r/TikTokCringe 12h ago

Cringe Chinese livestreamer dances almost nonstop for 4–6 hours, every time viewers send gifts, she has to dance

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u/HighlightOwn2038 11h ago

This is disturbing

u/gatinhafromutah 11h ago

Black mirror shit

u/Mama_Joyce_Wig 11h ago

I think it sorta was in the first ep of the last season

u/thetavius 10h ago

Reminds me of episode 2 of the first season with the poet. This is truly fucked

u/thewriteally 10h ago

This is dystopian as fuck…….
https://giphy.com/gifs/26gsccje7r5WUrXsA

u/Little_Principle673 6h ago

I mean it’s kinda how social media works to be perfectly honest. Doing stupid shit for money and gifts…

u/NesCie0617 5h ago

… and karma

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u/YoungRoronoa 7h ago

That’s literally everyone in the backgrounds facial expression.

u/Joseph_Kickass 8h ago

Yeah that episode really fucked with me. I don't generally watch horror because of the jump scares and I generally like mindfucks but that episode really fucked with my head.

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u/Garlic-Butter-Fly 11h ago

This is basically the plot of They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Desperate people made to dance until they die

u/mephistola 9h ago

A nifty musical episode of Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, as well. A dancing demon visits Sunnydale and hilarity ensues!

u/rosescenteddream 7h ago

Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunNIES!!

u/Certain-Lecture-7351 7h ago

Or maybe midgets

u/TripitakaWukong 6h ago

What's with all the carrots, what do they need such good eye sight for anyways?!

u/ResplendentDaylight 7h ago

BUNNIES

BUNNIES

IT MUST BE BUNNIES

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u/shrookuch 10h ago

Today I learned about this movie.... can't wait to watch this.

u/Tariovic 10h ago

Make sure you're in a good place mentally when you watch it.

u/perfect_insanity93 9h ago

But then I'd never watch it. Tally ho!

u/unSure_of_stuf 9h ago

I feel like after watching this,my mental health declined

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u/Own_Laugh_5080 7h ago

If you’re feeling down I really recommend you give it a pace.

It’s a very hard watch. There is zero bright side.

u/spiderlegged 7h ago

Good luck. It’s not streaming anywhere, and I’ve been trying to get a Blu-ray for months with no luck. 

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u/Flippy_Spoon 8h ago

That movie is incredibly upsetting- like Requiem for a Dream level bleak.

u/shillyshally 8h ago

I saw it when it came out in theaters in 1969 and it still ranks, in my mind, as the most depressing movie I ever watched.

u/TheGalator 6h ago

Bro how old are you?

u/Audrey-Bee 10h ago

My first thought too. Great movie, but only available on a physical copy

u/Numerous_Injury273 10h ago

it's on youtube! highly recommend anybody to watch it, it's one of the most impactful movies I have ever seen. Just jaw-dropping from start to finish

u/spicynegroni 10h ago

Fantastic tragic film. Was the one that made me fall in love with cinema. It’s available on YouTube in the US with some searching.

u/Bandgeek252 7h ago

The book from the 1930s of the same name was wild! I've never seen the movie, but the book was horrifying.

u/PlatzUrutu 6h ago

Kids Tomorrow Goodbye another great title. You can find on Internet Archive 

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u/TopRevenue2 9h ago

Next level of They Shoot Horses Don't They

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u/boombanggg2 10h ago

Everyone keep saying black mirror. Never seen it... and not sire if I will.

u/ExtremeRest1567 10h ago

Don't worry, you're watching it right now. Just look around you.

u/Cicero-Phares 8h ago

Look Around You is a completely separate series …teehee

u/Similar-Ice-9250 8h ago edited 8h ago

Why not? It’s an anthology type series of fucked up, dystopian, or mind bending scenarios, every episode is different so you don’t have to dedicate yourself to a whole season. Just watch a random episode here and there. I guess start at beginning with first few series, some classics there.

