One of the first streamers I started watching live was ShakoMako. She is a woman from Iraq whose family fled to Germany during the war. She has several screws loose, but there is something weirdly endearing about her. She reminds me of a character in a Gaspar Noe film—an alluring train wreck of a human.

Shako travels the world and has absolutely no consideration for her safety. This week, I watched her go up to strangers in Egypt, negotiating cheap or free tours of the slums in their personal cars or carts, and then wandering around those slums with her two phones visibly out, a fake gold weed leaf gangster chain swangin’, and telling anybody who will listen that she wants to find the really haram shit.

Before watching streamers for hours on end, I would have been certain that this kind of behavior would definitely lead her to be raped and killed in the streets of Cairo. Yet I’ve watched her do this in nearly a dozen countries, and so far she has had only one close call with a driver in Laos who took her to a remote spot and then ditched her.

I don’t condone any of this behavior, but seeing an unedited version of how far the line can actually be pushed has helped me a lot in realistically assessing danger when I’m in the streets or traveling. If Shako can survive her time in the slums of Egypt, I will be fine walking down a public street in Mexico, or New York, or wherever.

Other kick streamers to check out:

SuzieSmalls - a three foot tall entertainer who streams her life as a recovering alcoholic in NYC.

DBR666 - a former dealer from London who travels around trolling people, he does a pretty good job of making pranks funny and not too mean.

Shoovy - 18 years old, reckless as hell, currently headed straight into the path of the hurricane for content. He might not live, and I’ll be amazed if the cell signal holds, but I’ll definitely be tuning in to check up on him.

[–] spector@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's the camera. Younger streamers have no idea about the past but the older ones do. They know it's the camera that changes the whole proposition. Some of them have talked about this. If people think they're live on camera then everything is different when there's an audience and they believe it might be someone famous to whatever extent. Nobody wants to cause an international incident.

When random nobody put themselves in sketchy situations with nothing else but their nobody self then they are absolutely putting themselves in danger whether they perceive it to be or not. There's neither a live audience nor the illusion of "celebrity".

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

So you’re saying I’ll be safer if I stream. Maybe this will finally convince my wife… /s

[–] shaserlark@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lmao thanks for the write up, definitely gonna check out ShakoMako, that sounds absolutely mad

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Shako is great. She is traveling to another country right now, so she will probably stream again in a day or two.

I’m watching Shoovy right now, and I seriously think this guy is going to die.

Edit: Shoovy didn’t die, but he was arrested for armed burglary today: https://streamable.com/sx4ksm