Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams

Re:Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams by idiotsecant on Friday May 21, 2021 @09:20PM (#27242252)

The difference is that hot tub twitch isn't an actual interaction between two people, its a dopamine feedback loop that warps an un-jaded mind into thinking it's reality.

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Re:Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams by belltaco on Friday May 21, 2021 @11:21PM (#27243088)

Is that also true of VR games, games in general, multiplayer games, concerts,TV, videos, watching a streamer play games, movies, social media etc. etc.?

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Re:Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams by idiotsecant on Sunday May 23, 2021 @10:10AM (#27255102)

Yes, I think so, just to a lesser degree. People playing VR half life Alyx don't actually think they are part of a human insurrection fighting alien overlords but an alarmingly large number of people watching these hottub streams think they have some legitimately romantic connection to the streamer, or a chance of it. Young men can be remarkably stupid in this way.

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Re:Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams by Siira on Monday May 24, 2021 @01:20PM (#27267105)

How is this your problem? The streamer is taking on all the risks.

And we were talking about children.

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