This Trend Has Gone Too Far

[@arhaporotomi4129]

As someone with a 13 month old, the description of the audience laughing at peek-a-boo is actually so eerily accurate

[@sheepishlymemes6434]

You can't say 1 year old?

[@TooGumbica]

Protect him from this shit 🙏

[@thee-sportspantheon330]

@@sheepishlymemes6434 Kids change fast that young. It makes sense to measure it in months.

[@SteFFz99]

@@thee-sportspantheon330 one year and a month?

[@Year-Zero-BC]

@@SteFFz99 396 days

[@JoyBoysLostSoul]

Charlie's timing when I'm bored is immaculately incredible.

[@bestcaseoh_clips]

fr

[@bigrig8539]

Yeah bro I was about to do something productive but this is better

[@ttamsti]

real

[@foodafen7406]

So everyday?

[@ChrisShafferOfficial]

𝕀 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 ᴀ ʜɪʟᴀʀɪᴏᴜs ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇʀ ᴅᴏɢ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ вєттєя ¢σитєит 😁.,.,

[@Wallis_2001]

I saw a clip of Pinky breaking character and scolding her kid, it was so weird. We got a brief glimpse of humanity, only for her to go right back to NPC mode like nothing happened. I wonder what it’s like for her child, watching their mom do this 💀

[@Saturnthroughstars]

Poor kid. Hopefully the money she's making will at least go to the college fund.

[@Iebaxos]

Damn she’s 19 with a kid

[@Finalizor]

@@Iebaxos no wonder she is failing at life by doing this npc nonsense

[@CreativeC13]

Probably better than her not being there and working a job with awful hours to make money 😃

[@tyriannethomas6933]

@@Iebaxosshe 27

[@GarrettStelly]

>2015: Impressed with NPCs that act like humans >2023: Impressed with humans that act like NPCs

[@Archon_of_Freedom_]

I think most of the human race has devolved instead of evolved. Maybe only the logical ones will evolve.

[@IamNotABlockOfCheese]

It's evolving, just backwards

[@Goz969]

The world rotated 180 degrees in less than 10 years. Yikes.

[@cracc-bl1ic]

no one is impressed. we are disappointed

[@-______-______-]

Underrated comment.

[@veronikacherkashina173]

I feel like the developers of our game just got tired of giving every single person a unique personality and decided to start throwing in literal NPC's

[@MoAtreides]

More like players found a glitch, if you act like an npc you get money, same for acting like an npc at your job

[@paleface171]

At times I wonder if we are in a "giant ant farm" and some invisible and powerful force secretly adds weird people to see how normal people acts towards them.

[@zKrieger]

It's as if the devs turned their backs on us, and some from the several billion characters indeed devolved into an NPC, given the opportunity of self-improvement and ultimately failing miserably in the process.

[@xdboygamerzxdboygamerz7467]

don't know what to say about this

[@Ragnaraq1]

We already have conservatives

[@Haileycartero]

This feels like a situation in which when we were younger, older people would always say that they were worried what the youth were watching. But in this case, I’m genuinely concerned for anyone who is gifting this person money

[@WilliamLucas-hy8mx]

They're like a Fable NPC

[@cynicat74]

@@WilliamLucas-hy8mx Don't insult Fable.

[@cooliostarstache5474]

The people giving her money are 100% older than 30

[@Kelmster]

@@cooliostarstache5474 I'm older than 30 and watching this is physically painful for me. I can't do it and I don't get it at ALL.

[@ACatHandler]

Most of the profile pics i saw of people donating were old white men, the entire situation is so damn weird

[@Dekedence]

I know the film Idiocracy gets thrown around a lot nowadays, but can you imagine how hard you would've been laughed out of the writer's room if you suggested this NPC stream thing for that film?

[@michaelzero5278]

I'm scared for the future

[@flaka3325]

At this point Idiocracy is basically a comedy movie that turned into a documentary over the timespan of a few years ☠️☠️

[@jobysw]

I like money

[@adamd9166]

I really think we are going to be WORSE than idiocracy.

[@alecb8509]

Ow my balls!

[@jasminegold2807]

I want to see a dad do an NPC livestream with dad related emotes (“I’m proud of you” ,”You’re doing great champ”, *insert dad joke etc).

[@ricseeds4835]

I can't even say "Be the change you want to see" because it'll just be encouraging this ridiculous trend

[@-_Somebody_]

They’re leaving money on the table rn

[@Stuffles]

Where do I donate, take my money 💳💥💳💥💳💥

[@byzon2good919]

bro dont give them idea for this shit💀

[@murshooo69]

Are you winning son?

