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</style></head><body class="a" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;word-wrap:normal;word-spacing:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"><div role="article" aria-roledescription="email" aria-label="email_name" lang="en" style="font-size:1rem"><div style="display:none;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden;"> Read to the end for an 108-hour Fred Again mix  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" class="gg"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="670" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="aa" style="width:670px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="bodyWrapper" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style: solid; 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It's going to be a strange and wonderful evening. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>Tickets are going </b><b><i>fast</i></b><b> and we can’t guarantee there will be tickets available at the door! </b>So if you want to join us for a weird and wonderful night, get your tickets below. </p></td></tr><tr class="btn_row"><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:14px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:14px;text-align:center;width:100%;word-break:break-word;" class="dd"><table width="100%" role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:14px auto 14px auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="background-color:#8cc182;border-radius:8px;mso-padding-alt:14px 20px;" class="btn"><a href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpRogxa8ksAJvt5x5Qo-f7Et5M3wX9tlDynz_gUTiN0szEFC26b2uMK3cXEbe0lHRzG02PoB17Nm_5Z82qzgNmIUAytPMXeOM8T0d_BHfEH_7O7mEI1C-w-guDT0W8dURWzYk7mXf3GiGLbKCOvKg8CFVk3w3701aPZjynoFF2hICPg4NCSpnRixuuGODAcJZZCkmyqK2pTR5Qv1cd6Afh6PepXMvSrcJ5q7-WA9Q_7kmMX49zxwhYdVc7uoXgAwiXKPAfXPEEFv__K2qsce1fe8/4q7/d2pNmiVQQ6aALu40neJOww/h3/h001.PXZ-X8AAlWxHh17VBQ7a5mb49PdoiMB1VPhxRPHaFVc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="background-color:#8cc182;border-radius:8px;color:#FFFFFF;display:inline-block;font-family:'Verdana',Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;padding:14px 20px;text-decoration:none;"> Get Tickets Here </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="the-n-3-on-blackhole" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">The N3on Blackhole</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Alright, one last dispatch from <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpe1McpL1EdNErS546cDbqU3dIuz8b9MMcs4CJ4Sg1g47lKZ_CmDVulg3rd0wV2hIBGUefZuZwAVz9lJz4P8y_7qVk9T7wAkS804nFjqm9Y2IUb-RvH_5yN4e6U4S2GPdadnVjvWS45s8QP6_0-qIAw-wGgyNwXHiflmyIjK5pNcE98UVQ4btqCXWKWibe8lldIUKgOwXLoh7LWf9gYC8hG3qPrM1hOmm3gRipuzW719GJZ91UCbnCmjQh3AdLEvNGaowfa1oD--1CS-udT2CCITbN_J6gWB_-BmpSxsURs5kk4UtjiGHpcX1Nrvz07In-aqstMHAxB5ufAU-36UVY5mmDO9BulSwCleT1zIV4qKe2-jbG9gGM4dODm193iCbwITI84nXfhXNbhkqiT9_Hwz9tyU3-M3FfsLcOoHvx3mCi8cBs-igADCoSkK6pr9jfly32nzLn29s_EhMzPeOzeSpQDvi4DqvOiCrRl71yxQ4o6xwp6Rsu4-tNMOeN7HfNhu6JVpvvxepFdfVoXldSy1uzKvFclcruzqj6TT_ZKGU-33ApZ_wTlMMoc0HhdOxyeWdzPViZMTr9Qtvu6o2A3UrmM7dAcjp62zzjrI38MKlWWbVGDVJRgCkLLqJ7ZpQUrOt_2TfaZKpu6Zfe4ZKqo-RKU0MtnoPurUYPzRTXYufan8-mUqVdT2i9Dz_4XdlYs27xsgdQyt-7UMcndRGoASOt6iELKVpn6bVZ09VpbqkfD5Ve6nKjIhMDOKY4W2iBIVPMsT0jVkRlRs-TsjCpQpSaqfJUsGeTRfsXnsfRVO-s0wJKt3Yut_ElJ_pnhsimA/4q7/d2pNmiVQQ6aALu40neJOww/h4/h001.sgbulgNuTU6JZEEmua1N0hvgdwoF0pfcFoJHpOzJZpA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Clip World</span></a>… </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I get a lot of readers coming up to me at events or messaging me on Discord saying some version of, “How are you doing? I can’t imagine what it must be like staring at the worst corners of the internet all day.” They tend to assume that monitoring far-right maniacs or sifting through deranged Reddit posts or whatever really takes a toll on me. Which is, honestly, not the case, though I appreciate the concern. All of that stuff is interesting, even if it’s oftentimes gross or offensive or upsetting. