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I've only briefly heard mention of this Chris-Chan, and it tended to be in the negative like he was another Jake Paul type person.
This is fucked up. And even more fucked up that somehow the victim is the one who gets shit talked.
What the FUCK man, to have this much motivation for something like this reads to me like a serial killer mentality
It’s so fucked up. Chris Chan believed this shit was happening. Genuinely believes that they are talking to Jesus over discord, and that their wife is being tortured. These conversations would end with things like Chris Chan recording videos confessing to wanting to sexually abuse their mother or sending money or these people. (Magi Chan is also supposed to be Chris’s husband. This polyamorous pedophilic marriage is also the idea of these individuals.)
Every single drama-slop youtuber, that exclusively covers the drama of... other unhinged youtubers, lolcows... basically all of them are vindictive, hypocritical bullies who have just found a way to bully people that is socially acceptable and makes them money.
... And usually within a year, maximum two years, of getting upwards of roughly 10k subs... they almost always become lolcows themselves.
I think capitalism has a way of bribing people to make them into ridiculous caricatures of themselves, because anything authentic would be a threat to the powers that be. I can't even rightly articulate what I'm trying to say, but the type of content that makes it big on YouTube, the way that people in TV commercials who are in the same role the viewer's meant to occupy are presented as stupidly endearing with all these flaws on display, the way that even wildly popular content starts to get downplayed once it comes across as "political" or "overserious" or something like that. It's all of a piece. If anyone with money is making media, it gets set up to send a message that at the end of the day needs to include "You, the viewer, are powerless and kind of stupid, make sure you stay in your role."
Once, it was conspciuous consumption (my personality IS what i consume, purchase, own...) along with the 'keeping up with the joneses' effect of feeling compelled to portray any visible signs of wealth as a sign of success... and the warping of your own personality into a caricature was more or less relegated to TV/Muisc/Movie celebrities, high profile PR people... people whose job it was to be the living embodiment of a brand.
KPop idols are that turned up to 11, and now VTubers signed with agencies basically follow the same model.
But uh... the problem is ironically the democratization of... not real 'celebrity', but influencer culture, being a brand ambassador, livestreaming, podcasting... OnlyFans...
Everyone is now presented with a very low cost of entry way of becoming a micro celeb.
So... either you remain authentic, and maybe get a small fan base... or you play into the algorithm, and become a cariacature of yourself, and/or outright grifter/scam artist... and yeah, better chance of making serious money, but you lose your morals/personality/soul in the process.
I was born before the internet age began, and I've seen these just unbelievable social changes occur in just over 20 years.
Now we're at the point where 2/3 of Americans can't survive missing one pay check, somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2 of people are buying groceries on some kind of credit...
Oh well, I guess.