[@HermitGeek]

On the one hand we have AI shows having deep thoughts and existential crises, on the other humans acting like NPC's. What a great time for entertainment...

[@markusbetts]

This is why I side with the robots

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Those are just words but yeah

[@zergling6802]

In the future, Entertainment will be randomly generated!

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

@@zergling6802 maybe

[@dokchampa9324]

AI is not yet at a point where it can have any thought at all, it's just very good at mimicing it. Some humans on the other hand are not capable of even that.

[@WrongThinkMusic]

My favourite part is the idle animation between the lines. That's some real commitment to the NPC life right there.

[@portiaburrell2460]

@@NirvanaFace up

[@gesellchat]

"​@Susnation532"

[@Tyius420]

@Susnation532 @Susnation532 more like Sucksnation532, I’M COMPLETELY ENTIRELY BETTER

[@inscription8099]

I weirdly love it and hate it at the same time

[@Idonthaveanythingtodo]

@Susnation532 you are succesfully the most ignored bot in KZbin, Congrats !

[@burialdrip723]

My 11 year old nephew stays with me for a week every summer playing video games, watching shows and eating junk food together as a time-honored family tradition. I'm 42 so we do a lot of generational media crossover. He's always like "Aunt Heazie, look at this" and it's TikTok videos of repetitive humor just like these NPC videos. He screams with delight. There is something about the repetition that's hypnotic for him. It also exposes me to the huge market out there of media for children (a lot of strange humor). I wonder how many viewers of this NPC trend are children...

[@bittiebee]

Most of them lol

[@TjallieBrrr]

I would say a 50/50 of children and very creepy adults

[@hakanbaklava576]

every single one

[@psychobilly42069]

Literally all of them, I think the honest to god solution is children shouldn't be allowed on the internet until they're like 18

[@mashur4880]

Your nephew has seen things he shouldnt see until hes an adult and his parents are to blame

[@AlexanderKrasnovIsTheMan]

Speaking from the future here: The Chinese version, Douyin, had these NPC livestreams for quite a while now. Nowadays, you start seeing people going into more niche setups of these streams. A couple examples I've seen: 1. Multiple dancers - 4-5 different gifts, and a girl/guy/whoever does a dance based on the gift 2. Training NPC - You throw a gift, the guy does 10 push-ups. You throw a different gift, he carries a water tank for 1 minute. You throw a third one, he does 10 squats So if TikTok will continue in the same trend, it will likely evolve rather than disappear completely

[@nezlok]

Social media has been chasing Chinese trends for years and years. You’re right to predict a similar trajectory

[@bod9001a]

this just seems like a good way to get paid to do exercise xD

[@nbkarkat]

@@bod9001a you're onto something here

[@AlexanderKrasnovIsTheMan]

@@bod9001a unless you get paid the same gift over and over and eventually you break your arms from holding the water tank for an hour straight

[@LuluTheCorgi]

Thanks I hate it

[@llllllllll5119]

This "trend" has actually been around on tiktok for awhile. It's just been popular in Japan/China and it was slightly different. Typically different gifts would be garner a certain movement & sometimes they'd just do said movements on their own while people gifted and sent messages. They'd also dress up in cosplay (I'd usually see neko's, princess peach, etc.) and at times they wouldn't speak. This is just a revised trend of that that's taken off in the US. Doesn't make it any less strange in my opinion.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Damn so like mukbangs. It was a lot less weird in South Korea and now the West got ahold of it and made it as strange as possible

[@insectdilemma]

Bad tiktok trend in the US: 😂 Bad tiktok trend in Japan: 😮

[@larryc8224]

I was actually managing to live with my life without knowing anything about this, until now. Thanks, Charlie.

[@patmacrotch5611]

This. Would rather just go on not know this exists.

[@warrixsin]

Yeah same here. My life is literally worse now that I know this exists..

[@__________.....]

same, I am infuriated and my day is ruined

[@miayoung8679]

@@__________.....”my disappointment is … immeasurable. and my day is ruined.”

[@johnpark6256]

5:16 put this in the "charlie breaking character" compilation

[@crazygamingyt7245]

Hahaha, ohohoho,ahahaha, ehehehehe

[@bruhman9763]

@@crazygamingyt7245Goblin moment

[@Azalel]

The fact people are actually watching and sending money to these people is beyond me. these are adults sending money to other adults acting like an NPC

[@Narcle0]

And she probably makes more in 5 hours than most people do in a year.