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> But I am surprised by how completely and totally depressed short-form video clipping has made me. I can’t really think of something I’ve covered as a reporter over the last 15 years that has put me in as dark a place as reporting on the state of short-form video has this month. In fact, I think I’m slowly losing interest with the internet as a concept. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><i>Bloomberg</i> <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpdZaJmwJkgkqN5w2eIv3qzHASMr7iDR-QpeiS2F9cDvK0Kty9scf7Z5up_QP1Xw9sWEAFZddl4imCn4c3q98U35iuAMgRoChEvt2N6BX6SWeoMW1Ka0OGmuxTuSGJCbX8De5BHoD2QPoVhE8RgGxcvC5J3iXu19zm5I9aHlhAgOTMyAKNZwvNqtcS4CxWEQUgRPCZ4X7IE51vt_sGmbRC-SsmmF9tJ7aWniukQ5IPoSEnHbNIxahSdvljZM33TErQmldhu1wbfuAQuIplFuQxsr3sK9HBDMlejx1J5WuV8HYkPJIsVlAMiQhEoiJhtzLyAlDPaLuIiowvwV2I3eT0v3O6HTbsEDUMepRt5zzrSPRPf0d4cZvU06wSxyh8ng_W1Vv7AoGr8dqAqvT1pelYWg/4q7/d2pNmiVQQ6aALu40neJOww/h5/h001.hVP72QpI_VgJ7cXEs4YqhjacpdseIjtbd_82cCvUh2c" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>has a big piece</span></a> out this week on the industrial clipping complex, picking up a lot of what we’ve covered here in Garbage Day. It features an interview with Anthony Fujiwara, the head of Clipping, the company responsible for the torrent of Kick clips invading feeds right now. “In the case of Clavicular, we take advantage of every single social media algorithm so he’s unavoidable,” Fujiwara told <i>Bloomberg</i>. All but admitting this whole thing is rigged. Also, worth mentioning here is that the company that owns Kick also owns the casino app Stake and almost all of these clips are not-so-covert ads for Stake. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> But it’s not just that all of the views on all of these viral clips are completely inflated, whether by Kick itself or a company like Clipping. Though that’s certainly part of it. It’s also the content that’s in the clips that’s making me feel so insane. Spending the last few months consuming short-video gutter culture has made me seriously question if the internet is even a place I want to be anymore. I started putting stuff online to get away from these kinds of people! </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> At the very bottom of the algorithm across every platform right now, you basically only see a couple kinds of videos: </p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;" class="ee"><div style="margin-left:0px;" class="edm_outlooklist"><ul style="font-weight:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:12px !important;margin-top:12px !important;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> AI slop </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> The occasional meme, usually from years ago </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Movie and TV clips, with subtitles, AI voiceovers, and anti-piracy watermarks </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Softcore porn (and hardcore porn on X) </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Gambling ads </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Celebrity podcast clips </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> And, of course, livestreamers </p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Viewing the world through clips is, frankly, awful. I would rather stare a wall in a dark room than spend my time watching the endless parade of sweaty vape store-tier sweatpants