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Why Turning off Your Webcam before Sex Just Makes Good Sense

A few gamers are either entirely too exhibitionistic, or entirely too stupid, but they’ve taught as a valuable lesson; turn off your webcam before you venture into having sex with others or yourself. Just last month Andrew “Slooshi” Pham alt+tabbed away from a live stream, leaving his webcam on while meanwhile enjoying some innocent porn. Of course the world could see. Earlier, DOTA streamer, Zyori, failed to turn off his streaming program before walking around near naked, scratching at his genitals.

So I suppose its no surprise this thing continues to happen, especially considering the crowd. Warcraft player murdaralph kicked it up a notch when, after having finished a Mists of Pandaria livestreaming session using Twitch, he only seemed to turn off his computer for the night. Why not enjoy the remainder of the evening doing some entirely non-computer-nerd activity such as have a romp in the sack with his girlfriend? The streaming program was nevertheless left open, so his sexual escapades were laid bare for the world to see.

In response, he had his Twitch account automatically closed down. His girlfriend is also reportedly “very mad” at him, understandably enough.

So the lesson we should learn is a variation on the old one. If you’re going to engage in any amorous activity, remove your cell phone from your pocket unless you accidentally ass-dial your mother or boss or something; lock the door to your bedroom of course; and if you have a webcam, make sure that isn’t streaming you live to an eager public.

Daniel June: Daniel June studied English literature at Michigan State University, graduating in 2003. Working a potpourri of jobs since, from cake-decorator to proofreader, his passion has always been writing, resulting in books of essays, novels, and children’s novellas.