[@Argonak1]

​@@g2jxGhF5G8z1gL7SBots have an income?

[@zenbear9952]

Yeah I think the real problem is audience here. I would be so embarassed if I got caught paying money for this

[@Artofizanagi]

Y’all care too much about what others do with their time and money 😂 homegirl found bank and is taking advantage of it.

[@DexterMorgan_123]

​@@Artofizanagithat wasnt the point the point is that people are beyond brain dead

[@akihikohoshide3964]

4:36 sounds like Scooby Doo saying roses

[@bleezecake]

ACTUALLY THOUGH

[@mr.derpyface558]

fr

[@shaytheswift_4327]

I used to think that there was never a reason to bully someone... now not so much.

[@tinyninja7716]

Imagine a room of these people acting like NPC's. It'd be like a horror movie.

[@Heinsebal]

I swear dude that's nightmare fuel right there.

[@Charbugrner]

just constant “roses” “girl you got me feelin like a cow girl yaaah” damn horrifying

[@mromutt]

I am not even trying to be funny, thats horrifying. I think you just unlocked a phobia for me lol I wonder if that has a name

[@justaw2982]

I can already sense the transition of these "NPCs" to Onlyfans once it inevitably dies out. This trend is just even more evidence on how social media is frying the brain of society slowly.

[@kitty-yg1bg]

she already has an OF lol its on her IG

[@Jetashii]

@@kitty-yg1bg lmfao so pathetically sad.

[@badrequest5596]

For sure. Right now its fairly simple and in the mainstream and will die out quickly. But where it will most definitely thrive is combined with only fans content. A lot of degenerates out there will go absolutely ballistic with a nude npc girl

[@brianeno608]

"All signs lead back to only fans" how online trend creators survive in the afterlife of a dead trend.

[@Squall20XXuk]

Nothing slowly about it. It feels like we are on the fast track to Idiocracy

[@alfredsupersauce]

I’m most impressed that she didn’t lose her voice from doing that for 5 hours.

[@-______-______-]

Or her and everyone else's minds.

[@arsyn8353]

The real npcs are the ones paying the streamers to say shit like “meow” and “I love you”

[@godzillazfriction]

no.... both are... plain and simple... both are just as fucked up

[@CamperCarl00]

For everyone who is genuinely enjoying these npc streams, don't forget to water your plants with *Brawndo, **_it's what plants crave!_*

[@zuriel4783]

But does it have electrolytes though?

[@darkpistol96]

Idiocracy is a prophecy at this point

[@TrokaRC]

That's a documentary not a movie lol.

[@JustSnowglow]

This reference is too old for the target demographic 😂

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

"Mmm Brawndo, good for my plants! Healthy healthy." - Said with un-enthusiastic new to this tone of voice

[@Brumum]

At this point I no longer see TikTok users as people, I legitimately look at them like specimens. Just the way they think and act is so fascinating I can’t help but watch them.

[@RandySm0res]

wouldn't be surprised if she hit us with a "Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy."

[@emeraldwarrior588]

crazy? i was crazy once

[@beastmaster354]

@@emeraldwarrior588 They locked me in a room. a rubber room.

[@r1sky742]

A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy.

[@thiskidbroo]

A rubber room with rats and rats make me crazy

[@jawawalando]

Crazy? I was crazy once,

[@bennybananas6574]

And the worst part of this, is that she isn’t even the patient zero of this. There was a Japanese catgirl who did this before this whole thing blew up in the US.

[@realdavestrider]

is that the girl who frequently was on the same lives as the "ohio final boss" guy in 2022? or have the catgirls multiplied

[@bennybananas6574]

@@realdavestrider I am unsure, but knowing catgirls they have probably multiplied

[@jaaltheangel1952]

Even her friend aka Ohio final boss also has been doing this before. He does a rpg fantasy npc when he’s not doing his walk livestreams but pinky is getting all the credit as the “founder”

[@adanzzz1271]

@@realdavestrideryes it’s her

[@piki2pikachu]

​@@bennybananas6574oh they'll continue forever. they're like bacteria. they appeal to such a base niche that any extermination effort would be hopeless.

