>>103181087Watching streams isn't a proper hobby. If you want entertainment, there are countless movies, novels, manga, anime, albums, even videogames with the potential to inspire you to the point that it will change the course of your whole life.
Second monitor background noise while you do gacha dailies isn't remotely comparable. People who DON'T watch it for the parasocial aspect are the weird ones here. Get a real fucking hobby.
Consuming slop to spend time with the person you like spending time with makes sense, watching someone playing a videogame while having no attachment to them does not. Play it yourself.
This is the truth and anything else is cope.