as you. While there are prettier girls, she is still very good looking.
_YuKitsune_@reddit
Why are people in the comments acting like this is t subjective? 😂
Munnin41@reddit
This is considered mid today? Porn has really rotted y'alls brains
slashth456@reddit
I think Pokimane is very conventionally attractive, but she just is also very much not my type
Dd_8630@reddit
In English, please?
J-DubZ@reddit
adjective
glizzytwister@reddit
She's not even a top earner on Twitch. She clears a little over a million a year. Dimension 20, for instance, clears over $10,000,000 per year.
GuyNamedWhatever@reddit
But she said the n-word one time so every edgy internet dweeb is still in
Berkuts_Lance_Plus@reddit
Stop trying to make "mid" happen.
FieryArctic@reddit
Mid happened a long time ago, bucko.
zdune09@reddit
She's objectively attractive that's why she has the career she does. You're giving big incel energy here Lil gup
TheIronGnat@reddit
Also Canadian, which is even worse
paco-ramon@reddit
Mid on the internet is gets you more than been beutiful in real life.
98VoteForPedro@reddit
But she's a gamer girl
HighArctic@reddit
pretty women are nice to look at
HLADQ2@reddit
Who the fuck says that? That's some 60 years old mentality.
captainsuckass@reddit
Is there something incorrect about what they said?
HLADQ2@reddit
I don't know a bit predatory. It's like saying looking at a nice shaped big dick makes me feel alive but small shrimp dicks makes the world sorrow and unenjoyable, feels suicidal.
Routine-Ad-2840@reddit
for extended periods of time?
WaifuHunterActual@reddit
She's pretty?
MillorTime@reddit
WaifuHunterActual is the kind of name a person who gets 0 bitches has
WaifuHunterActual@reddit
Lmao sounds like you simp
MillorTime@reddit
Good one
HighArctic@reddit
i mean she's not over weight, symmetrical features, clear skin. that's really all it takes. i don't know anything else about her
Magnus_Helgisson@reddit
~~clear skin~~ a few buckets of makeup
FTFY
AleX-46@reddit
Don't call her pretty bro she's mine
HighArctic@reddit
sorry boss, didn't mean to step on your toes there
lefier_moustachu@reddit
No problem cause i really like your toes
throwawaysledking1@reddit
can you please send feet? i pm for feet please
IgotAseaView@reddit
No it’s because she’s really cool and when I give her lots of my money she sometimes says hi so shut up
HighArctic@reddit
true, i am poor tho so i can only look
Toocoo4you@reddit
Average Canadian after a grocery trip
Accomplished_Bet_781@reddit
loneliness.
gianmk@reddit
but she said hi to chat... and i am chat, she said hi to me.
Routine-Ad-2840@reddit
she wants you bro.
MeBustYourKneecaps@reddit
This is because she wants to marry me and have sex with me!!! Why else would should respond to my message specifically?! We must meet in real life! She will see me and we will fuck!!!
RaidensReturn@reddit
Least delusional twitch gooner
iAyushRaj@reddit
She also called you a broke boi
Maz2742@reddit
Everyone's calling each other brokies for not spending money they don't have nowadays, what different about some egirl on Twitch calling me a brokie?
mrlunes@reddit
Only if you don’t buy her cookies
gianmk@reddit
atleast the queen didnt call me the n-word....
rinkusonic@reddit
That's the privilege only reserved for the paypigs. They probably bust the fattest nut when that happens.
iAyushRaj@reddit
that privilege is only reserved for the few. Maybe send a better superchat with your $2000 next time
HerbLoew@reddit
>later, virgins
NathanCollier14@reddit
I must give her thousands of dollars right now!
prezado@reddit
pepoBlush
sphix2@reddit
I rarely leave comments on anything, I hate this woman and everyone who likes her, men and women, nothing interesting about gaming/chatting twitch streamers....
Falkite@reddit
Because just jerking it to the stream is fine enough
Maxounet02@reddit
Just a first mover effect. She actually could play LoL when it was peak and looked good, and then just monetized the heck out of anything she did after that.
This has nothing to do with "male loneliness" epidemic. You can find pics of her without makeup on, she is more than mid. It's just that men need to step out of their caves once in a while (especially if you want a girlfriend).
