The speaker joins a live stream of a man who has been saying the word "bald" for over 5 hours, with the goal of reaching a certain number of repetitions. The speaker, who knows the streamer, decides to "mess with" his stream by donating money to trigger certain actions, such as playing music or resetting the counter. The speaker's actions cause chaos and disruption to the stream, including a significant setback to the counter. Despite the setbacks, the streamer continues to try to reach his goal, and the speaker eventually leaves the stream, feeling a little bad for the streamer but also entertained by the experience.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Someone is watching a live stream on YouTube.
2. The streamer has been saying the word "bald" repeatedly.
3. The streamer had said the word "bald" around 17,700 times before the observer joined.
4. The observer knows the streamer and decides to mess with his stream.
5. The streamer has a donation perk called "roll the dice" which costs $20.
6. Rolling the dice changes the counter by a random amount between -2k and 3k.
7. The observer donates $20 and rolls the dice, resulting in the counter increasing by 2,000.
8. The streamer has been streaming for around 5 hours.
9. The observer and others in the chat encourage the streamer to continue saying "bald" to reach a high number.
10. Someone donates $2, causing a song to play.
11. The streamer's counter is reset to 0 after a donation of $100 is mentioned.
12. The streamer is asked to start over and continue saying "bald".
13. The observer records the stream for a video and promises to give the streamer a lot of subscribers.
14. The streamer is asked to send footage of the stream to prove he completed it.
15. The observer leaves the stream after encouraging the streamer to continue.
16. The streamer's stream is watched by others after the observer leaves.
17. The total time spent on the stream is around 5-6 hours.
18. The observer spent 6 hours editing the footage.