Twitch streamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys is in trouble: She responded to criticism of her new, healthy cookies with a counterattack on her viewers: They would be broke if they couldn’t afford the cookies. This is hotly debated: A well-respected voice on Twitch is Charles White, known as Cr1TiKaL or penguinz0. 5 million listen to him tear Pokimane apart.
This is what Pokimane did:
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This scene particularly caused a stir:
“I’ll say it one last time. It makes my brain go kaboom when people are like, ‘Oh my God, $28 for cookies.’ There are 4 packs, so $7 per bag. I know math is hard when you’re an idiot, but I mean, if you’re broke, just say so.
Whatever, let’s move on, let’s move on. If you want to spend $8 on Twitter Blue or a few pixels, that’s okay. It’s great there. Spend your money on what you want. I’ll spend mine how I want, and everyone spends their money how they want. That’s the great thing about having money.”
Of course, an attractive topic for a well-known opponent of Pokimane, like Drama Alert host Keemstar:
YouTuber says Pokimane insults the people who made her big
That is the criticism: Content creator Cr1TiKaL is known for his videos where he takes things apart. He analyzes the situation in a YouTube video that has now been seen by over 5 million people.
He says he thought Pokimane was joking at first, but there were no signs of that. She probably reacted thin-skinned and wrongly here – and thereby turned a difficult situation into a terrible one.
He sees the outbreak as an “insult to the community that made Pokimane great.” The cookies are clearly an overpriced influencer product that only fans who want to support Pokimane buy. Even if they are the best cookies in the world, $7 per package is extremely expensive and would deter any normal buyer.
Accusing their community of being broke is cynical anyway. Because if that was the case, they just didn’t have any money because they had given it to Pokimane before. She has to realize that she is “shitting down the necks of the people” who got her to where she is now. The fans financed Pokimane’s luxurious and carefree life.
According to the YouTuber, the moment she said that, Pokimane’s marketing team would have probably thrown everything in exasperation and said, “Okay, that’s it.” We had a pretty good run.”
The streamer says:
“3 years ago, Pokimane criticized another streamer for exactly this. It seems like she understands that insulting your audience for their financial situation is a terrible idea.”
He explains that back then, Pokimane apparently still understood that viewers might be in a difficult financial situation personally, but that didn’t justify condemning them for it. 3 years later she did exactly that.
Pokimane apologizes for the comment: it was meant to be funny and only intended for angry chatters
What does Pokimane say? She tweeted that the comment was 100% meant as a joke. But she understands why the comment came across as so insensitive and apologizes for it. The price of the cookies is too high for some and she promises to continue to think about how to make the “Myna” brand cookies so that many people can afford them.
She later added that her statement was aimed at “naughty chatters”, not at everyone in general.
Clean woman’s image is being damaged – a source of fodder for critics
This is what lies behind it: Pokimane was the most successful woman on Twitch for a long time and actually had a “clean woman” image: no casino streams, no sexualization, no deals as strange as her friend Valkyrae.
It is actually intended that she is the good one, and is even more likely to give up money and blame other people for doing immoral things in her eyes: Pokimane was one of the streamers on Twitch who called for a ban on the online casino Stake provided.
For xQc, who has often been criticized by Pokimane, this is a celebration – he uses “shrimp” as a synonym for the word “simp”, which is banned on Twitch:
However, her special position as the only woman among men and her appearance as a moral authority have ensured that many critics have always looked particularly harshly on her and accused her of pulling a trick to turn men into “simps” who hope for it , to get to know them when they take advantage of Pokimane financially. “Pokimane Tier 3 Subscriber” has become a meme online.
Pokimane has always distanced himself from these allegations.
The fact that Pokimane uses a different tone here and behaves completely differently than corresponds to her image as a “morally impeccable influencer and moral authority” is therefore a source of delight for everyone who has ever been criticized by her.
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