• saltesc@lemmy.world
    551·
    8 months ago

    During a COVID lockdown I was watching a 24 hr enduro sim race, specifically one team on YT. It was the night time portion and a Canadian was on shift while European drivers got sleep. He was super chill, driving amazing, and interacting with the chat out of boredom. So I asked him to say something while my disinterested wife was phone scrolling with nothing better to do…

    TV: “Hi <wife’s name>! I know you’re not into it, but thanks for watching from Australia!”

    wife looks up “Wtat the fuck?”

    Me: “Yeah I asked him to say that.”

    Wife: “That’s so weird. Tell him hi back.”

  • EfreetSK@lemmy.world
    17·
    8 months ago

    Sigh … “robocall”

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  • stoy
    204·
    8 months ago

    This is why I hate watching streamers.

    They are playing the game, and constantly breaking the action to talk about shoutouts that adds zero to the experience

    • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works
      22·
      8 months ago

      Some people get really offended when their sub or donation doesn’t get mentioned. I go so far as to re-sub when the streamer is offline to try and avoid it at all costs. Parasocial relationships are weird, man.

      • stoy
        9·
        8 months ago

        Yep, the best streams I have watched was the streamer spoke to the chat as if it was a single person, asking for advice or hints on how to continue.

        • srock@lemm.ee
          4·
          8 months ago

          DougDoug, while a bit unhinged, seems to always try to include the community into every stream

          • stoy
            3·
            8 months ago

            As long as it isn’t just shoutout after shoutout after shoutout or similar dumb crap that doesn’t add any real content

      • knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        8 months ago

        Once i had a sub ready while the streamer was offline, i got called rude by someone else who was in the chat for some reason.

        Btw you can turn of to send the notification in the settings.

    • Ephera@lemmy.ml
      2·
      8 months ago

      Yeah, this is like my personal hell, to have a streamer do/play something that I’m genuinely interested in, but also, they’re a streamer.

    • Gabu@lemmy.ml
      2·
      8 months ago

      You should check out APlatypus on Twitch. He went so deep into that hole of constantly shouting out and breaking action, that his stream became a comical bloat of videos and songs and meme clips playing on top of each other. I love the guy’s personality and humour, but it’s unwatchable after the first few laughs.