IRL streamer humiliated as bystander thinks he’s talking to a tree
Twitch/thestockguy/NintendoInteracting with chat can be a fun experience for IRL streamers, but as one Twitch personality recently found out, when people don’t know who you’re talking to you can look very bizarre.
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TheStockGuy was nearing the end of a magnet fishing stream on October 12, and started talking with his chat.
The streamer appeared to have put the phone on a tree so his chat could see him as he fished. When he came back towards the camera to talk to his chat, an off-screen woman began to look at him strangely because it seemed as if he was talking to a tree.
[ad name=”article2″]“I’m not talking to a tree, I promise,” TheStockGuy exclaimed.
“I thought you were and then I saw the phone,” the woman can be heard saying off-screen, prompting a chuckle by broadcaster.
“I saw you shaking your head, no I’m not talking to a tree. Thank you,” he added as he and the woman spoke over each other.
[ad name=”article3″]Before trailing off and leaving the fisherman to do his own thing, the woman had one last quirp: “Better a tree than nobody.” For his part, the streamer agreed with the statement.
“Good point, thank you. Thank you for making me feel better,” he laughed.
[ad name=”article4″]Eventually, once the woman had completely left the streamer confided in his chat. “She literally thought I was talking to a tree. She started walking fast when she passed by until I said something.”
IRL streamers often run the risk of looking weird in public when talking to their chat, but it could be especially strange if their phone is literally in a tree.
Luckily for TheStockGuy, he wasn’t in his own neighborhood so he wouldn’t have to run the risk of running into people who think he was speaking with a tree ever again.