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u/DisorderlyAqueduct 9h ago

only one making her do this is her (unless there's a whole other darker layer going on)

u/DreddPirateBob808 9h ago

There is very likely a whole darker layer going on. Some of documentaries and articles on it are so disturbing its just hellish. Think about what people have been forced to do over the centuries to make others rich, or happy, and then think about what she how much money she is making for, very very likely, someone else. Hell,  just think about what some parents will make thier own children do just for 'likes' because now those likes can mean millions. A day.

u/ggrimmaw 10h ago

15 million merits shit BM was really ahead of its time.

u/JohnySilkBoots 9h ago

Not if she made a lot. I mean less than 200 years ago people use to die using dynamite to make canals. And they are paid nothing. Like not even enough eat or have a shack.

u/RhythmMaid 8h ago

I would argue the fact that people are paying real money to watch this girl suffer makes this more dystopian

u/Mindless-Somewhere55 7h ago

She’s scaring the kids in the back

u/Extension-Math5183 7h ago

Best thing about black mirror is what it actually is...the fucking devices we consume on.

u/EnvironmentalWin1277 5h ago

Point of reference see the movie "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" about Depression Era dance marathons.

A sordid characteristic of all times and places.

u/UmeaTurbo 5h ago

I don't understand why she's doing this. Is she being forced to by someone or is this just how she's choosing to make her living? Cuz if it's the latter, I don't understand why she doesn't stop. Sorry. I don't really get it.

u/ini0n 8h ago

China is a bit black mirror for those that live there, it's only the propoganda overseas that make it seem nice. It's a hyper capitalist economy, tiny social safety net and few workers rights - all this inside an all powerful authoritarian surveillance state. They have social credit scores and you're always watched and judged.

Even the wealth you do generate from your tough work conditions is not safe, as everything can be snatched away by an uncaring government decision. See what happened after the real estate crash which was the majority of Chinese savings.

The impact on culture is an aggressive take for yourself mentality, where people don't trust or like their fellow citizens. In the little free time the 996 work schedule provides, people live sad lives of social isolation in tiny cramped apartments, scrolling social media.

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u/PetalumaPegleg 11h ago

The girls behind her look concerned

u/Icy_Yam5049 11h ago

I’m fucking concerned. This is depressing I could get past the first few seconds

u/PetalumaPegleg 11h ago

It's like a hostage video but worse

u/jackinsomniac 10h ago

I was gonna say Black Mirror-type shit.

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u/YouWereBrained 11h ago

Well, she could stop at anytime, you know.

u/Satisfaction_008 11h ago

A lot of these camgirls are being exploited or blackmailed into working for people who run the cam rooms. A lot of times their lives are being threatened if they stop...

u/Complete_Fix_7073 10h ago

I believe you, I think they are in danger.

u/Boopy7 7h ago

the only way to know is if she stops, and something happens...and others do something or say something. Or people boycott the entire damn thing, ideally. Stop giving money and clicks to bullshit.

u/YouWereBrained 5h ago

This. Everyone’s speculating with some wild takes.

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u/snarky_witch 8h ago

Digital pimps

u/vaime 6h ago

God, thank you for saying this, I had no idea till I hit this comment section and was genuinely like “why would you do this to yourself”

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u/LonelyCheeto 11h ago

How do you know? Evidently she doesn't think that.

u/Jeanne_Of_ARCadiaBay 11h ago edited 10h ago

Ya, because if she stops she doesnt get the money problem the buy as they will cancel the song chain and refund that money. They do this on Xiaohongshu as well, and then the girls get tired they cut the song. This one must either rly want the money or rly need it.

Those girls behind her look familiar from Xiaohongshu, so that might be Black Gold, but im not 100%

But i do know Black Golds polices and seen many kf there streams, this isnt a normal thing (Black Gold is the largest chinese dance agency)

u/OM3N1R 9h ago

This guy........ Uhm... Chinese livecam watches.

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u/Explorer_Creative 11h ago

The ideal economic model and government for the US. 👍

u/Sahngar 10h ago

All choices are binary

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u/Yeastereggs 10h ago

Even if she could, think about all the people that find her tortured expression entertaining.

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u/SHansen45 9h ago

neither is whatever this shit is, China cares about its image, this shit isn’t good for its image

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u/YouWereBrained 10h ago

So are you suggesting the government is forcing her to do this?

u/Biguitarnerd 10h ago

Not who you asked but it’s more like the government doesn’t have the employee protection and safety laws that most western countries are used to.