[@voodoolew]

Nothing makes me happier than the fact I never picked up TikTok and never will. Almost as sad that NPC is losing it's meaning as a Non-Playable Character

[@fomorians]

"My fear is that these technologies are infantilising the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a small attention span and who live for the moment." - Susan Greenfield, Oxford University neuroscientist

[@milehighgambler]

I mean you can head to your nearest casino and see the same with fully grown adults and old people spending their money on the same thing with slot machines

[@ithmiths]

@@milehighgamblerdud thats actually so fucking correct. Wow. Thats fucked

[@deeznuttes9340]

@@milehighgambler yea the tech industry has been behind the gambling industry for years in that regard

[@barbiincognito13]

Could just as easy describe adults 🤷‍♀️

[@klaushouse117]

When the most effort an average person does is press flashing lights at subway, and do repetitive labor, sounds like people are just job training early.

[@Zaperr]

5:40 “hi zaza” she’s on some rn

[@themerchantofpueblo]

I’m and AI designer responsible for NPC characters and this just isn’t alright man this is sick.

[@Nash9r]

Because they are taking your job?

[@agent-33]

The donors probably have a feel of control or dominance over these NPCs, and this is what feels gratifying for them.

[@jacob-2271]

I think it's more them being lonely and enjoying being acknowledged than them extending control over someone imo. People go nuts and donate hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands of dollars to streamers to have them acknowledge them and read their comments and thank them on stream, it's just the logical conclusion of turning it into the most distilled instant gratification of a famous person acknowledging and interacting them.

[@yoBigWave]

It's just worldwide mental health decline. The collective autism

[@dudeinthesuit2]

My thoughts exactly. A power trip/dominating thing. People like having control and power over other humans

[@strecxiu2134]

Basically what subathons are

[@Misanthropolis]

Or... maybe people are just too stupid and have too much money to waste.

[@shiki1334]

5:16 the most genuine emotion i've seen this man express...puts me to tears honestly..

[@themcking5987]

I had to watch that part like 5 times, it was too funny

[@zulie9378]

Best part of the video

[@OkayMeinThankYou]

Charlie’s timing when I get bored is absolutely incredible

[@scythegaming99]

Charlie should start his own npc stream with his most famous phrases, insults and sounds

[@hueiehieiu]

what would that even look like tho? the only one i can think of is aight thats about it see ya

[@TheOriginalDuckley]

It’s phrases

[@347Jimmy]

Jiminy Christmas!

[@beauregardheer]

Frases

[@scythegaming99]

Wooooo!

[@dumpy8312]

I find it hard to believe that Charlie isn't a fetish scientist with how many toys he's bought

[@joseph6868]

You never know what happens behind the cameras

[@puncakefatty4038]

@@joseph6868 i am almost certain that Charlie is actually the sex king ;)

[@mutecryptid]

Same. We’ve all read the wiki’s

[@malikc-c]

I appreciate how this channel is always delivering news I havent heard before or up to date on current events. This trend needed to be called out for what it is, tragic.

[@hosatus2433]

Someone should make an AI streamer that does this NPC shit so it's a literal NPC and it all comes full circle

[@definitelynotanAIchatbot]

You haven't seen Neuro-sama yet?

[@gmusic7268]

@@definitelynotanAIchatbot No and ion even wanna look

[@definitelynotanAIchatbot]

@@gmusic7268 It's an AI streamer that is funnier than 99% of human streamers.

[@hosatus2433]

@@definitelynotanAIchatbot yeah but Neuro-sama has more personality than 90% of real streamers these days

[@definitelynotanAIchatbot]

@@hosatus2433 Exactly. I'm just trying to spread the word.

[@chipFOUR]

If the money donated to these streams was put towards actually viable charitable projects just imagine how much better life could be.

[@catatoblob8598]

Yes if only everyone spent all of their money on charity and not on themselves.

[@Legnica148]

@@catatoblob8598 how the fuck paying for an emoji here is using money for yourself? by definition it is for sure, but OP's point is very important

[@catatoblob8598]

@@Legnica148 It's like spending money on gatcha games. I don't generally understand the appeal and it does the world a disservice overall, but the people doing it are paying for a service and generally won't derive the same enjoyment from donating to charity.

[@catatoblob8598]

@@Legnica148 I guess my point is that as long as no-one is harmed, people have a right to spend their own money on things that bring them happiness. Sometimes that thing is charity. Sometimes that thing is emojis.

[@Sangheillioz]

I feel like you should be able to record a reaction to each emote, then write a simple program to play the "correct" action when an emote is sent, wait for the action to complete, then play an idle action until the next emote is received. The only tricky part would be getting them to flow seamlessly.

