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I know a streamer, mid 30s, was decent at I think destiny, then Apex. Makes enough to no longer work a day job, but both he and his wife have each gained 30+ lbs in the 3 years since he started so I'm not sure it's an overall win. Just looks like it sucks the life out of you and warps your dopamine receptors.
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For thirty eight years, you have been asking: Who is Mario? It's-a-me, Mario.
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:there's no such thing as a reasonable streamer, they make their living by exploiting parasocial relationships while doing absolutely nothing to help anyone but themselves. A fast food worker pulling min wage is at least feeding people. 
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Aug 7, 2023 08:00
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Archer666 posted:For thirty eight years, you have been asking: Who is Mario? It's-a-me, Mario.
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Aug 7, 2023 09:46
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Dial A For Awesome posted:How can I tell if my kids are high on Fortnight? If your children are in middle school or highschool they are definitely doing Fortnite and they are spending actual money on premium skins. and if you try to stop them they will become a social pariah and get kicked out of all of the 'cool kids only' Discord servers.
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Aug 7, 2023 12:10
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kids today get high by putting vbucks up their butts, know the signs and speak to your child about the dangers of boofing vbucks before it's too late
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Aug 7, 2023 12:19
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We’re non-violent *threatens mob violence*
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Aug 7, 2023 12:21
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At least they weren't vtubers
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Szechwan posted:I know a streamer, mid 30s, was decent at I think destiny, then Apex. Makes enough to no longer work a day job, but both he and his wife have each gained 30+ lbs in the 3 years since he started so I'm not sure it's an overall win. Just looks like it sucks the life out of you and warps your dopamine receptors. Yeah, you're gonna have to work a ton more than 40 hours a week to do this poo poo, and eventually it gets old and tedious and you're loving stuck with a bunch of insane fans that you have to constantly entertain because even one week off and oops, the algorithm stops showing your poo poo and you lose a ton of viewers and money. I would hate playing video games as a career.
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Booties posted:We’re non-violent If one were charitable, they could interpret that as  , but since it's Control Alt Delete it probably shouldn't be viewed charitably.
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Aug 7, 2023 21:02
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Mega64 posted:Yeah, you're gonna have to work let me stop you right there...
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Aug 8, 2023 00:49
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Watching Baalorlord Slay the Spire is the most chill, calm thing to do on the Internet. Plus that dude is a mad card scientist, it's unbelievable what he pulls off, sometimes.
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Aug 8, 2023 02:08
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:let me stop you right there... do you think entertainment isnt work? as in, are you certain you could hold an audience's attention for like an hour without fumbling and loving it up? i mean at the end of the day babysitting is work
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Aug 8, 2023 04:49
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cumpantry posted:as in, are you certain you could hold an audience's attention for like an hour without fumbling and loving it up? 100% I loving rule.
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Aug 8, 2023 05:06
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syntaxfunction posted:100% I loving rule. I believe you.
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Aug 8, 2023 05:14
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Gamers, rinse off
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Aug 8, 2023 05:31
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more like "wise up" gottem
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Aug 8, 2023 06:19
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Back in the day we called them lamers. Can't do that anymore. It's PC gone mad. Kinda like their PCs with the crazy lights
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Aug 8, 2023 06:20
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I rarely play online games so when I started playing one recently I saw people with names like D3ATHR34P3R666 and was like, what the gently caress? I thought that poo poo died off decades ago? I genuinely didn't think people still used names like that, let alone with "leet speak" involved. I really wish it had died off.
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syntaxfunction posted:I rarely play online games so when I started playing one recently I saw people with names like D3ATHR34P3R666 and was like, what the gently caress? I thought that poo poo died off decades ago? I genuinely didn't think people still used names like that, let alone with "leet speak" involved. i missed the gently caress out of this dumb poo poo and am glad to hear of its resurgence sincerely, V3g3t2_420[SkS]
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Aug 8, 2023 06:30
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after my 100 hour peggle clan raid i have fused with my led gamer chair and am physically incapable of rising up.
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Aug 8, 2023 06:38
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syntaxfunction posted:I rarely play online games so when I started playing one recently I saw people with names like D3ATHR34P3R666 and was like, what the gently caress? I thought that poo poo died off decades ago? I genuinely didn't think people still used names like that, let alone with "leet speak" involved. They're children, OP. People keep making more of them
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Aug 8, 2023 09:25
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Dabir posted:They're children, OP. People keep making more of them No way, that's loving messed up wtf
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Aug 8, 2023 09:28
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Honestly I don't give a crap if people have a "real job" or not as long as they aren't being shitheads about it like this dude.
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Aug 8, 2023 09:38
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I couldn't do all this gaming without my fans, you all are amazing!!
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Aug 8, 2023 13:22
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Smugworth posted:I couldn't do all this gaming without my fans, you all are amazing!! It still cracks me up when football players don't want to do interviews or talk to the media or fans. Like, you play a game just so people can watch it. Looking at you, Sean Taylor.
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Aug 8, 2023 15:30
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Sounds pretty smart to me
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Aug 8, 2023 15:32
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AvesPKS posted:It still cracks me up when football players don't want to do interviews or talk to the media or fans. Like, you play a game just so people can watch it. Looking at you, Sean Taylor. What if instead of negotiated salaries football players were paid in microtransactions from fans during the game and emojis showed up on the screen when someone paid
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Aug 8, 2023 15:35
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I wouldnt want to do it "professionally" but sometimes i think it would be nice to stream to like 20-30 people so I could pretend to have friends
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Aug 8, 2023 16:03
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Smugworth posted:What if instead of negotiated salaries football players were paid in microtransactions from fans during the game and emojis showed up on the screen when someone paid Sure as long as there's also a nice matching infographic showing how much in tax subsidies the team is receiving from local municipalities
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Aug 8, 2023 16:15
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AvesPKS posted:It still cracks me up when football players don't want to do interviews or talk to the media or fans. Like, you play a game just so people can watch it. Looking at you, Sean Taylor. I'm just here so I don't get fined.
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AvesPKS posted:It still cracks me up when football players don't want to do interviews or talk to the media or fans. Like, you play a game just so people can watch it. Looking at you, Sean Taylor. What could a football player say on a professional level that would be even the least bit interesting? In person, sure, they may have some good thoughts to share but the "We really gave it our all but it didn't work." type stuff is just fluff.
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Aug 8, 2023 16:22
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dsf posted:I wouldnt want to do it "professionally" but sometimes i think it would be nice to stream to like 20-30 people so I could pretend to have friends you have about 5000 pretend friends at any one time friend
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Aug 8, 2023 16:36
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I saw a gamer once
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cumpantry posted:do you think entertainment isnt work? as in, are you certain you could hold an audience's attention for like an hour without fumbling and loving it up? i mean at the end of the day babysitting is work we're talking about streaming, not entertaining. But to answer your question I would have a panic attack halfway on the stage so the only entertainment would be a brief glimpse of me sobbing
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Aug 8, 2023 16:52
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:we're talking about streaming, not entertaining. But to answer your question I would have a panic attack halfway on the stage so the only entertainment would be a brief glimpse of me sobbing The old me would have enjoyed seeing thus. Not the new me, though 
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Aug 8, 2023 16:58
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The poster who compared him to an imperial aristocrat throwing pennies to his subjects is bang on. Free playstation kids but ya got ta show up and dance for your supper!
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this would never happen back in my day, gamers would never go outside
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:kids today get high by putting vbucks up their butts, know the signs and speak to your child about the dangers of boofing vbucks before it's too late I’ll boof whatever industrial solvents I want, you aren’t my real dad.
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