ForGrateJustice@reddit
Lord knows what vermin are in there.
scoots-mcgoot@reddit
Men watch other men play video games and are boring too. Personally I don’t care for simps for anyone
umbriel13@reddit
Watching streams only for drops don't care about any streamer
skill1358@reddit
Leave Pokimane alone!
https://i.redd.it/3tg1phjyqrkf1.gif
POLISHED_OMEGALUL@reddit
skill1358@reddit
https://i.redd.it/lcdn6wfh5zkf1.gif
phantom_1104@reddit
Male Loneliness , the most potent market ever
M_Mirror_2023@reddit
'male loneliness' refers to men's without friends not men being pay pigs to women who don't even know who they are.
w00ms@reddit
this venn diagram is a circle
M_Mirror_2023@reddit
Have you met a married man?
Paaraadox@reddit
If you don't think those circles overlap in a Venn diagram then you are sorely mistaken.
rip-droptire@reddit
As someone with a close circle of friends from both genders but also someone who's had no bitches his entire life, that's quite the assumption you just made
Paaraadox@reddit
I said the circles overlap, not that they are one and the same.
M_Mirror_2023@reddit
I'm not debating they have overlapped populations, but they are distinct things.
I am absolutely part of the male loneliness problem. I give zero dollars to ethots. You can't just start calling me a twitch chat simp because I have few friends. Despite overlapping populations they are distinct things. I would assume a very high proportion of married men also have less than 5 friends.
phantom_1104@reddit
In my opinion male loneliness is just the endless search for some semblance of validation , no matter how meaningless it may be
M_Mirror_2023@reddit
Okay then come up with your own term, don't miss use an agreed upon concept.
TrueGootsBerzook@reddit
Go outside.
M_Mirror_2023@reddit
Reddit mod told me to go outside. Now I have seen it all...
Nounboundfreedom@reddit
But your definition of the term wasn’t even correct?
bunny_bag_@reddit
And it's men without friends, who'll join these livestreams to get some form of social connection even though it's parasocial.
When you're tired of being rejected for yourself as an individual, but you're cherished when a part of the group (in this case the chat, in many cases cults and religious groups), you do end up leaving your individuality behind only to benefit the cause of the group
TreGet234@reddit
and stonks only gonna rise.
wordjedi@reddit
Bro silly excessive male thirst wasn't invented 10 minutes ago
TheLoneGoon@reddit
Male loneliness—>Formation of parasocial relationships—>Increase of male loneliness—>Repeat
DaFragle@reddit
Honestly watching streamers as a whole doesn't make sense to me cuz like why would you watch hours of boring content with like 5 minutes of actually entertaining stuff, like do people really have so much time to waste?
Venom933@reddit
I rather watch "call me Kevin" like a normal person 🥸
Rayhann@reddit
Aren't most poke fans women
NoSoup4you22@reddit
Streaming fucking sucks.
manomacho@reddit
Yeah I’ll never understand people that spend hours every day watching other people play video games or react to shit or react to other streamers reacting.
Thin_General_8594@reddit
I hate those YouTube videos "idiots laugh at whatever BS is trending "
I can just hang out with my own friend group and have fun laughing with them about the same shit, how parasocial do you have to be to laugh at a group of friends laughing at memes?
TomCBC@reddit
I hate all “loud=funny” channels tbh. That ishowspeed guy annoys me to no end. I genuinely don’t understand his appeal. Seems his entire shtick is just being a loud obnoxious asshole.
MinosML@reddit
People who watch reactions/streamers generally don't have a group of friends to have fun watching that shit with. Been there.
BirbsAreSoCute@reddit
People laughing makes unfunny shit funny. That's why laugh tracks exist in sitcoms
InquisitorMeow@reddit
I mean if you think about it watching any TV or drama is watching actors react to situations, and reality TV is literally reaction content. Maybe you should try harder to understand people.
LordPeebis@reddit
I turn on twitch just to have something playing in the background while I do other stuff.
Yoshi_IX@reddit
Some streamers are fairly funny or entertaining, but i can't imagine just sitting there literal hours watching them. I dont have the time nor attention span for that.
Fiercepaws@reddit
It's easier to watch someone play a game than play it yourself. React shit I'll never understand though, maybe if you play something and have the stream on 2nd monitor
question_pond-fixtf2@reddit
I like watching YouTube videos of streams of people who are really good at games I play, or do challenges. I really like Roffle, because he’s really good. I don’t like watching bigtits54 playing the most mid shooter ever. Or Johnfard with a trillion views playing the same shooter but with nothing funny. Only streams I watch are caseoh occasionally
Legend13CNS@reddit
I only get it when it's a watching a player that's really good at the game or hosts community events. It's fun in a small community like Trackmania where you see the same top players often, and can play against them when they host events. Watching FPS Streamer #754 does nothing for me.