[@user-bz6gh5ng2m]

you gotta have it perfect, the whole deal is that its supposed to be a real person

[@jamesgish9202]

I'm sure it's possible

[@EggfriedRiece93]

Those types of things have existed for a long time. Think fans cams from Omegle videos

[@stickguy9109]

This is what I thought the moment I learned about the trend

[@stephenlong9806]

Just make it a vtuber and you can animate it.

[@skibiditoiletfan101]

never knew emoting could go so crazy

i like big black oily men

[@skibiditoiletfan101]

@@kelseyyyyyyyyyyyy plz stop msging me😁

[@ChaosRehab]

It reminds me of that psychological experiment with the people who were given some sort of control over others as the emotes are "making" them do the actions.

[@-______-______-]

Stanford prison experiment.

[@peachpot]

I think some of the NPC livestreams are definitely fetish material. My dad is actually the one who showed me this trend, and it was with an anime looking chick with elf ears talking like little girl. I assumed it was a fetish stream to make it seem like you were feeding and interacting with a virtual waifu, not realizing it's riding off of trend lol

[@barackobama7066]

Damn your dad's kinda weird

[@hueiehieiu]

that is a fetish stream. the elf ears girl is a porn fetish creator.

[@aidyn5916]

Why did your dad show you that😭😭

[@SpeedKing..]

Your dad???

[@brianvillatoro6588]

Actual thoughtful and partially insightful Penguinz0 comment

[@tahlialavinia]

As a 23 year old, I have never had tik tok, and am more glad every day that I don’t

[@pouletsept5099]

As he said in the middle of the video it's really telling to show how preteens attention span is screwed on something like this. I got understand like very small children being entertained by this and given their money but, to know teens and young adults are spending their money on this it just feels sad. Also I think this trend is blowing up so big because it reinforces a lot of young people's ideas that they're like the main character in life. Literally having a character on Livestream stare blankly and only respond and make noises to people sending tips or comments, makes those young people feel empowered. But he'll what can I say. At eighteen when I finally got my own computer and KZbin was just starting, some of my favorite videos were weird Gmod animations with short 5 seconds skits and s***.

[@randomhero123]

I was gonna say, if people think this is weird they weren't around for late 90s/early 2000s internet, or the cringe version random xD a few years later. I was there, lost some good friends.

[@imnotsqiddy]

@@randomhero123 Nothing in the late 90s/early 2000s internet was this purposefully cringe.

[@MrEvtmazda]

COVID was proof of how dumb humans have become

[@jeremytesticleman1607]

Anybody who watches this stuff above 16 years needs to get mental health treatment and im being serious.

[@vanessaashford9203]

short, absurd online meme videos are not the same thing as this though, like this is just someone doing the same thing for long periods of time, it's actually alarming how long (presumably) sober people are just sitting and watching these. I don't get it, at all.

[@Vindikatorz]

black mirror: write that down, write that down!

[@YungSkrtDinger420]

I was playing BitLife last night and my character wanted to “Be a NPC on social media livestreams” I had no clue it was a real thing lmao

[@adricescaa33]

bitlife is always so quick to add microtrends into the game 😭

[@muramasa870]

Battlebit added real life?

[@theemagus9932]

@@adricescaa33💀

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

@@muramasa870*REAL?*

[@courtney4831]

You know when I first saw one of those streams the immediate gut reaction I had was an utter chill down my spine. Because I think I realized like you said the factory reset it was demanding.

[@TheSakuraGumiLTD]

When you did the "roses," it already had far more diversity in acting range by even the third one

[@SweeetMJ]

my friend is a doctor and he doesn't even get the half amount what they get . We need another Thanos's snap

[@Mr-Flappy]

The npcs are getting to him 😂 4:31

[@Spectereen]

I imagine the day Charlie will make a twitch stream saying "Wow Icecream yum yum! *Sluuurp*"

[@just1rando]

Id pay for that

[@Roin_robin87]

its happens in other countries too, one of them got so large in sweden they got on the news 😭😭😭😭

[@Ith.977]

I feel like lately trends don't die, they evolve

[@Malenia_BladeOfMiquella]

Skibidi dob dob best example.

[@djphroop]

Rule 665+1 of the internet if it exists there's a meme made of it.

[@bladenight23]

More like mutate.

