RageBait Simulator

What it is

RageBait Simulator is a fake livestream where your only job is to annoy the streamer. On the left, a cartoon streamer in headphones is live, playing a game, with a meter running up the side of the video. On the right is the stream chat. You cannot type whatever you like. You build your message one word at a time from four words the game offers, send it, and watch what it does to the streamer's mood. The site's own description says it best: make this streamer mad instead of real ones.

How to play

Pick a word from the four buttons. It appears in the message box, and the game offers four more words that could follow it. Keep choosing until the sentence says what you want, then press send. The streamer reacts, the meter beside the video keeps score of their temper, and the next set of words appears. There is a share button for your score and a button to make an alt account.

What makes it different

The word-by-word chat is a small stroke of genius. Because you can only say what the game lets you say, every message is a joint effort between you and a machine that clearly knows how streaming chats talk, and the results are funnier than anything you would have typed yourself. It is a satire of ragebait culture that lets you be the problem for two minutes, safely.

Why it is on Bored

Two minutes is all it takes, and the two minutes are about attention: a cartoon streamer wants to keep theirs and you are there to take it. The word-by-word chat means every message is a joint effort with a machine that knows how stream chats talk, so the results are funnier than anything you would have typed. It is the kind of link that gets forwarded, and the satire lands without anyone real getting hurt.

Tips

• Read all four words before you pick, each one changes what can come next
• Build a sentence that sounds like a real chat and see what it does
• Sound on for the reactions
• Try being nice once, just to see

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