Also good second monitor content while working (or at work where I can't play games myself). But at most I'll give a Prime Sub because I have that already. I really don't get people donating hundreds to a streamer.
rinkusonic@reddit
Even their highlights sucks. I tried watching top 10 funniest moments of some hot streamer, and it's all small mundane things followed by their overreactions.
"WAIT WHAAT? DUDE NO WAY! WAIT WHAT?? THAT IS SOO CRAAAAZY DUDE WHAT?? THAT IS IN-SANE! "
FrazzleFlib@reddit
yeah most top 0.001% popular streamers are ass. only good ones out of the super popular id say are jerma (whos kinda retired) and nl. and if its a hot woman streamer then frankly chances are they got popular for being a hot woman and not actually being entertaining. good female streamers do exist though like cakejumper.
most online content isnt worth watching, it just feels like twitch is worse because the discoverability is pretty bad and almost all the popular stuff is trash
Duxi20@reddit
Absolutely, there is a huge local yt channel in my country, which i absolutely admired, they did quality gameplay videos nicely edited, even tech videos and stuff. It was the RadBrad equivalent for me in my lamguage.
But after years they transitioned slowly to twitch and stopped making handcrafted videos. They made 2-3 other channels about VODs, Shorts, podcasts and stuff but that wouldn’t even be the problem.
Tried this stream thing because i loved the personality and i was interested of the current game he was playing, but i only saw a man trying to talk every 5 mintues with the chat about inside jokes, thanking donations and stopping/ruining gameplay. He literally ignored pop-up tutorials and important game elements because he simply wasn’t paying attention to the game.
Nowadays they have collaborations with McDonalds and are becoming celebrities among non-gamers too. I like where the are right now, because they deserve it, but i really miss their old yt era.
The_Majestic_Mantis@reddit
On the opposite end when women watch men play professional sports:
Why makes a woman do this?
98VoteForPedro@reddit
Same thing that made anon's dad watch football probably
Mysticjosh@reddit
Ah yes. My dad wants to put cock inside every football player during a match
ireallyfknhatethis@reddit
every football player, and every football
Mysticjosh@reddit
Wouldn't put it past him tbh
ElectricSix_@reddit
Hello, son
Castr8orr@reddit
Fitting user name
maty_doji@reddit
Or he likes balls
Mrtheliger@reddit
Me to Jerma
yuucuu@reddit
At least Jerma is objectively hot
PropheticUtterances@reddit
Dangerous-Spend-2141@reddit
would you eat bugs if he told you to?
Picklepacklemackle@reddit
Only if he's wicked hot and bikes through the building
bustayes6969@reddit
is he gonna put me in a meat grinder if I dont?
HUGE_FUCKING_ROBOT@reddit
Because some where, some time that worked
The_Billy_Dee@reddit
Watching attractive people do things is something most people do.
frootcock@reddit
Fetal alcohol syndrome 🤷idfk
zombik327@reddit
Either not enough porn or not enough touching grass.
Molkwi@reddit
Any sort of streaming I think is lowkey dumb. I'm not against it per se, but I personally won't spend 6 hours of my life to watch someone play a game, when I know damn well there's gonna be a 30 minutes long video that condenses those 6 hours into a comprehensible and entertaining experience. I've rarely been excited for a livestream, and I have rarely sat through one from start to finish. I sometimes watch one for a few minutes, then leave because it's just not that entertaining usually. I'm much more used to edited videos that summarize a stream. And this isn't about short attention span or need for entertainment at all times (such as Family Guy clips or Subway Surfers gameplay), but more so about the fact that there's a type of content I'm more used to, and I don't like changing things if I can avoid it. Also, I don't like sitting through 20 minutes of silence because Mr. Streamer went for a shit and forgot he was live and went on his phone for too long. At least in VODs I can skip that, but not on streams, which is another reason why I don't like them. I have nothing against those who watch them or those who stream, but it's not my kind of stuff. If I was a content creator, I most likely would do streams, though, because then I get to actually do something.
FrazzleFlib@reddit
its background content for most people and its very good for that purpose
cerise_samovar@reddit
obviously you're just not the intended audience (me neither). watching the game itself isn't the point, it's watching someone they like albeit parasocially playing the game. don't have data to back it up but i feel it's gotten nore prevalent that the rise in streaming came along during covid because people couldn't go out. so they scratch the itch with streamers and even streaming themselves with friends and strangers. i don't watch this streamer so i don't have an opinion on their quality, but she's an attractive girl who plays vidya so that's kinda a big net.
what i don't get is vtubers who act as anime characters. no hate, i can see it's the same game but played em differently. now that it's just not for me.