[@nathanpitek3177]

Charlie not being a fetish scientist is a nuts thing to say. He’s the closest thing we have to one on this platform

[@kklips8975]

I think I found a youtuber who fits your criteria

[@ArborealOreo]

8:18 for anyone who wants to make a Charlie NPC stream with pre-recorded clips.

[@Xokoy]

This feels like a natural evolution of the streamer that simply thanks their viewers for subs and donations in the exact same tone of voice every time and has the same overlays playing each time. It's that repetition of acknowledgement that makes you be acknowledged while not being any different in any way from anyone else who has done the same thing.

[@TheMasterd333]

If i ever have a kid it's no phone/tablet until 12 AT LEAST dear god.

[@lincolnlanier8596]

1:42 as a TF2 2Fort Player, this is a daily basis

[@anaxolotl4625]

pinkie definitely wasnt the first, she's the most popular but i saw other women doing it a long time before she did it. theres one cosplayer that does it but she doesnt say anything she just plays music and stares at the camera doing npc gestures every now and then. theres also a girl called "cherry crush" that does it as well

[@SentorisVR]

Ah yes Cherry crush. I remember discovering her porn a decade ago yet Here she is Not having visibly aged lol

[@EifiE]

“Shu” was one who was way “better” at it, at least put more effort into the movements and cosplay etc, might be who you’re talking about. In a weird way I feel like she actually feels like legitimate performance art compared to the rest of the trend.

[@pozzoom5892]

​@@EifiEcherry crush was first

[@theyellowmeaning]

@@pozzoom5892 i find that far more unlikely than a japanese chick emulating videogames for money. cherry crush put herself all the way out way too much to come up with something this vanilla.

[@pozzoom5892]

@@theyellowmeaning can't tell if your disagreeing or agreeing, I'll go with the latter

[@naushadpunjani1071]

A person from 2 months after 'will die out in 1 week' prediction.... its still going

[@riversan90]

This is like something an AI would generate, but it's all real. That fact is legitimately terrifying.

[@nickhero6329]

Oh yeah, how do you know its real. Maybe she used AI to create those clips

[@toganium4175]

2:19 This is literally a Family Guy joke.

[@leafisinsane]

8:41 the thing is, people might have already started faking the livestreams but since this trend is so redundant, nobody will try to even notice it.

[@waste_bin]

I used to believe that this trend was just dumb, but after witnessing charlie repeating the word roses like six times, I am now convinced that I would spend hours watching him saying that one word in that exact voice and would probably die of laughter just from the sheer stupidity presented by that experience.

[@HazelEyes485]

People are already calling Charlie an NPC so why not.

[@kefkaconnoisseur]

The fucking roses got me lmao

[@pokiblue5870]

Idk but those tiktok feels like another form of Asmr 😅 it somehow calm me down

[@rewritefan123]

@@pokiblue5870your part of the problem. LEAVE

[@hensoakira]

@@whitehallminutthmm...sir...is this who i think it is on your profile picture ?

[@maxwell9784]

I saw a tweet today that pointed out the reason a lot of these people are probably donating is because she’s a young and pretty lady doing childish/silly actions… and yeah, they were probably right, which is so unlike twitter might I add

[@Sir_Sectrix]

No dystopian novelist could have predicted the regression of mankind to this level.

[@YodaOnABender]

We’ve reached a stage where humans are glitchier than actual NPCs

[@gaminglakitu]

Most NPC's in this day and age also sound more real than most actual people

[@GreenCorgiQueen]

She's live at the moment, and is going a hell of a lot faster than she was before. I still respect her for taking advantage and making that money

[@thesecretshade]

I mean she isn't harming anyone and she is live for hours. That's determination

[@GreenCorgiQueen]

@@thesecretshade exactly! Good for her

[@puppergump4117]

@@p-__ You're the sad little wet fart he talked about

[@den3397]

@@GreenCorgiQueenbro shes an npc

[@onepieceazz]

Omfg stop. Aplouding clowns then being surprised other clowns start copying the og clown and creating a legion of clowns this is exactly how only fans started

[@thermite5463]

we must call the IRS because these people are escaping taxes!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@off-seasonmemes]

“The NPC virus is spreading faster than expected”- One study says

[@Quartermaster1463]

Honestly I like how long it’s been going on, it reminds me how when things got big back then they’d stay for a while

[@rickythereaper1943]

I think about the film Idiocracy every so often because I swear every year the thought process behind trends gets significantly worse. I'm pretty sure that film is becoming a reality

[@cameronbatko]

Ow! My balls! Next TikTok sensation

[@bippins]

I've had the same thought many times mate..