Whether you think that is bad or good is up to you I guess. I for one am thankful for what we do have and wish we had more.

u/rainzer 10h ago

China does have worker protection laws on paper. They are arbitrarily enforced like our corruption laws.

u/BusinessLetterhead47 10h ago

Depending on the field you work in China actually has pretty robust and enforced labor laws.

Source, I work in China and have had to file against an employer. I also have Chinese friends who have done same.

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u/Loughnashade 6h ago

Do you know what Mr Beast got famous for?

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u/PetalumaPegleg 11h ago

How TF do you that? What a ridiculous assumption that she's doing it by choice

u/avelineaurora 9h ago

...You think it's more likely that she's being forced into slave labor on camera than an influencer is doing something stupid to themselves for clicks? Really?

u/rdtsucks 10h ago

What a ridiculous assumption that she isn’t doing it by choice.

Just because there are cases of streams and trafficking doesn’t mean that’s happening here. It is far more likely this is her choice, however dumb it is.

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u/nick2473got 8h ago

Thinking she isn't doing it by choice is infinitely crazier as an assumption.

What on Earth makes you think a streamer doesn't have a choice to just stop playing this stupid donate for dance game?

u/Babybean1201 11h ago

Ridiculous? Seems like a pretty fair assumption to me, certainly not ridiculous. Has the status quo changed in society to the point that it's no longer fair to assume live streamers do so of their own volition?

u/Bread_Godd 10h ago

Yes dude there's a massive human trafficking industry built around streams

u/avelineaurora 9h ago

Citation needed.

u/nick2473got 8h ago

Unless you have evidence that a significant percentage of streamers have been coerced or trafficked into the industry, it is not rational to assume that a streamer has been trafficked just because they're doing something dumb and unpleasant in exchange for money.

u/Babybean1201 10h ago

Hey. I don't doubt that it's "massive" in that it shouldn't be anywhere near as big as it is. But just from a very cursory AI search online, the % of coerced streams vs legitimate live streams is effectively 0%.

Yes I'm sure you'll laugh that I used AI, but I'm no invested enough in this argument to invest dozens if not hundreds of hours to get what I assume would be a very insignificant % more accuracy in estimation.

Now if you have actual sources that show it's closer to 50% I would love to see it and would start humoring the idea that the status quo has indeed changed. Otherwise, I'm going stick to my stance that the assumption that this clip is not evidence of human trafficking is indeed the more rational take.

In fact, if I AM ridiculous in making this assumption, surely you've already contacted interpol about this clip right?

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u/Friendly_Seat8566 10h ago

Hi, I have an incredibly narrow view on life based on my own experience. If I haven't experienced it, it must not exist and there fore everyone else is wrong. Oh BTW fuck empathy. I'm out. /S because you apparently have to state sarcasm.

u/Babybean1201 10h ago

Me challenging the assumption of status quo does not mean that I deny the existence of anything that does not fall within it. Ironic that I have to elaborate on that considering your tantrum about having an incredibly narrow view based on one's life experiences and then feeling the need to insult my intelligence by citing the necessity of using /s.

u/cheaplabourforsale 10h ago

Have you been living under a rock these last 20 years?

u/Babybean1201 10h ago

Because I think it's more likely this clip is ploy for money not involving human trafficking? Enlighten me. I assume you can't since you lead with an insult rather than bothering to educate someone who in your opinion is genuinely ignorant to what I would think is a rather important state of crisis if true.

For example, if I want to make a difference in the world and to educate people who are ignorant of climate change, my first response wouldn't be to call them an idiot.

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u/OsmanFetish 11h ago edited 9h ago

a real hostage crisis , times are tough, and dystopic if you are held hostage akin a dancing robot

initially I believed this was of her own will , but comments have explained otherwise

it's even worse if it's an agency wtf

u/PetalumaPegleg 11h ago

Yeah dude it's really fun to make fun of desperate people. You have no idea what her life is. There are way too many trafficked girls online to assume this is her own desire and make wisecracks.

u/RockstarAgent 11h ago

Don’t worry it was done on a black mirror episode already- everything is fine!

u/Alwaysfresh9 11h ago

Pulling a tooth is next! Then...you know.

u/tigm2161130 11h ago

It’s the same way people don’t realize a large number of Indian phone “scammers” are being trafficked. Yes, it’s annoying but a large number of those people are working in abject slavery and don’t really have a choice.

