Every MMO player is familiar with the infamous episode of South Park titled “Make Love, Not Warcraft.” It poked fun at Blizzard’s insanely popular World of Warcraft game and helped to perpetuate the stereotype of the unwashed, unkempt, and unclean WoW player. Some may have viewed it as an unfair jab at the player base at the time, but, fourteen years later, the episode feels more like a premonition than a parody.
Back in June 2019, the downright unhealthy living conditions of Twitch streamer Jaegerrmesiter came to light. The clip, which is absolutely not for the faint of heart, showcases the twenty year-old filtering through the trash piles covering the floors of his room. Of particular interest — or offense, depending on the strength of your stomach — amid the menagerie of paper trash, cardboard boxes, and year-old food containers was a stainless steel pot which had once contained something that might have been macaroni and cheese. Now dried out and covered in mold, the sight nearly caused some of Jaegerrmesiter’s friends — and, more than likely, viewers — to vomit.
Two days after that incident in June, he apparently enlisted the help of some friends, and, with the aid of a shovel, quite literally dug himself out of his trash hovel. A twitch clip reveals that things were so tidy that the floor could — for the first time in likely more than a decade — be seen.
One would think that would be the end of it, but, following the release of World of Warcraft Classic in August, Jaegerrmesiter fell back on his old ways, once again failing to pick up after himself and amassing yet another massive heap of trash. Earlier this week, he once again showed off exactly how insufferable his surroundings had become, yet again using a shovel to wade through all of the garbage.
We don’t know if Jaegerrmesiter is making another concerted effort to clean his room, but it’s shocking to see how quickly things can go south. It took around seven months for the streamer to relapse and reacquire his trash stacks, and it serves as a warning for those with similar tendencies.
Though he has attributed his actions to an apparently undiagnosed mental illness, he’s also stated that his addiction to World of Warcraft triggered his hoarder-esque behavior. While we don’t know exactly what’s going on inside his head, we do hope that he receives the help he needs. More than that, his tale should serve as a warning against the ills of failing to look after yourself. At the risk of sounding like an overbearing mother, we’d strongly advise everyone to go clean their rooms.
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