Twitch streamers make thousands by literally just sleeping

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Moments before falling asleep live on Twitch, streamer Matthew "Mizkif" Rinaudo thought about how pissed off his mom would be if he told her that he made money sleeping.

"She thinks I do nothing now," Rinaudo joked to his live viewers. "Wait until she finds out I literally slept and made money."

Rinaudo enabled a bot that let his viewers submit videos if they made a cash donation and went to bed. On the top right of the screen, the clips played on, while most of the display was taken up by Rinaudo resting on his back or side. Many hours and many cringey videos later, he woke up $5,600 richer. To show he wasn't blind to how the whole stunt came off, Rinaudo gave a Nintendo Switch away to one of his patrons.

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