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u/FatiguedShrimp 11h ago

This is apparently through an agency called Black Gold.

It's not entirely voluntary (confirmed) and there are trafficking allegations (more difficult)....

u/grumpi-otter 10h ago

That was my question, and what percentage does she get to keep? Sickening.

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u/OsmanFetish 10h ago

it's 100% this and it's very sad

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u/asim166 9h ago

damn people are gullible, this is a scam as old as time, the background is ancient stock footage, and shes just dumping water on her head and faking her distress and looping the footage, she might even just loop it whenever someone donates

u/Icy_Yam5049 9h ago

Fair enough if that’s the case, either way I found the video and concept disturbing and moved on real quick.

u/ElsaGunDough 7h ago

My grandpa insists that all the pretty girls from China who keep contacting him can't all be AI. He also says that fools and their money are soon parted. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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u/MooBearz11 11h ago

It looks like I’m watching a torture video 😰 she is exhausted and not ok at all

u/Icy_Yam5049 10h ago

This is like the movie Saw style shit.

u/MooBearz11 9h ago

I feel it’s worse, more psychological and less gore.

u/Icy_Yam5049 9h ago

Idk I’ve hear of human trafficking being connected to some of this online video shit. Passports taken, lives threatened or families threatened. We live in a sad scary world for some.

u/MooBearz11 9h ago

It’s horrible to even imagine. 😢

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u/CorrectMulberry994 7h ago

And I bet if we report it, TikTok will…do nothing!

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u/PeaceLoveandCats6676 6h ago

Apparently some are parents doing this to get money for their kids' medical treatments. It's dystopian as shit. :(

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AUOGym7GU-A

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u/D_Simmons 9h ago

She is fine lol Her face is pretty clearly trying (acting) to look distressed.

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u/Infamous_Series_5064 11h ago

Same.. this is bad. Is she crying too?

u/ritikusice 6h ago

She's acting

u/Infamous_Series_5064 6h ago

At the very least, I would hope so. Looks like she's struggling though.

u/ritikusice 6h ago

Also the video loops every 30 seconds

u/Reddits-Reckoning 2h ago

You understand that she's doing it out of her own free will right?

u/Motor-Assistant-4045 11h ago

*couldn't

u/Icy_Yam5049 10h ago

Yeah that too. Probably autocorrect, Siri hates me.

u/this-is-NOT-okay 7h ago

Also looks like she’s crying? Or possibly exhausted. Either way, very disturbing.

Edit: comment below mentions get acting distressed is the intention so that people want to prolong her misery. That’s magnitudes more disturbing…

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u/sirideletereddit 11h ago

They’re on a loop. There’s no one behind her.

u/itsmarthai 9h ago

The video was screenrecorded and it repeats at one point, the amount of things the girls in the background can do is limited as they have to wait around for when someone does the gift that triggers their turn, for some reason, this time, this dancer was held on a perpetual loop instead of swapping every few minutes

u/brraaahhp 10h ago

How can you tell it's a loop? Could only see the a part of the video at the start played again later, both had 1110 of the gifts showing.

u/enadiz_reccos 10h ago

From our perspective, look at the background girl immediately to the right of the main dancer, white tee with black sleeves

She does something 20 seconds in and then does the exact same thing like 40 seconds later

u/brraaahhp 10h ago

Yeah that's not a loop in the background, look at the text and gift donation amount right when she does that. Says something with "haha" both times. Looks like this whole video is repeating 😅

u/Vishnej 10h ago

There's a very obvious hard cut at 27 seconds and then it goes back to the beginning. Except for the numbers keep counting. Then there's another at 57 seconds but this time the numbers go back down.

