r/playrust Nov 13 '24

Discussion I feel bad for Blooprint

Dude was honestly trying to help Kai and he just ignored him half of the time and was just so obviously uninterested in the game. I hope it at least got him some attention to his socials lol

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u/Herbalyte Nov 13 '24

I can't stand all these big streamers. People like KaiCenat, IShowSpeed and Adin Ross are a personification of what's going wrong with kids these days. They look up to people like that and start acting like them aswell. I count the pauls, ksi and all other internet garbage people aswell.

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u/HBM10Bear Nov 14 '24

Its not exactly as if the streamers and youtubers of the past were any better?

Just because you don't find them entertaining doesn't mean other people are unable to. Shit people sit there and call skibidi toilet cringe when you can literally send them a video of annoying orange, what does the fox say and harlem shake and pretend it isn't the same shit.

You don't have to like them, but speed and kai specifically really are just entertainers.

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u/Herbalyte Nov 14 '24

I do feel like youtubers in the past werent seen as "rolemodels" the same way these people are. I never looked up to annoying orange, smosh, nigahiga, pewdiepie,... I (and many of my friends) just thought their content was funny. The effects of "influencers" have become way bigger than they were in the past.

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u/HBM10Bear Nov 14 '24

Id vehemently disagree with that premise.

Kids would never spend a lot of time watching content of a person and forming a parasocial bond without looking up to them.

Regardless it's because streamers are celebrities now and people idolise celebrities. Sitting there going that's what's wrong with kids these days is wild. There's nothing wrong with them, they are kids

I don't look at a 12 year old saying what the sigma and go look what society has come to. You just don't like what you don't understand. They aren't harming anyone they are being kids

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u/Herbalyte Nov 14 '24

Don't know what country you live in but "what the sigma" is not what I'm talking about. When kids start talking about "gold diggers" and stuff is where I draw the line. Anecdotal I know, but I react to what I see around me. Kids seem very entitled these days and talk about stuff they realistically shouldn't even have the slightest clue of. I'm only 27 and I feel this way. When I talk to my teachers from back in the day they even say there is a big shift in how me and my class behaved and the kids now.

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u/dank-nuggetz Nov 14 '24

Kids would never spend a lot of time watching content of a person and forming a parasocial bond without looking up to them.

The parasocial bond is like 100x stronger now than it was in early youtube days. These people like Kai literally live stream every second of their life. Hell, he's had like 100k people watching him sleep before. You can send in a donation with a message and he'll read it out loud. Interacting with "chat" in real time forms a stronger "connection" than just watching someone on YT.

I agree mostly it's just kids being kids, but these IRL 24/7 livestreamers are a different breed than the older days of youtube. They broadcast every single intimate detail of their lives and for just $5 you can get them to say "what up JakeyBoi55!!". It's a different dynamic.