This Week in WTF, January 31, 2014

Um, I like to cook too!!! A woman in South Korea has a remarkably thriving webcam business, but it’s not what you might think (perv). According to the Huffington Post, she makes around $9,000 per month cooking elaborate meals and eating them, all in front of her webcam. People watch—and tip virtual currency convertible to cash—so they can “have a friend at the dinner table.” I suppose the biggest downside is that she has to do it every day. The phenomenon is called Meok-Bang, and it’s a big deal in places that aren’t America.

Somehow I doubt that I could get as famous cooking my signature melted-cheese-on-a-tortilla recipe for all the internet to view. Continue reading

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