why the hell would you give money to people who play video games for a living? especially if you have a job that sucks? let's play use to be free and done for fun.
My point is saying something gives someone a dopamine rush is just saying “thing people like doing” in a fancy way. Looking at a pretty tree can give you a fucking dopamine rush.
Also, I mean not everyone is PewdiePie. If I’m in cash there’s some dork who’s streams are amusing to me and he isn’t already fucking rich I may throw him a buck as a mild thanks.
The dopamine rush is not the point though, its how its achieved through predatory parasocial relationships and how literally every streamer builds followings with membership that are implied that you are part of something. "WELCOME TO THE CLUB, THAT YOU GET NOTHING OUT OF THAT YOU ALREADY DIDN'T GET"
I'm not paying someone money to play video games, its ridiculous. I can only imagine lefties defending this because they also want to be streamers.
I mean yeah, there’s also dudes who do in between shifts at BestBuy for beer money.
I’ve never gave any streamer money, just saying if I can loaded and bored id maybe throw like $2 to some dork who provided with some amusement during a train ride or something. If you hate that... we’ll I’m not loaded so don’t worry I won’t be helping some guy who did a funny play through of Detroit Become Human afford Chinese takeout.
I agree actually and I think that the dynamic is different when it's just you and some tiny streamer. You can legitimately get a friendship out of that. But for me, once you cross into 25+ people in a stream that's where it becomes problematic for me. The dynamic changes.
you seem to be hung up on this whole friendship thing
on the rare occasion i chuck a few quid at a streamer, it isn't because i think they are my friend, it's because i like the thing they are doing
kinda like a busker
what's the difference?
There's a 1/20000 chance that Hasan Piker will directly interact with you, so he's practically your friend
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i emailed jim sterling once, am i his husband now?
Did he email you back?
By this logic Noam Chomsky is married to a lot of fucking people.
yep
He @'d me once so we're essentially married
Edward James Olmos followed me, he is now my father
It is far higher than that if you type in chat
Direct interaction even if its through chat hive mind. Also real time solicitation
People get a dopamine hit from s/os etc
You do realize the list of things that can give you a “dopamine hit” is long as fucking shit, so it doesn’t mean anything
why the hell would you give money to people who play video games for a living? especially if you have a job that sucks? let's play use to be free and done for fun.
My point is saying something gives someone a dopamine rush is just saying “thing people like doing” in a fancy way. Looking at a pretty tree can give you a fucking dopamine rush.
Also, I mean not everyone is PewdiePie. If I’m in cash there’s some dork who’s streams are amusing to me and he isn’t already fucking rich I may throw him a buck as a mild thanks.
The dopamine rush is not the point though, its how its achieved through predatory parasocial relationships and how literally every streamer builds followings with membership that are implied that you are part of something. "WELCOME TO THE CLUB, THAT YOU GET NOTHING OUT OF THAT YOU ALREADY DIDN'T GET"
I'm not paying someone money to play video games, its ridiculous. I can only imagine lefties defending this because they also want to be streamers.
I mean yeah, there’s also dudes who do in between shifts at BestBuy for beer money.
I’ve never gave any streamer money, just saying if I can loaded and bored id maybe throw like $2 to some dork who provided with some amusement during a train ride or something. If you hate that... we’ll I’m not loaded so don’t worry I won’t be helping some guy who did a funny play through of Detroit Become Human afford Chinese takeout.
I agree actually and I think that the dynamic is different when it's just you and some tiny streamer. You can legitimately get a friendship out of that. But for me, once you cross into 25+ people in a stream that's where it becomes problematic for me. The dynamic changes.
you seem to be hung up on this whole friendship thing
on the rare occasion i chuck a few quid at a streamer, it isn't because i think they are my friend, it's because i like the thing they are doing
kinda like a busker
"dopamine hit" is the dumbest shit
i just want to give my hard earned money to people who play video games all day so they say my name and be my friend why are you guys so mean :(