Streamer Cinna received a comment criticizing her for being 28 and not having any kids yet, but instead of ignoring it, she clapped back.
As soon as streamers approach their late 20s or early 30s, a lot of them get criticized for still being streamers and making content instead of having a family. Not only is criticism of such kind very odd, since building a family is something people should choose to do whenever they want, it also puts the streamer in an uncomfortable position. In a recent stream, Cinna received a comment like that and she decided she didn't want to just take it.
"28 Still No Family"
Cinna has been active on Twitch for quite a while and she's pretty successful: With 1,1 Million followers and a number of successful marathon streams under her belt, her career as a streamer has been going very well. Still, unfortunately, that did not save her from odd comments about her personal life. In one of her recent streams she received a comment from a chatter saying:
"cinna you 28 still no family"
Instead of ignoring the chat message, Cinna decided to call the chatter out:
"I'm in the happiest place I've ever been in in my life. I am okay. I do not want a [...] kid right now, I'm so good."
And it is well within her right to call out people for caring too much about her private matters, especially since Cinna is not the only streamer who gets these types of comments. It seems as though judging people's life decisions just because they are on the internet is a new trend.
New Trend: "Pushing 30 BTW"?
As the landscape of the gaming community, as well as the streaming community in particular changed over the years, the dynamics within have also changed. Streamers who we used to watch a few years ago are now standing next to a newer generation of content creators and viewers, and that in itself is not the problem. In comparison to the new generation of streamers, however, newer viewers see people in their late 20s and early 30s as "old".
It seems almost like a weird trend nowadays to call streamers out for their age and life decisions. But even small things you do, like dancing to a viral audio, can now get you into hot water, as if age matters when the topic is having fun as a content creator and not hurting anyone with it:
pushing f*king 30 doing this shi is crazy pic.twitter.com/XORLcbYtdt
— J0HnnY (@jt0hny) January 30, 2025
On her podcast Wine About It, Valkyrae discussed that topic with her guest Slime. After he stated that it sometimes feels weird to see a person in their thirties play video games that you would normally connect with children, she says:
"We're the first generation to grow up with video games. At what point are we supposed to stop? Like at what point does it become, like, for everyone rather than just for children?"
But what do you think? Let us know in the comments!