From our other sites
The story
On 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” board, a thread reported that streamer “Short Sleeper” Hori — who has publicly claimed to have lived almost sleep-free for 17 years — was ordered by a doctor to stop broadcasting over a suspected stroke (cerebral infarction). The thread mixed in reports that his cumulative Super Chat earnings stood at around 10 million yen as of the previous day, speculation that his appearance on the pitch show “Reiwa no Tora” may have triggered this, debate over the pros and cons of earning money by pushing his body to the limit, and questions about keeping up this lifestyle despite having a family. Some posters even shared medical information linking sleep deprivation to stroke risk, showing the reaction went beyond simple mockery.
What people said
What has he even been doing all this time?
He's pulling in 300 million yen from Super Chats, right?
Taxes and all that…
As of yesterday his total Super Chat earnings were only around 10 million yen.
Stream stress, probably.
Yeah, it can.
It's fine for young people, but if someone middle-aged or older pulls all-nighters, it can happen.
This is way past just losing muscle mass.
Once he gets past this, he can sleep as much as he wants
They were already a complete and utter idiot to begin with.
Honestly, that's a fair point.
If you get into streaming thinking it's an easy way to make money, of course you're gonna break down like that.
He's doing weight training and taking baths over and over too, right? Sleep deprivation plus blood vessel dilation, no joke, that's an easy way to die.
No doubt he's headed straight for severe hypertension.
He's gonna end up pinned under the bench press yelling 'help me, help me.'
Oh, is that all it is?
There were a bunch of posts saying 300 million yen,
so I figured if he was making that much, it'd be worth risking his life over.
Even if he got a 10,000-yen Super Chat every single minute, that's only 14.4 million yen a day — 300 million yen just isn't realistic.
He's apparently got kids, so unfortunately that rules him out.
People will forget all about it in a few years anyway.
This has 'no good end' written all over it (lit. the 'wild beast' route — dark 5ch slang implying he's headed for ruin).
It's become clear that sleep deprivation raises stroke risk. What's more, 'sleep debt' — the gradual buildup of sleep deprivation you might not even notice — is also a factor that increases stroke risk.
https://banno-clinic.biz/cerebral-infarction-sleep/
Whatever theory some mere doctor comes up with doesn't apply to Hori-san.
Why doesn't his wife stop him?
She's probably too scared of setting him off to say anything.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Medical experts note that sleep deprivation raises the risk of vascular events like stroke, with chronic short sleep believed to contribute to the risk through added strain on blood pressure and blood vessels. A “doctor’s stop order” refers to a doctor instructing someone to rest or halt an activity — language indicating this had moved past the point where it could continue by willpower alone. Opinions in the thread split over whether the motive for continuing to stream despite worsening health was revenue from Super Chats and the like; posters debated the true scale of the earnings, though there’s no way to verify the actual figures beyond what Hori himself has disclosed. Some in the thread also questioned the consistency between his claim of “17 years of this same daily routine” and the fact that health problems are only now surfacing for the first time.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Sad News] Short Sleeper Hori Ordered to Stop by Doctor Over Suspected Stroke.”
Leave a Reply