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u/brraaahhp 10h ago

It's not the background that loops, its the whole video starting over

u/Ok_Cook_3098 8h ago

Look at mister popular who has notifications in Facebook, WhatsApp and reddit

u/brraaahhp 8h ago

My mom, my mom and your mom. Both think I'm a special boy ❤️

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u/Jubachi99 11h ago

Pretty sure they are edited in

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u/brewhead55 11h ago

I'm not convinced those aren't AI generated

u/PetalumaPegleg 11h ago

I think they real but on a loop on review

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u/Inside_Force3214 11h ago

They look blank to me.

u/S7ageNinja 10h ago

The girls behind her are on a green screen

u/MedicalAwareness5160 10h ago

There's no real people in the background 

u/canman7373 10h ago

The girls behind her look concerned

Lol they aren't really there my man.

u/JustSh00tM3 9h ago

Aren't they fake?

u/WonderBredOfficial 9h ago

The girls behind her are on a loop because it's a green screen.

u/SamDewCan 9h ago

Its a green screen of a looped video

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u/PancakeParty98 11h ago

I choose to believe she’s playing it up to make it more of a spectacle, but even that is dark asf

u/Training-Chain-5572 10h ago

That implies the viewers enjoy it more when she's suffering, which is worse.

As a former dancer and dance instructor: I danced for 4 hours straight once without break and I couldn't sleep that night because my legs hurt so bad. You can dance for many many hours over extended periods of time as long as you get a few minutes of break here and there and drink water. This is just horrible.

u/AuroraFinem 8h ago edited 8h ago

This is pretty common for entertainment, which is why as a creator you need to establish hard boundaries when engaging with it at all.

People like to watch other people get pranked or get embarrassed/frustrated/fail to do something, but when you continue to let it go too far you get more and more of your viewers who are only there for that content forcing you to keep doing it or going further at risk of losing your viewer base.

Anytime a streamer does this while they’re smaller and ends up becoming too much as they grow, they always end up having to make the barrier higher and higher or put a full stop to it. That’s why smaller streamer add like 2-3mins per sub vs 10-30seconds for larger streamers when doing subathons, and why many streamers won’t do them at all, but this is so sad and I feel for that girl.

If she really wanted to keep the gimmick, she should make it something like “whoever donates the most/gifts the most subs gets to decide what song I dance to for the last hour of stream or can tell me not to dance” or something more manageable without cutting it all together. 4-6hrs every gift is insane, how do you even get any viewers for non-dancing torture content if that is your entire stream because someone gifted?

u/Zanna-K 7h ago

You think SHE wants to keep up the gimmick? 100% she's has strict, punishing contract with a company that manages her.

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u/Stohnghost 10h ago

I actually think she's playing it up maybe initially because her viewers like to torture her but now she's actually reached a breaking point

u/NoxTempus 9h ago

Right????

So many comments like "she's hamming it up to make people think it's worse, so they get satisfaction from extending it".

As though that isn't worse. As though it isn't existentially terrifying that so many people would spend their own money to make a random person suffer. As though it isn't disturbing that it's such consistent behaviour that people can make living off it.

We need to go extinct.

u/Malisient 8h ago

Whether it's dancing, horror movies, cock/dog fighting, or voting, there is a large minority (please let it be a minority) of people on this planet that enjoy suffering for sport or entertainment.

The problem with us going extinct is that it won't stop this behavior. It's instinctual in predatory mammals, at least. It's also something I've seen in higher order birds like parrots. This drive/desire cause suffering for fun is not something uniquely human. It's sadly banal.

u/puffbro 7h ago

Kinda similar to when a live stream subathon never ended.

Only that the streamer gets paid much more I assume.

u/Foogie23 9h ago

That’s like the average twitch viewer…all they want is chaos and for the streamer to have something bad happen to them.

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u/ShrimpCrackers 10h ago

Man the new Black Mirror promotions in China is actually good.

u/ATN-Antronach 9h ago

Usually these streams have one person that looks super tired and worn out, and they dance like they've been dancing all day long. I'm sure she'll be tired eventually, but chances are she's acting exhausted for money.

u/Jay040707 9h ago

I've seen videos that, while not as extreme as this, often have the person put a filter on their face to look more worn out than they are and also use tricka like looping the video. I'm assuming she's doing the same here.

u/jeff61813 9h ago

This kind of more reminds me of the 1930s when they had "dance contests" to see who could dance the longest and people would dance for ages to try to win the prizes because things were just so rough. The Chinese job market currently is not strong and loads of people are trying anything to make it, including extreme things on streaming.

