Streamer lets followers Chinese language water torture him in scenes eerily much like new Black Mirror episode
A Twitch streamer went viral after letting his followers pay to topic him to Chinese language water torture in scenes disturbingly paying homage to a latest episode of Black Mirror.
The streamer, who goes by the title IZIDORE, just lately put himself on digicam and challenged his viewers to donate a specific amount of bits, digital forex on Twitch which is value about one US cent for every bit, to his channel and in the event that they did extra water could be poured on his head.
In essence, his viewers would pay three cents per drop of chilly water on his head, with different charges out there to dump extra water on his head.
He made a machine which might drop water relying on folks’s donations and lay beneath it for a whopping 16 hours to rack up an extended checklist of donations.
Loads of individuals who discovered in regards to the stream have in contrast it to the latest and harrowing Black Mirror episode ‘Widespread Folks’, which we’re about to debate in case you have not seen it.
Everybody who would not need spoilers skedaddled? Good.
Within the episode, Amanda (Rashida Jones) has her life saved by a brand new piece of know-how after a mind tumour nearly kills her, however with a little bit of tech in her head she and husband Mike (Chris O’Dowd) should pay a subscription to maintain it working.
Over time the subscription will get worse as Amanda sleeps for extra of the day and has her thoughts taken over throughout conversations so she will be able to learn adverts to folks, with the couple compelled to pay for a better tier subscription to keep away from the worst of it.
To be able to pay for the upper subscription prices Mike begins working time beyond regulation, and when that is not sufficient he indicators as much as an internet site referred to as Dum Dummies the place folks torture themselves on digicam for cash.
A lot in contrast IZIDORE’s stream to Black Mirror, saying ‘it genuinely made me really feel so uncomfortable’ and that ‘bro bringing Dum Dummies to life’.
“Black mirror goes to expire of dystopian futures to think about at this price,” was another person’s response, whereas one other stated that the present was extra like a ‘documentary’ than anything now.
With the second dubbed ‘Widespread Folks coded’, one stated that seeing folks ‘actually torturing themselves for cash’ was an indication issues had obtained actually unhealthy.
Streamer lets his chat Chinese language water torture him for donations 😭 pic.twitter.com/maHrlYSUzo
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) April 14, 2025
Nearly half one million folks watched IZIDORE’s stream.
Fortuitously for the person beneath the drops of water it did not appear to be too horrible an ordeal in the long run.
On the finish of the stream he stated: “That was so enjoyable, chat. The end result was means higher than anticipated.”
Regardless of the title, Chinese language water torture didn’t originate in China and there are doubts over its effectiveness as a way of torture, although torture generally is a largely ineffective apply.
The MythBusters tried it out throughout one in all their episodes and located it might be distressing, however that largely got here from the topic being restrained.
When achieved on a relaxed and unrestrained individual they discovered that the water had nearly no impact.
Different Twitch streamers have undertaken stunts which have left their viewers frightened that they are placing themselves at risk for views.
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