[@Funnyvid16]

I’ve compared so many things to idioracy since it’s out it’s amazing

[@TrokaRC]

At some point it will be a documentary the way society is going.

[@mugnuz]

I have that thought often. First i giggle then i have an urge to madly laugh ..

[@smorsnbread1002]

What an inteligente and sensible young lady. The wisdom she shares for 5 whole hours, wow… not all hero’s wear capes

[@lambertar]

Finally, an interesting opponent for a Destiny debate.

[@sorenskousen7468]

@@lambertar That legitimately made me laugh out loud.

[@sosmooth13]

First tide pods years ago, and now NPC streams. I really can’t imagine a more generalized trend to plaster on an entire generation. I’m genuinely trying my hardest to defend these kids from judge-y boomer grandparents, and fellow millennials as a younger one myself, but it gets harder and harder with every trend lol.

[@dox4928]

dude you realize the only people who are donating are 35+ right?

[@deadmeme7030]

Barely anyone actually did the tide pod thing. It was only a few people until it got on the news

[@orsich22]

don't worry, the tiktok adults are ingesting borax rn

[@sosmooth13]

My point is that it’s not going to matter. I guess I’m not helping, but all it takes is one kid, and that’s enough for most people to assume. The whole tide pods thing further proves my point though. Even if it’s two people, who’s watching the news these days in majority? Enough to judge as much.

[@wil.d_sage]

Yeah I’m not defending this

[@DeuceDeuce80]

"Entertainment is an overvalued commodity"....this goes for all of you....

[@whoisnugget]

the fact that alive humsn beings with a pulse are actually entertained and throwing money at this shit is impressive and also scary

[@timtiddly2984]

no its little timmy who deosnt know what hes doing throwing all his pocket money at a thing he finds funny. its sad they are taking advantage of children like this

[@jalenkane4069]

​@@timtiddly2984bro but it's not just children tho it's so much adults you'd be surprised it's weird asf ong

[@galvendorondo]

Charlie again reminding us of his impeccable role in The Hunger Games by acting out those NPCs was beautiful to watch.

[@briannnaaX]

Truly a class act, an unforgettable performance.

[@jmsaguas77]

I never understood TikTok anyway, and now, not only I don't understand TikTok, but I also don't understand the viewers.

[@d_y_n_a_m_o]

1:39 She watched too many Nickeh 30 video's "Never give up, never back down" 💀

[@SixEighthOfficial]

It will never cease to amaze how far we've fallen as a species since the introduction of the internet

[@maxxedtfout]

Where is the lie, it’s unsettling. I just want it to end immediately

[@knagen]

The first 10 years was pretty nice, after that it was straight freefall

[@notayoutuber09]

Would say social media, not the internet

[@Idonthaveanythingtodo]

it has always been dumb from the beginning. The difference now is that Tik tok is the Pulitzter factory for dumb of the year !

[@Hoo_Dini]

​@@notayoutuber09that is arguably true facts

[@mitchellsimoes715]

I was lowkey in the npc trend before it popped off with this Chinese tic toker a few months ago but what he did was he would do work outs for each donation. As an avid gym goer it was funny and cool to pick out the things he did. As weird as it sounds I feel like it hits the same neurons a video game hits in players but escalated because instead of obviously computer generated models, people are still getting the same dopamine blast they would for commanding actual computers but amplified because of the actual real world control they can feel that they don’t feel in their everyday to day lives

[@1234567895182]

Weird

[@Str8outta604]

🤢🤮

[@beabea5985]

That's really pathetic

[@Turbo-DF]

@@beabea5985 the future is legit just donate and ill do whatever you want on a list or some shit like irl sims i stg

[@Summonick2]

This is actual dystopia

[@operation_sith7836]

there's one live stream that stands out from the npc's and it's "I NEED MORE AMMO" Iykyk

[@joyconboyz1409]

Charlie, this has been going on for months, with so many different streamers. I remember discussing this a while ago. The fact you’re just now finding it is scary. I hope you’re correct that it’ll die but I doubt it.

[@popcornbutter6820]

u right

[@elcatrinc1996]

Critikal could do that peak-a-boo thing for an entire hour and i would be entretained

[@itspreethikaaa]

I’m so glad someone is speaking about this. I just can’t understand how people would even find this entertaining. It’s so sad we love in such a world. No hate on the people doing it. I just can’t understand how anyone would be interested in this.