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u/Xyldarrand 11h ago

If it's one thing I've learned it's that Chinese social media makes ours look downright humanitarian. The amount of fucked up shit I've seen there is insane.

u/lareina13 4h ago

This is the first I’ve heard that, what else have you seen?

u/Etryia 4h ago

China is massive. There's more of literally everything because their population dwarfs just about everywhere else. Pointing to the dregs and pretending it's the majority is just weird.

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u/iamjacksalteredego 11h ago

Welcome to modernized torture, friend.

LikeAndSubscribe

u/LalafellDisaster 11h ago

This got a regretful chuckle out of me.
https://giphy.com/gifs/9EwnzGNjvmIG4

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u/GeneralSpecifics9925 11h ago

This looks like either anorexia or those slave videos to me.

u/Electrical_You_432 11h ago

Sweat shop to the oldies

u/ClackamasLivesMatter 6h ago

This made me laugh way harder than it should have. Bravo.

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u/LalafellDisaster 10h ago

Eugenia Cooney if her family wasn’t wealthy.

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u/kindlypogmothoin 10h ago

They shoot horses, don't they?

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u/xombae 11h ago

She's definitely exaggerating to make it seem worse than it is.

I think the disturbing thing is that there's enough of a market of people who want to see something like this that it's become a popular trend.

u/ShrimpCrackers 10h ago edited 10h ago

She's done the same dance 1,120++ times in the span of a 2 hours with no rest or stop and ends up doing triple that.

u/Fenweekooo 9h ago

you know... she can just turn the stream off

u/ShrimpCrackers 9h ago

Either she's acting

Or for some reason she can't which is why they keep making orders for her to repeat the dance indefinitely.

u/Dr_Jre 8h ago

You put two options there alongside each other like it's a 50/50 chance of both... The chances of someone standing behind the camera holding a gun on her are so incredibly low that it's not worth mentioning... It's more likely to be mental illness or addiction...

She's obviously just continuing to do it because people are throwing loads of money at her for it, at some point she will either stop by choice or will pass out from exhaustion and be taken to hospital. People will do dumb shit for money and attention, that's going to be the most likely explanation for it.

u/TheStorm007 4h ago

You haven’t even mentioned the most likely option (and the true one) - this isn’t real. It’s a clip being looped to farm engagement like this post lol

u/ritikusice 6h ago

Almost like the video is pre corded and looped

Are you going to enjoy all spillover racism whenever you're shitting on Chinese people 24/7?

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u/Cael450 9h ago

There is a whole weird subgenre of TikTok streamers that freak out and act unhinged when people send them gifts. It’s clearly fake but everytime I’ve seen it they were on a huge streak of gifts.

u/Separate-Exchange375 11h ago

try doing this for 15minutes

u/xombae 9h ago

Baby I used to be a stripper. I would do this for 8+ hours.

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u/Independent-Set-7312 10h ago

You can't dance for 15 minutes? Maybe time to hit the gym bud

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u/SmertriosPPD 10h ago

A lot of people do that for free and for fun.

Not that it changes the macabre concept of the post of someone forcing themselves to dance for money for hours. But 15 minutes is laughable.

u/kindlypogmothoin 10h ago

Dance marathons are not a new concept, but they are just as much a capitalist nightmare as ever: https://thehistoryinsider.com/dance-marathons-1930s/

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u/OldSpiceSmellsNice 11h ago

I’ve stumbled upon a few channels where you can essentially shoot marbles (or pellets whatever idk) at a dude who will react in pain to being shot. For fun I tried it but then it kinda made me feel weird, like I know it’s fake and he’s not hurting, but who am I (and who are others) that want to pay for this dude to get “hurt”. Seems like a fine line waiting to be crossed down the track.

Also not a fan of the ones who keep chickens in a tiny cage awaiting a viewer to feed them.

u/Very-Human-Name 11h ago

"For fun I tried it".... Gee sure sounds fun /s

u/Herucaran 10h ago

A ftench streamer died on live stream recently after being exhausted from days of "voluntary" abuse from 2 other streamers.

u/WonderBredOfficial 9h ago

Nobody wants to die when they do stupid shit. It doesn't magically make it involuntary if they happen to die while doing stupid shit.

