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You Can Now Watch People Eat On Twitch

I'll take a side of LoL with my spaghetti and greasy garlic bread fingers, please. 

Brittany Vincent

June 30, 2016 11:28 AM

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I guess we're eating on Twitch while streaming now, guys.

Previously you kinda had to do it on the DL while you were gaming because it's kind of an important function for daily life, but now Twitch has deemed it dire enough that it demands its own special section: Social Eating.

It no doubt refers to the "muk-bang" fad from South Korea where streamers consume mass quantities while conversing with the audience. Both men and women partake in the streams, but I can't help but wonder if it's more than just "haha, look at me eating all this food, let's chat" and a little bit of a fetish. If that's your thing, more power to you -- but seems bizarre on a site that discourages anything overtly sexual. Just sayin'. Some of those streamers can definitely put away impressive amounts of food, though!

This is apparently in line with Twitch's move to bring "creative" streams to the site with the Creative category, letting those who'd like to share music composition, painting and other types of creative pursuits. But it's a whole lot weirder, I'd say. If you genuinely love watching others eat, well...I guess you've got a haven on Twitch now. Or a place to have fun with your "watching people eat" fetish. On Twitch. Where certain sexual games are banned. Or something...?

Brittany Vincent

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Fueled by horror, rainbow-sugar-pixel-rushes, and video games, Brittany is a Senior Editor at Shacknews who thrives on surrealism and ultraviolence. Follow her on Twitter @MolotovCupcake and check out her portfolio for more. Like a fabulous shooter once said, get psyched!