[@wpizdets2640]

No, we should hate and bully these people any chance we get.

[@HeilyCoconut]

Same... just like i can't understand why would people watch another dude play silly video games

[@BojangIes515]

Yeah Gen Alpha has strange content tastes

[@Kabooooom670]

​@@HeilyCoconutThts a weird comparison lmao

[@GmmBeast]

​@@HeilyCoconutThe two are literally nothing alike. Watching someone play video games is entertaining because (usually) the person has a personality and interacts with the community. Plus the game itself is entertaining because, ya know, video games. Watching some NPC on TikTok doing the same 10 gestures for hours on end and throwing them thousands of dollars to continue doing it is insane.

[@780joey]

Sometimes I feel like the world is an okay place and some shit like this pops up to remind me that I'm working a hard labor job, buying expensive tools and going to school for technical training just to struggle on an barely livable wage.....

[@pjmcquillan3424]

Do a charity stream of you doing this, but make it ridiculously over the top

[@cruzman8605]

Hope everyone's day is going great.

[@ChrisShafferOfficial]

𝕀 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 ᴀ ʜɪʟᴀʀɪᴏᴜs ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇʀ ᴅᴏɢ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ вєттєя ¢σитєит 😁.,., ,..,,

[@choof1252]

damn beat me 2 it

[@SZN_Crank]

Ion even know what the dudes above me said bro

[@kaedenjohnson2591]

Going good, finally got my brother on a bike, think he’ll learn in a month. I’m so proud of him

[@Spectereen]

You improved my day, thank you.

[@Sorry-sk4kt]

I don’t have tik tok and this is the second video I have seen about this stuff, I just still can’t wrap my mind around it

[@Apropoetic]

We live in a stupid... stupid world. I could understand watching one of these streams maybe once briefly out of curiosity but the novelty would wear off so fast and I've never watch another.

[@brettonmartinez9657]

1:27 EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS HAD ME DYING 😭😭

[@minionyou9167]

5:32 I did not just see Mr. Bean on this

[@mitchmitting102]

Ah yes, I love to see how society has failed that something like this exists and actually makes money. Side note, Charlie when can we expect the NPC stream to fund the next couple Moist Esports teams?

[@AlecMeyer94]

We need a NPC streamer who does a Half-Life 1 scientist impressions.

[@zombiesRcool90]

i would sell a kidney to see that

[@MyStellarSpace]

Now that would be entertaining and like an actual NPC

[@TheFedzOohNoo]

ok i approve of that

[@adman4t]

STAHP

[@ChaosoneX]

I'm glad you mentioned how this NPC thing works because I was kind of guessing. With that reveal, I can surmise this trend's popularity is less about baby-brain goo-goo goofiness and more about the thing that cancel culture gave those that used it -- power over other people's lives. In a nutshell, people who are giving these streamers money are forcing their will onto them -- five bucks to donate an emoji and watch them act on it -- reducing them to things, objects, true NPCs that you can do anything to and face no repercussions over. And I can almost guarantee someone *will* try to NPC one of these Tik Tokers in real life, and it won't end well for someone. This is dangerous a thing to be encouraging. I implore people to stop while they're ahead, while they still *have* a head...

[@cdlhighlights1444]

Iv heard of other people explaining it. Apparently,even tho it’s not sexual, it’s a control fetish

[@pandalover900]

No, let them take it to real life. The people who are so disconnected that think this would go over well in person need that reality check. If it ends in them ending, then their circumstances are far worse than you or I could imagine and their ending is a far better mercy than a continued existence of soulless screen time.

[@adhirg]

@@cdlhighlights1444a “fetish” is sexual by definition. something can’t be non-sexual if it’s a fetish lol.

[@cdlhighlights1444]

@@adhirg that’s how I heard other ppl explain it. What would u call it

[@adhirg]

@@cdlhighlights1444 it’s for sure a fetish, but the people saying “it isn’t sexual” are huffing pure copium lol. people are deriving pleasure from this and it’s gross. at least they should be real about why they watch garbage like that.

[@EB-Ghost6]

Bring back the trends that meant something, like the ice bucket challenge was primarily to raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. And it worked

[@hyperxi5125]

3:45 girl straight up sounds like a text to speech

[@guerrace3210]

4:35 Scooby-Doo trying his hardest to say Moses correctly

[@MeowPiggy]

I love that Charlie is able to use the words "inner machination" and "noodles" in the same sentence and have it be philosophical all at the same time