Overview

IZIDORE's Chinese Water Torture Livestream refers to a viral Twitch livestream in mid-April 2025 in which American streamer IZIDORE allowed his audience to remotely "Chinese water torture" him through donations. The 16-hour torture subathon stream consisted of each audience donation dropping varying levels of water on his face. Clips of the extreme livestream went viral on Twitter / X, leading to widespread discussions and memes across social media platforms.

Background

On April 12th, 2025, Twitch^[1] streamer IZIDORE started a 16-hour torture subathon stream titled "Bits = Water Drops," which consisted of a Chinese water torture device connected to his audience donations that allowed them to drop varying levels of water on his face until he reached the sub's goal. The livestream reached 431,000 views in three days. (seen below)

On April 14th, 2025, X^[2] user @Awk20000 posted the earliest viral mention of IZIDORE's Chinese water torture livestream (seen below), amassing over 3 million views and 20,000 likes in a day.

Online Reactions

IZIDORE's torture livestream gained viral attention on Twitter in the following days, receiving mainly criticism and negative reactions from netizens comparing his actions to Netflix's dystopian series Black Mirror. For instance, on April 14th, 2025, X^[3] user @ApolloZens posted a screenshot of the "DumDummies" episode, writing, "Wasn’t this the first episode of the new Black Mirror?" The post (seen below) amassed over 85,000 views and 1,800 likes in a day.

On the same day, X^[4] user @CheezyVert posted a still image from the Detroit: Become Human videogame, adding the caption "Bro 10 hours into the stream." The post (seen below) received more than 51,000 views and 1,400 likes in a day.

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