Fiercepaws@reddit
You gotta pick your streamers properly really. And I personally don't think most people just sit down to watch a stream but rather do it while eating/playing something/doing other shit. I don't just watch a stream unless I'm too tired to do anything else and at that point I might as well go to sleep
Shamgar65@reddit
The only time I've watched streams (and only for max 30 min) was when I was interested in a game or dlc and wanted to see if it was worth the purchase. Sometimes to learn a game too but YouTube is better for that.
homingmissile@reddit
I'm more curious why guys want to watch boys play video games which throwing temper tantrums and shouting slurs. This is understandable by comparison.
sicurri@reddit
Desperate men do that...
skill1358@reddit
https://i.redd.it/dong7a0aqrkf1.gif
Stay away from the Queen
Succubia@reddit
This thread turned into people whining about streaming being bad, and I honestly don't really understand why people think that.
I think it's relaxing to watch someone play while having some conversation with them. Streamer rambling about some irl story of theirs, or other topic with game in the background.
Y'all are not ready to learn what vtubers are I think
Mother_Lead_554@reddit
It's even worse she barely a 7
TKRAYKATS@reddit
Je parle français, donc selon elle, j'ai du charisme
NEURALINK_ME_ITCHING@reddit
Almost all streaming is just the most innane wank that nobody should give a fuck about ever.
Most people watching crypto streamers are doing it while driving Uber.
Most people watching IRL streams don't go out IRL
People watching thirst streamers have beaten their dicks into being ineffective.
Reaction streamers? Their audiences are acoustic so dont know how to react.
The bearded dad gaming streamers who make their kids party with them? Your kids just want to do homework and jerk off, you're as bad as trailer park late night visiting dads.
Fuck the lot of them.
Obsessed913@reddit
“why do people like looking at attractive people?” was anon born yesterday?
whydoyouevenreadthis@reddit
This doesn't explain the popularity of male streamers, it doesn't explain donations, and it probably doesn't explain looking at an attractive woman play video games for hours.
Even_Ask_2577@reddit
Let the gooines goon
LordOmbro@reddit
I don't understand twitch in general, what compels people to just watch someone play a game is beyond me,
sm753@reddit
"play video games poorly..."
EquivalentSnap@reddit
Is it actually bad?
Raesong@reddit
It can be frustrating, especially if it's a video game you have experience with.
EquivalentSnap@reddit
Why do people watch it for?
Raesong@reddit
No idea, because I tend avoid watching such streams/vods.
InternalOk4706@reddit
Virginia, however I get it with hot guys.
I was typing „boring,“ autocorrect, I don’t think this is right.
usernameisdifficults@reddit
I like having a pretty girl on my second monitor, dont pay much attention to it
m987q48@reddit
Anon finds out "male loneliness resulting in people forming parasocial relationships with streamers and other photogenic internet personalities" has been monetized
Leonard_the_Brave@reddit
Becaus lonly man,incels and Neckbeards are a thing
OccupyFootball@reddit
FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH
Sonova_Vondruke@reddit
Hmm. If anon is correct .. then so many subs want their penis inside so many dudes.
_Empty-R_@reddit
watching anyone play anything is pretty dumb. there are exceptions where its the humor of the person who just happens to be streaming though. pongsifu is a good example. dudes a goof
SolidusAbe@reddit
isnt it the reason for almost everyone? if someone just wants to watch gameplay theres thousands of videos without commentary out there. you either watch them for their commentary/personality, their skill or because you wanna jerk of them whenever they say your name after you gave them money
JigglesTheBiggles@reddit
Because titties are a hell of drug
destroyerOfTards@reddit
I mean, they do look good.
Titties in general, I mean.
godlyuniverse1@reddit
They should go to a live porn stream then, atleast their money amounts to something there
KevinJ2010@reddit
I watch her podcast with LilyPichu occasionally. It has had some good episodes for just laughing at silly things, pretty girlie. I don’t lurk streams nearly ever, even then it’s stuff I like. (Fire Emblem)
Anyways, it’s interesting how Lily seems to have really earned her job (voice acting, and she seems more real and grounded) but she has an “annoying voice” says my wife. And then Poki has this relatable tone of voice, but she seems more like a princess. I dunno, it’s skill sets I guess.
She’s got a pretty face, but yeah mid generally.
ihaZtaco@reddit
Porn addicted brain it’s like being homeless and scouring for cigarette butts on the curb
pinwroot@reddit
You could make the same argument with attractive movie stars or video game characters.
You can make anything sound stupid if you use the right words.
F-Lambda@reddit
or sports.
Blart_Vandelay@reddit
As with most things. The people that complain about this are 100x more annoying than the offenders.
