{"id":213330,"date":"2020-01-28T02:15:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T18:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1817225\/"},"modified":"2020-01-28T02:15:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T18:15:12","slug":"fortnite-streamer-pays-off-moms-student-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2020\/01\/28\/fortnite-streamer-pays-off-moms-student-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fortnite\u2019 Streamer Pays Off Mom\u2019s Student Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fortnite-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>One of the most cursed types of recurring \u201cfeel-good\u201d stories these days go a little something like this. Against all odds, someone suffering under the crushing effects of American capitalism miraculously escapes. And instead of considering how ridiculous the scenario was, we just admire their scrappy spirit. \u201cChild Opens Lemonade Stand to Pay for Parents&#8217; Six-Figure Debt.\u201d \u201cThousands Donate to GoFundMe to Keep Person From Literally Dying From Lack of Health Insurance.\u201d Maybe the problem is\u2026 the system?<\/p>\n<p>This article is basically one of those stories. So I just had to get those opinions out of the way. But like I said, the problem is the system, not the folks doing what they can to mitigate its horrific effects. And we should feel happy when they succeed, like when, say, a pro <em>Fortnite<\/em> streamers pays off his mother\u2019s student loans live on stream.<\/p>\n<p>Aydan Conrad is one of those young\u00a0<em>Fortnite<\/em> streamers who makes way more money playing the game than any of us will see in our lifetime, hundreds of thousands for dollars of being publically good at the battle royale. And to succeed at such an absurd life goal, it surely pays to have a supportive parent.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/embed?clip=ViscousSpicyBeeTriHard\" width=\"620\" height=\"378\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why it was genuinely touching to see Aydan repay the favor on a recent Twitch stream. In front of his followers, Aydan called his mother to tell her he had paid off her student loans. She went from disbelief, to crying in gratitude, to thanking the viewers and telling them to subscribe. A pure story of family love perfect for the internet.<\/p>\n<p>For more on <em>Fortnite<\/em> check out this<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/finally-you-can-play-as-ninja-in-fortnite-1816263\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"> Ninja skin<\/a> and learn how even a TV show like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/how-the-mandalorian-uses-fortnites-game-engine-for-filmmaking-1811238\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Mandalorian<\/em><\/a> is benefiting from the game\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XMhS4_N1lFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fortnite-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/figure>\n<p>One of the most cursed types of recurring &ldquo;feel-good&rdquo; stories these days go a little something like this. Against all odds, someone suffering under the crushing effects of American capitalism miraculously escapes. And [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/fortnite-streamer-pays-off-moms-student-loans-1817225\/\">&lsquo;Fortnite&rsquo; Streamer Pays Off Mom&rsquo;s Student Loans<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/\">Geek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2020\/01\/28\/fortnite-streamer-pays-off-moms-student-loans\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2711,2054,2,2047,16,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,409,407,478,481,482,480,479,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,403,412,411,395,405,404,477],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-TuO","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213332,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213330\/revisions\/213332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}