In the latest episode of their podcast Offline+Ehrlich, the Twitch streamers Max “Trymacs” Stemmler, Florian “Varion” Kiesow, and Sascha “unsympathischTV” Hellinger discuss their drinking habits. One of them stands out, while the other two partially fulfill a stereotype of their profession.
Who is it about? The Twitch streamers Trymacs, Varion, and unsympathischTV have been running their own podcast Offline+Ehrlich for a few years now. Here, they exchange stories about their daily lives, report on their experiences from the past week, and occasionally answer fan questions.
In the latest episode on Spotify, the three discuss their drinking habits in everyday life. It quickly becomes clear: unsympathischTV differs from the other two streamers.
We present you the career of Trymacs in our video:
“Isn’t it boring to only drink water?”
What is this stereotype? The stereotype of a Twitch streamer portrays them as energy-drinking gamers who sit in front of the PC all day, leading to an unhealthy posture. Trymacs and Varion play into a part of this stereotype with their drinking habits.
Trymacs reports about his everyday life when he is at a LAN party: He usually sleeps only five hours and drinks energy drinks or other caffeinated beverages all day. He does this so he won’t be tired and has more time to game.
However, afterward, he would refrain from caffeine for five days, which would also cause him severe headaches. Varion reports something similar, having once abstained from caffeine and also experiencing headaches.
What does unsympathischTV drink? Unlike Varion and Trymacs, unsympathischTV mainly drinks water and only occasionally an energy drink or other sweet beverages. Much to the surprise of Trymacs and Varion.
The reason for this is also that unsympathischTV supposedly fears consuming too much caffeine. Furthermore, water is simply a means to an end.
Varion straightforwardly asks unsympathischTV: “Isn’t it boring to only drink water?” He himself drinks at least one energy drink daily and looks forward to it every day. That is his “joy in everyday life.”
In conclusion, he says: “What will I look forward to if I don’t have that anymore?” He further asks unsympathischTV: “What gets you through the day?”
Warnings about excessive caffeine consumption: The fact that Varion and Trymacs experience headaches when refraining from caffeine is an indication that they are not only psychologically but also physically dependent on it. This is pointed out by the Kiel Pain Clinic and simultaneously warns of excessive caffeine consumption. According to the pain clinic, headaches are clear withdrawal symptoms.
The German Society for Nutrition e.V. (DGE) recommends not exceeding 200 milligrams. A cup of coffee contains between 60 and 100 mg of caffeine (via infothek-gesundheit.de).
Another addiction of Twitch streamer Trymacs is the mobile game Clash of Clans. He plays it extensively and since the latest update, he can even invest more time into the game, but this also has a downside: Twitch: The new update of Clash of Clans endangers the relationship of Trymacs
