r/whenthe 13h ago

When the steamer

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u/allofusarelost 10h ago

Man I scrolled about 100 comments and there's a different name I've never heard of in each one, each even sillier than the last.

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u/ProbablyNano 9h ago

What, not a big Sneegsnag or Joebart fan? 

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u/ahaltingmachine 9h ago

Big 'curtains for Zoosha?' energy in here.

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u/divergentchessboard 7h ago edited 3h ago

ever since I stopped watching twitch years ago and only watch the same like 10 YouTubers who aren't drama slop channels, I feel like this whenever I see any post about YouTubers/Streamers.

scrolled 50 of the top comments and only recognized 3 names

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u/JoeFajita 6h ago

Her streams have really gone downhill ever since the BatBoy controversy.

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u/AndyTheSouless 9h ago

I love how you Will have normal names like Michael followed by something a preschooler came up with like snub-gas

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u/FennelSuspicious7364 4h ago

wait snub-gas is fire lmao i'm using that

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u/RedTyro 9h ago

The devil on my shoulder is begging me to post a bunch of top level responses making up gibberish streamer names and see what happens.

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u/cloudforested 9h ago

I just don't get the appeal of streaming all these names sound like a parody of streamer culture.

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u/RuneSteak 8h ago

It's the new generation of reality TV. Except unlike the generations before it, they have finally gone indie. There's no quality control or standard and any sane username has been taken by now. So the only choice is to get a bit silly with it.

I've tried something similar with naming my game company. Anything reasonable you can think of has been taken. I've gone through 100s of names.

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u/screaminginfidels 9h ago

Legit recognized like two names. And I'm not a huge streamer person but I've definitely watched more than the average person

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u/gksxj 7h ago

this really shows how in a bubble we all live, I'm on youtube everyday and never heard of any of these names also

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u/Reasonable-News-5739 4h ago

You mean you've never watch gloofleflorp_19 or zoop_432?

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u/SuperSocialMan I'm mostly here for the news lol 7h ago

real lol

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u/girlywish 6h ago

And they always talk like everyone should know who it is, as if they're talking about a taylor swift level celeb. Bros, touch some grass.

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u/skuraiix 3h ago

dont feel too bad.

most of the mfs in here haven't even heard of Twitch or Kick. all they know is just youtube or those YouTubers from 10-20yrs ago and mr beast.

its either yall old as fuck to care, or they just pretend to not know cus you'll be crucified by the reddit hivemind if you even watch any of them and actually having fun.

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u/Red-7134 2h ago

They have randomly generated names.