Panamonthewolf@reddit
Is it weird that I almost exclusively watch male youtubers/streamers? Not for a particular reason I just vibe with it more
Ok-Delay1961@reddit
Cringe
PhoneEquivalent7682@reddit
i only watch male pro players, am i gay?
RidesFlysAndVibes@reddit
He said the reason in his own sentence: "Because I want to put my penis inside your vagina"
Penorl0rd4@reddit
Who the hell has time to sit down and watch this shit
d3c4y3d_1@reddit
You are commenting on r/greentext.
jarmine550@reddit
I’ll never get this shit just jerk off why edge yourself like that.
riiyoreo@reddit
Dudes should also stop making people like xqc rich but why is it always pokimane being flamed lol
MetalUpstairs@reddit
Parasocial relationships are one hell of a money making drug in the time of lonely terminally online men
Designated_Lurker_32@reddit
Does anyone know any girl streamers who are actually good at playing games and/or are actually funny?
Speculosity@reddit
MissMikkaa is surprisingly good at games
Iwubinvesting@reddit
Do you guus watch other men and think this as well?
fauxREALimdying@reddit
Autism
Dd_8630@reddit
Groundbreaking discoveries: humans are animals, humans have evolved to want to have sex, humans have evolved to like attractive people.
Fucking quelle suprise.
Hyperversum@reddit
Regardless of opinions on streamers and anything else, isn't this like a rather common feeling anyway? LMAO.
Seeing your partner do something you like and backseat them/just watch them do it is fun. Hell, I have fun watching my dirty male friends play games, let alone my gf.
You know, sharing experiences and that kind of thing.
andyman6244@reddit
Lmao the one guy said “shall I ask lily” like he was the fucking royal messenger
DuhTocqueville@reddit
I mean, when I play video games I play the female lead because I like looking at their butts while the video game plays. I gotta figure it’s the same, I’m watching a game play through and there’s also tits.
Curiosityinmycity@reddit
I thought the green text explained it pretty well. The vagina.
kentaxas@reddit
Parasocial relationships are one hell of a drug
coolguy9229@reddit
I've never watched her but I have watched podcasts she's shown up on and she always seems to be pretty funny and likable. Maybe people like her because she's actually likable i don't see why thats such an impossibility.
knusper_gelee@reddit
if you enter a parasocial relationship with a sexual kontext you might as well watch the streamer do something you enjoy yourself... i mean, it least it has that upside.
thats better than no relationship at all for many out there.
Grakch@reddit
Same thing that makes men watch other men talk on podcasts and watch other men play video games. They want to be them.
YourUncleJohnBrown@reddit
Maybe I want to put my penis in her anus or her mouth instead. Checkmate, OP!
SmoothPimp85@reddit
God's best and worst creation - evolution
SeriousGuest@reddit
I don't understand this criticism, like, she has a mostly female audience
ahighkid@reddit
Autism probably.
axemexa@reddit
Because you get to see the person that you want to put your penis inside. Pretty simple.
Now why they choose to spend money on them is another story.
CrusaderDogeAnon@reddit
Extreme loneliness.
Those poor boys need love so bad, I can feel it in SOUL :(
I believe in mating for life, but if I was reborn as straight girl with my memories intact, I would have sex and cuddle with all the lonely virgin men just to make them feel better and give them confidence to get the waifu of their dreams.
I would literally do everything in power to fuck that fat balding virgin shut-in NEET in his 30s that doesn't use non-anonymous social media. I would break into his house and drug him, cuff him to the bed and tape his mouth so he doesn't scream. Then I would free his hand and ask if he wants to have sex, he'd write down his answer, if he says no I'd leave, If he says yes then I'd let him prepare or fuck him right then and there if he wants. Each anon gets a few days of loving attention so it doesn't feel like a one and done prostitute experience.
Once I get plenty of experience I will make a holy order of women based on the principles of love and sex, I will train them in my ways, and then no man will be a virgin involuntarily or never not know what it's liked to be loved.
Hradcany@reddit
But... But if I donate $100 she will write my username on her arm.
real_picklejuice@reddit
Lone-Frequency@reddit
Too much gooning frying their brsins.
DoublewideBeerbelly@reddit
touch starvation
Billybob142@reddit
Simping
DemoteMeDaddy@reddit
im gonna coooooooooooom
Express_Character253@reddit
More money increases thine chances
cherry313@reddit
Maybe trying to give attention to recieve attention I guess
DragonFox27@reddit
Horrific loneliness.
Babki123@reddit
his brain usually
Hahahahredditmoment@reddit
Cocky want boing boing