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Streamer charges viewers $7.50 to spin her chair

TechSpot reports the streamer completes a full rotation in her stationary chair for each $7.50 payment from viewers—a rotation that literally takes her nowhere.

On air: Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on BBN Tonight
Published 6:05 PM ET, Saturday, October 10, 2026

At a glance

First reported by TechSpot: “This streamer is charging viewers $7.50 to spin her chair in bizarre money-making stunt”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 6:05 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.

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TechSpotThis streamer is charging viewers $7.50 to spin her chair in bizarre money-making stunt

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA streamer is charging viewers seven dollars and fifty cents to spin her chair. TechSpot reports she sits down, they pay, and she goes around.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSeven fifty. For a rotation.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's a small business, Dale. Honest work. She's turning her day into something people love.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIngredients list: the chair never leaves the room. Nobody printed that on the front. She's paid to go nowhere, and the whole country's applauding.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorGoing nowhere is my entire brand.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYour podcast has eleven listeners and they don't pay by the spin.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwelve. And I'd charge nine dollars a turn.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPut me down for two.