men sitting around staring at their phones in unfurnished McMansions, playing dorm room icebreaker games with bored OnlyFans models. An unceasing portal into a desolate Other America dictated by Bang Bus physics. I wouldn’t even say that Streamer World is part of the <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.mG2J5p-Gk4O1mrTmzIG-u4PY7OYmFZ75qe8KHt3rJQ11dDa5wbhfiTN8yfVMujWQaNANAz4jl6aCQrS2blZ-HpUbhRtGA4o_tmbUONTCyPHB1nGK-v7gOqRfmwfDnNl-_dYKVViAzO1LNRKrFXduiyVVraBKr3WWqxhUswtcF84zjcgG-1WM7F8Jc6tSRbEUJWDWLTqN9n_B1dzxCpt9VRFEIl_urdYpOOLKHactDsHEkAvxqVv9qBOqT09nYFn5GWj8NooXXofLoHN9Fw_U4gT-4EoVC0DKjWeTeZoc0fvr6SCTRl0EBUa47ykR52m9/4q7/d2pNmiVQQ6aALu40neJOww/h6/h001.N_Zbc_tpaL3cuq1NuoS_NP5E4X3EAOnuR17c2KuXEKs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Zynternet</span></a>. It’s something dumber and more hideous than that. A 12-year-old boy’s psychosexual fever dream of what life must be like outside of his gamer nest. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/72cd5091-8734-4b9a-9556-8ccf74ec9a2d/Screenshot_2026-04-29_at_1.06.35_PM.png?t=1777482408" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>(The platonic ideal of livestreaming: Three random people standing around a completely unfurnished house screaming at each other.)</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> There’s one Kick streamer who you will, no doubt, encounter as you doomscroll to the bottom of the feed. His name is Rangesh Mutama and he goes by the username N3on. His team <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpZYGjAhgVtmZZ1D2u9N4oUZaByVPWPizGvfQyln2iwb7XO6des7HGx0aZA0sLoPL7eyCdoEdU4Kl3mv5hvkOKi9b_dQ6ukZDoviyCsB92PJ6FHu9mCjjb0p80KLKXT--lpKE4_gbIHxgn8aPlESt4xPpiFmpQI7OR5AeAFQKOkYINaL-bPeYsc7ypc-b476DLa8WejVkOJz0DZgqe-2eTYV6hyEw5MSHHKfzQhYD_cXYm4oSFBtpDUPR56NKCA4pRbvN4Acd-CpxLW2K7I_U3MWJbic1Ij1NJGnAGJS46Vh_U6SlZ1B07VIPM1506-Y76o6zmAD-IbgXgyZap6w6cHqe_ofQld6pWRkX9c7dAJDg/4q7/d2pNmiVQQ6aALu40neJOww/h7/h001.LSjwYE2i8oP3pWfpm7rP9xG1jjna6wnOM28mHOUAIPI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>revealed</span></a> earlier this month that he’s spending around $1 million a month on clipping. Have you ever heard of him? I searched our archives and I've never written about him. Without googling, do you even know what he looks like? I doubt it. Which leads to some profoundly unsettling questions about the internet right now. How can someone be spending over $12 million a year to promote themselves and still be a complete cultural nonentity? But even if the majority of his views are fake, he’s making enough money — or being given enough money — to inflate them. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Mutama’s content is a life simulator for losers, where he’s basically just bullied by <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deHcuMLShXgWQYLgwdoNIPT9CZRrTzDIZQjRShqUQogNTlGpnN-gnFSYvBNztG-cVj_j8qSWGck4e7dndR6jUKCtJ15iebdCjry9zbxbGqFTuJmtjpMCrOS8u2m5_Bpqk-tF2A3P6IUWOIIjet98X-Akm7PoE4ZjJmbyDPR0Ibcn2AHYJdaKV2MgKj9DSzRMGiq48OvqwaTGiEpXesd2TmVeS21D-HHrid8xvMpYE0mjtdbBI1694vvJdhHZW33J6H8/4q7/d2pNmiVQQ6aALu40neJOww/h8/h001.ULwzJHm_572cBCoucSyr8_n4yK2HSqnkC2O51WySVW4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>more famous streamers</span></a> and <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deG28ar1Yws-aqwt2iwWRjL1ZuAxS6O8TaMXNKfT2UeL_-u0sE7Q_soV97mnd4itChKmDslBRGivzg7hRuQ9PzQihQyG9q-zBu96hlHjWjZETQ-pHaUNW7cQEofGmxU8qtQ6smwX05bhsoVEKn6Lu6pWvHMNq3iONzlqEJkghy1CFykRm1BTXccfCxts0PFLDFcXsa-qBoYNHk1gKt6fEbgLSOx9aTiAE3-j-7RoZ2qOQ-wsEkNxXVKeZddglUlH_u0/4q7/d2pNmiVQQ6aALu40neJOww/h9/h001.HrjTTSo4BerB7lFWYAZAAeZwEbyJBEr_V35uvWFaWQI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>professional athletes</span></a> and goes on awkward “<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deGU6OMRf7qSyZnm3g2WyYtMspDgUWVnchu1-wD_7_i6QgFmVquVRH1N6oo2w-MiYzt-1t5yJiJMZrX2Xflhk1uzuEZ6i7_r9tRjj67Kw1yfq43KCRtXw1xpavNA9Ol2AXJMWri_l8a8JBSI7gBtO_fIBo7lQu8MO_7r60bA5eTAZiY8PMViEAsB1i0xtR-0bySSgUr0QmGdVsMKenfABqpgt3rwLQ5sMfBNBVOfefs19znZSVGWt1q73gWyGpQWPW8/4q7/d2pNmiVQQ6aALu40neJOww/h10/h001.k9IqYALAq69n6zJqDlZcaY_XBzYO_41B-FTWEAVS9v4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>dates</span></a>” with whoever the popular Instagram influencer is at the moment. Like a <i>Truman Show</i> for the tweaker sleeping on your high school drug dealer’s couch. Also, sometimes <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deH_DDdmWBqFsmUU689F9J7wW9SPoFtUuT3a3oxjP_QSTJerYqUWS1AypGjVEJ8n9ygrvZNFsDW0Ayibx6b-Nmndha5SWE1IP_4I1oHpwpoWrWELD0y4hx80HJxVid8a1Lds6g-h_liVyKi9Ncc_vJY_u8E4eJiITf78_3M6PJyApC35VB4S17X3M4IWs0682e5BDL2Jp6O39p2ePFeecNj9I58cGKssW9GSIp4_1b9I0-yayPcqmQX-kLR_T7d-X8s/4q7/d2pNmiVQQ6aALu40neJOww/h11/h001.Kirt6TaGYOi0vveBaO18zQH3_SvAUsZ_PPjoHAbDyDE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Jason Derulo</span></a> shows up. It’s not funny. It’s not entertaining. It’s not art. It’s not anything. Watching his videos make me feel like I am watching the end of the world. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I’m going to assume you don’t know who Mutama is. Why would you? He’s not even relevant enough to have a controversies section on a Wikipedia page — or even have a Wikipedia page at all. His name <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.G4KvRiFC48GGyCyy9QBB6xH_9L7beOI8arnn6ytF9HbIeVQ0OXp3mjzXAW0RARkVSeTb0cBrC8PUSxY9eDt3gIUHG_piyMuKn9SHVDjgnSg-x9H7r6JKsPoDCVtwabqSPy9zjub2-Gw5JOVonpGIMq3eg6wGNYUJwNIyK3Ny6IWXIpCBjGcJJY5XkO32IZtCOTN1sJb8xbsrO0cgA7oQ-UAcDb9nY3qxOfrhlckgmKOKvJgJJtCjLZrUtu3cpAprAg0O1MYD-1Uew-vcuVSlEasIaByH4pZh4VaMQfBLXUM/4q7/d2pNmiVQQ6aALu40neJOww/h12/h001.4JLxhvIpOLrra2yJNEQiTWZwePuIIsTezMiF06d-DsY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>does appear</span></a> in an article on viewbotting, though. But according to stats <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpe1McpL1EdNErS546cDbqU3dIuz8b9MMcs4CJ4Sg1g47lKZ_CmDVulg3rd0wV2hIBGUefZuZwAVz9lJz4P8y_7qVk9T7wAkS804nFjqm9Y2IUb-RvH_5yN4e6U4S2GPdadnVjvWS45s8QP6_0-qIAw-wGgyNwXHiflmyIjK5pNcE98UVQ4btqCXWKWibe8lldIUKgOwXLoh7LWf9gYC8hG3qPrM1hOmm3gRipuzW719GJZ91UCbnCmjQh3AdLEvNGft-JxIF40N-UYEI1zt2haNU7RrGSFooaS8PYLSZpEUKhK6UOYvrSySXM2WBwX2-MniMEb43LgilY0Ie30RkGEhUSvh4KsbfjPz3uTRagO6U_rf7h8Np6oV5FmgauQ3_mM9QanZ5bAjgn70McVauKRNaOYkWJTXiEuFGIi2GpNgtb5D3Wm-G-b-kyPIwJ4sN_dZbCDMcmr6FCOnDMJiMWQjTpq-kwV6ZCwAGgqdMPrXw1t7S_yb_w-e3vFGmhyZODm2MVhAlMEnfQMEIVXFKgqzjZgHYchtZhoV4YDDzHoJE-D40O5fWHBr6B2-GLj-qJmDGFo5GxGK6KOG4nb0KGwSK1EugJkj6W1WhS79NynM0Z36T2mWibGr_YxHqW_SP_ZFxCFRLbug8fOgDZTIjfCQOu-cAuJv-rVIAUt24JKIhDtOKAEW0AA2r2knAlKxc7UA60-x8WlBZQC46WXPlzdaRfEWTQluHYgX9UEb-nMZeJvD2KlqIO-tTR6UFMcpcDEpimdzjNCMZ0wjo_PmB0xpHzCqGNj7Mi4jRrWgffpKY5PiWZAFc8rpOEyyOXJ1wPA/4q7/d2pNmiVQQ6aALu40neJOww/h13/h001.KUXDCCuPhqfC6mM9iUKTLmeDo1htiNnxvh-ezKnmARg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>shared by</span></a> Clavicular, he’s the fifth-most clipped streamer on Kick at the moment. Which means we can assume the four streamers ahead of him, all with equally fake view totals, most likely, are spending more money a month to clip themselves. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> And if this is how simply how things “go viral” now, it defeats the entire point of the internet. What was once a place where you could directly connect with audiences and bypass the cost of legacy media is now a place where you have to spend millions of dollars to get anyone to see your stuff. And you don’t even get to be actually famous or important. At least Alex from Target got to go on <i>The Ellen Show</i>. 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