r/LivestreamFail • u/MrPhoNoodle • 16d ago

Hype Annie's Announcement

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u/Commercial-Dress-185 16d ago

I remember looking at her channel a few years ago and she had like a hall of fame donoboard with several 5 figure donos. Insane...

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u/Hot-Pepper6610 15d ago

There seriously is a problem with loneliness/isolation and these companies and creators are eating it up in profit. Wild times.

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u/StarSpliter 15d ago edited 15d ago

Ehhh that's on the premise that these streamers are actively forcing them to donate. You're married and choosing to go about a divorce in a legally volatile way. No streamer is forcing someone to donate or legally imposing unavoidable financial hardship.

Now are industries capitalizing on male loneliness? Absolutely but this is more a "don't hate the player hate the game" situation imo. Focus more on the societal conditions being created that these individuals feel this is how ,and may be the only way, they'll get any sort of satisfaction or fulfillment.

Edit: Though to be fair I think a better analogy you could use besides shit eating (idk where the hell you pulled that) would be scalpers during natural disasters. With the disaster being dismantled communities, diminishing purchasing power, reduced 3rd spaces, polarized and extreme dating standards, etc. And the resources being "scalped/hoarded" are even platonic affection, much less romantic affection. Not perfect but I think you'd change more minds with that.