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u/Striking-Hedgehog512 11h ago edited 11h ago

Yeah no I can’t watch it. This is beyond not okay. Reminds me of Rhytm O by Marina Abramovitz- it’s absolutely not similar but I feel the same sick discomfort and horror that gets worse and worse and you know if it doesn’t stop, it will only get worse until it reaches the conclusion. And stopping it is outside of your control, you can only watch, and being an observer is worse than participating, because you are powerless. And just by watching you feel a part of it, like pulling a trigger, and it feels viscerally sickening.

I don’t watch TikTok because Reddit is where I put a stop at, but knowing some of these girls are exploited and forced to perform, and watching this without any background information, just adds a layer of horror.

u/Affectionate_Bed6083 9h ago

She is clearly an adult and this is clearly fetish content she consented to.

u/elafave77 8h ago

Not mention this is just a looped scam to get people to donate. It's the same as cam performers looping their videos and or having multiple streams at once going on on different platforms but they're all at different points of the broadcast. 🤷‍♂️ Not saying this sort of thing doesn't happen but it's amazing how gullible people are.

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u/RivetSquid 10h ago

Pretty sure its inaccurate though, I've seen plenty of these come through my feed and even watch some people more familiar with Chinese livestreaming break them down, weirdly the one who's very sweaty is just sort of an archetype? You see it in men's and women's groups, they swap out with those other women you see in the background regularly.

I've yet to have it explained why sweaty slots in with, "sauve," "mentally unwell," or any of the other popular types, so I assume it's mabye just to bait people into watching?

The real tell is that a version of the archetype also appears in the synchronized walking groups where it makes even less sense for one person to be the sweaty one.

u/TinyAd5648 10h ago

It’s also fake. I thought people on reddit would see through this BS lmao. There are tons of fake looped asian streams like that.

u/TakHobel 9h ago

It’s fake though. She’s putting on the stressed face because it gets more gifts

u/SharkByte1993 10h ago

I feel like The Ring is actually set in the future and this is her origin story

u/CrystallizedRose 8h ago

It’s fake. I’ve seen these streams before. I mean, it’s very disturbing the lengths people will go to make money and, yes, these people are in a sort of slavery situation in which their only option is to work for these predatory livestream scams. But she’s not actually exhausted. It’s engagement bait.

u/warrara 8h ago

People run 100 hour marathons. Hell, even I when I cycle through continents, I might go 14 hours without rest. Then 2 hours not even sleep. Then 14 hours again.

At festivals I have done 12 hours straight, well needed to take a shower in the middle, too much sweat. 4-6 Hours this? Its nothing.

u/Acceptable-Board-473 7h ago

People already died on stream because you have people donating to watch them get tortured. https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250821-investigators-probe-death-of-french-streamer-broadcast-live

u/tinned_peaches 11h ago

I wonder if she is acting up the misery so it gets more views.

u/Sooie_Pooudre 10h ago

This is about work-life balance

u/ShrimpCrackers 10h ago edited 10h ago

This is some Black Mirror shit. It's 2 hours in according to the comments and she has to do the dance 1,120++ times.

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u/NeitherEntry6125 10h ago

I assume it's intentionally disturbing: she's putting on a show because some the USA doesn't have a monopoly on deplorables.

u/Reedabook64 10h ago

Dance for us puppet

u/chAzR89 10h ago

These are somewhat "normal" though. There is straight up pdf bait dance streams on tiktok and they are booming.

Ticks all boxes, cute, funny and all this trash.

u/doctormink 10h ago

Disturbing and dystopic.

u/Efficient_Cow_9556 10h ago

it's so clearly a bit😭😭

u/Neeto_Misquito 10h ago

Still better than a coal mine.

u/IridiumAnvil 10h ago

She can stop an any time though… I’m sure it’s quite a workout, but I’m equally sure she’s playing it up for views and was very happy with the day’s work. 

u/dookieshoes97 10h ago

I mean...it could be worse. One child policy was a thing, and she's lived far longer than most girls did back in the day.

u/Quantum3ntaglement 10h ago

Also, completely optional.

u/Actual-Jelly-309 10h ago

It's awesome.

u/peelen 10h ago

Is though?

Compared to people who have to work for years in jobs that will physically hurt them?

4-6 hours of physical work for a lot of people would just mean half of their working day.

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