What would you do if a random stranger asked you out look at your feet? He’ll probably laugh awkwardly and start walking faster. Streamer Nyy did neither. She had a better idea and her Twitch chat will never be the same again.
“Legs please,” Twitch user sissy6668 asked. This is a common refrain in online chats, but rarely answered. Internet DJ Nyy, formerly known as Nyykage, shockingly obliged mid-set of yesterday’s live show. The next thing the chat knew, Nye had a leg up on her desk with a foam lobster flip flop on her leg. “Is that what you’re looking for?” she asked just before the beat stopped.
Twitch chat went wild, as did people on Twitter after Nyy cut the moment and released it into the salty waters of the internet. Nicknames quickly spread — lobsters, lobsters, crustacean 3000s — and so did people’s astonishment. “THAT WAS A MASTERPIECE!” replied one person. “The absolute definition of never letting them know your next move is conspiracy[t] twist at every turn! THAT SENT ME LMAO.
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What can I say, people are weird about feet. Especially on Twitch. Searches for “streamers feet” have combined 73 billion views on TikTok. There are videos on YouTube entirely about evaluating the legs of various streamers. Some streamers even got banned for showing their legs.
This is said to have happened to Thai Twitch streamer JustKethJustKeth. She claimed Twitch banned her for three days earlier this month because she showed her leg. She allowed viewers to pay to spin a wheel that would make her do certain things, including showing off her stumps. “It’s just a mess of memes,” she tweeted at this time.
Although as Dexerto points out that Twitch does have strict rules against things like “fetishizing behavior” and selling sexual content on the platform, which is vague as hell, but welcome to Twitch.
Nyy, on the other hand, managed to turn everything upside down. “The Lobster Floppers given to me by my mod weren’t always loved, but in the short span of one whole day they became family,” she said my city in an email. “Protecting against bad vibes, leg inquiries and most importantly, ensuring easy fashion.”
No doubt the flopser fan cameras won’t be far behind. “Everyone needs a pair of the Crustacean 3000 in their wardrobe in 2024,” writes Nyy. “Cool trolls can’t thrive when you already have the weirder arsenal.”