In America, it’s great to be a social media influencer on Twitch because you can pretty much get away with anything. Some of you may be wondering: what the heck is Twitch, anyway?
Lucky for me, I have a teenage son. My teenage son is not on Twitch because he’s actually doing something else besides sitting around this summer and playing Grand Theft Auto 5, but lots of teenage boys are doing just that. Among these young men, most are on a platform called Twitch, which made one gamer by the name of Kai Cenat very famous. Basically, Twitch is “is an interactive livestreaming service for content spanning gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and more.”
Mostly, Twitch is like YouTube for gamers. Basically, gamers watching other gamers play video games because they don’t already waste enough time in fantasyland. I know, I don’t get it. But, Twitch made a young man like Kai Cenat famous.
In fact, Kai Cenat is famous enough to cause a riot in Union Square Park in Manhattan, which is exactly what happened just the other day.
Gamer Kai Cenat, who has over 20 million Twitch followers, planned to give away PlayStation 5s, computers, microphones and other gaming accessories at the real-life meet-up scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
The location of the mass gathering wasn’t announced until just before Cenat arrived at the park and a permit was never obtained, officials said.”-Joe Marino, Craig McCarthy, Steven Vago and Alyssa Guzman, The New York Post
Twitch influencer, Kai Cenat, who has over 20 million followers, did not think once to use his brain in this harebrained scheme to give away swag in an impromptu appearance. No permit. Did not bother to alert law enforcement. What do you think happened when this genius showed up? Take a look:
F— the police, they chanted. What you did not see in the above footage? Rioters tossing cones, bottles and rocks at one another, at least three cops and four civilians were injured, 30 juveniles of the 65 people taken into custody, destroyed food carts, stores and police cruisers.
I personally saw other people leaving here with their heads split open, cuts bruises, lacerations. When we started clearing the young people out here, the young people ran through the streets of the city, taking plates off of people who were outside dining. [They were] throwing plates at police officers.”- NYPD Chief of Department, Jeffrey Maddrey
Maddrey himself was injured as well. But, fortunately, Twitch influencer, Kai Cenat, left in a black SUV, untouched, unharmed. Get the Escalade, he’s outta here.
Cenat spent the night in lockup on the Upper East Side, and was given a desk appearance ticket. A ticket. When released and the journos started asking questions, Cenat, donning designer duds, ignored the questions, flanked by his security guards. Must be nice to be a famous Twitch influencer.
Who else thinks Kai shouldn’t be in trouble over other people rioting just because he wanted to do a meet up to appreciate his fan base
— Feltyplay (@feltyplay) August 5, 2023
Dude, not me. And, please, allow me to shed some light on famous Twitch influencer, Kai Cenat.
Cenat is not the squeaky-clean role model for young men who “just wanted a meet up with his fans”. Yes, he did buy his mom a house, but he also destroyed the house he lived in for some time by torching it with fireworks. Apparently, Cenat lived in what was called the “AMP House“; a house furnished by American YouTube group that contained six primary members, namely gamers, to include Kai Cenat. The name AMP is an acronym for the phrase “Any Means Possible,” which is also their motto. And, by any means possible, Cenat and his buddy had an all-out fireworks battle that destroyed part of the house. Here’s what he had to say about the aftermath:
Nah, like. Don’t get me wrong, this sh*t fun as sh*t. You know what I’m saying? But really, no bullsh*t though? Some real sh*t, like… This sh*t really crazy, like. Just look at this house.”-Kai Cenat
Fun sh*t, you know? Just like a riot in Union Square. No remorse. No sense of responsibility. Just an overgrown man-child playing on YouTube.
Cenat has also been banned from the Twitch platform several times. Twice for scrolling past pornographic photos while streaming. He was banned for online threats, for passing out on stream after eating marijuana edibles, and “repeated explicit simulated activity” whilst playing Grand Theft Auto 5. A real role-model. But, again, what do you expect from a 5’1, man-child who sits around and eats magic gummies and plays video games all day?
Rumors have it that Cenat did comment on the latest debacle and said that he “wasn’t surprised” the impromptu appearance caused a riot. He wasn’t regretful. He wasn’t sorry. He did not offer to pay for damages. He wasn’t surprised.
I worry about some members of our young generation, I really do. There are actually young men who look up to Cenat, there are young men who aspire to be the next, big Twitch influencer. They can’t be bothered to get their drivers licenses or move out of Mom’s house. They want to be put up in a house they can destroy, rent-free because sponsors cough up the cost. They want to sit around and eat edibles and Funyuns and binge on video games that involve running over prostitutes, shooting cops and stealing cars for a living. This, to them, is a viable “career”. A consequence-free life of being a modern-day Peter Pan with unfiltered pleasures. Their parents can’t be bothered because, they, too, are self-absorbed morons looking to social media for affirmation.
And we still wait for Mayor Eric Adams to say something, anything, about this incident…
I don’t know what’s worse, Adams silence or Chicago’s mayor giving teens a pass for yesterday’s mob activity.
— Starship717 (@Starship717) August 4, 2023
Nothing. Crickets. He must be busy watching Twitch.
Photo Credit: Sergey Galyonkin, CC BY-SA 2.0
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