Summary
Asmongold has shared his thoughts on Twitch about tipping culture, and has revealed that prior to becoming a big name, he would never tip in restaurants. TheTwitchstreamer explained why he used to skip tips and how that’s changed.
While far from every streamer is successful, many have started streaming or creating content in an effort to make some extra cash, or even a living. This has allowedstreamers like CaseOhto leave the workforce entirely, as the popularity of their streams has been enough to not only meet their prior earnings, but far surpass them.
Asmongold is a very wealthy streamerthese days, but that wasn’t always the case. Asmongold explained that in the past, he would never tip in restaurants, claiming that it was “stolen valor” for the server.Asmongold sayshe would much rather tip the cooks that are acually making the food, rather than the server that’s carrying it. He later alleged in a tweet that tipping is a way for “upper middle-class Americans… to look down on working class Americans with moral righteousness.” He further added that he believed it was one of the main reasons tipping culture still exists.
Tipping Comments Draw Mixed Responses
Some have responded to Asmongold’s statements positively, agreeing that cooks deserve access to tips, while others have been more negative. Some have claimed that the opinion is hypocritical, given Asmongold’s earnings are largely based upon donations made by his viewers, though Asmongold did point out that he now tips. Others were more practical with their criticism, pointing out that in many states, the wage for servers is far below the standard minimum wage, with some only earning about $2.13 an hour. Tips are supposed to make up the difference, allowing servers to earn potentially more than their state’s minimum wage, but it doesn’t always work that way. As cooks don’t receive tips, they typically receive a standard wage. If an employee doesn’t receive enough tips, employers have to make up the difference to ensure that they don’tearn less than the minimum wage, but for many, the minimum wage is still too low to thrive.
Whether Asmongold receives criticism or not for his thoughts on tipping culture, it underlies a larger, ongoing problem with earnings that he has no role in. In any case, it’s far from the first time that Asmongold has seen controversy. However, Asmongold has seen a ton of success, and recently becamethe most watched streamer on Twitch. His interesting takes and sometimes controversial opinions seem to be part of the formula that keeps his viewers coming back.
