The more streamers I meet, the more I like the Corleones. May Maruja Torres forgive me for adapting her phrase and may decent streamers forgive me too, who surely are the vast majority. But what a streak. I am still turning over not only the disgusting images where the streamer Aruberuto Makoto is seen humiliating a seemingly drunk woman in Tokyo alongside another guy, the latest incident in his long history, but also his empty apologies, that attempt at reputational damage control so common among public figures, devoid of a real acknowledgment of the offense committed.
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“Just so you know, yes, my humor is dark, I am a content creator.” We have hit a wall with humor and content, indeed. At this point, it still needs to be explained that not all humor causes laughter, nor is everything that causes laughter humor. What laughter does perfectly portray is who seeks it with what and who laughs at what. As eloquent as the hypothetical apologies.
He goes on to argue that “it’s humor among friends, for men.” As if enjoying the humiliation of someone vulnerable were masculine and not despicable. “And yes, I admit I’m rough when I speak, I’m foul-mouthed,” as if the problem were only the language, “but it’s content not for everyone, but for certain people who like it, who want to disconnect from their work and have a laugh.” Certain people are 224,000 subscribers on YouTube. “It was out of place,” he assured before playing the victim, blaming the evil Spanish media for taking it out of context. So he published the full video with his explanations and in more than one sense it is worse than what we saw at first.
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Indecent individuals, narcissistic manipulators, aspiring to live off showcasing misdeeds online will exist as long as they are allowed. Networks like Kick, where this guy streams, have made their lack of scruples their business and that of their users. Let us remember the death of Raphaël Graven last summer after spending 10 days locked in a house streaming the insults, beatings, and abuses he received from two other streamers, who have just been convicted. The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation against Kick. Let’s hope it’s not the last. If only individual acts are prosecuted and the scope of these sites is not controlled and limited, today it will be this individual and tomorrow someone else. And we will not have enough apologies for so much filth.