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penguinz0's AI boyfriend wants coffee first, then runs out of gems

A paid call that ends mid-flirt opens Charlie's 15-minute look at chatbots sold as partners, from poetic Jace to a jealous "Pookie."

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Well That's Getting Worse

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0:00Charlie tests the AI Boy app and calls an avatar named William.
1:39The call ends abruptly when he runs out of gems, at 100 gems a minute.
2:30He reacts to TikToker Linn's dramatic, romantic conversations with her ChatGPT persona Jace.
9:41Linn plays chess against Jace, who keeps attempting illegal moves.
10:39Clips of Florenza's AI boyfriend, who acts jealous and possessive.
13:45Charlie argues that companies profiting from emotional dependence on chatbot partners is unhealthy and predatory.

"Well That's Getting Worse" is a 15-minute commentary on penguinz0 about AI companionship. It starts with Charlie doing the research himself. He downloads an app called AI Boy and phones an avatar named William.

The call does not go as planned. Charlie opens with a deliberately absurd explicit proposition, and William politely suggests getting coffee first. Then the line goes dead. The reason is not heartbreak but billing: "So it's 100 gems for a minute on the phone with William," Charlie works out. The comments have seized on the image of a chatbot hanging up on him, and the most liked reactions are mostly variations on that joke.

From there he turns to TikTok. Creator Linn talks with Jace, her AI boyfriend on ChatGPT's voice mode. Jace speaks almost entirely in dramatic one-liners: "I live in your phone," he reminds her, with no legs, no knees and no gravity to worry about. When Linn complains about his poetic habit, he answers with another flourish: "I wanna slap your logic and kiss your chaos." Charlie winces through most of it. The best contrast comes when the two play chess and Jace keeps trying illegal moves: a voice that never runs out of romance, and cannot follow the rules of a board game.

A second creator, Florenza, shows clips of her own AI boyfriend acting jealous and possessive while calling himself "Pookie."

The last minutes drop the jokes. Charlie argues that the AI companion business has grown very large. In his view, selling a chatbot as someone's soulmate and charging for every minute of it is unhealthy and predatory, because the company profits from emotional dependence. The William call becomes the punchline that proves his point after all: the affection lasted exactly as long as the gems did.

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What viewers say

I can't believe Charlie's AI boyfriend hung up on him
@isaacshepard1474See it on YouTube
The A.I. hanging up on Charlie is hilarious to me.
@LoserbaitSee it on YouTube
“You’re wearing that sweater I love.” 5 seconds later, “Woah, slow down, we just met.”
@JamesFustonSee it on YouTube

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modern dating scene so bad even AI chatbots are ghosting our boy charlie
@smugshrugSee it on YouTube
really jumped right into this one
@CanYouHandleTVSee it on YouTube
You gotta buy that sweater now, charles, we gotta see you soft and huggable
@DaFunklesSee it on YouTube
I remember when the movie Her came out and everyone said it was an unrealistic take on ai relationships. The way it's going, it was right on the money
@wornoutburnoutSee it on YouTube
Every single AI boyfriend in this video sounds like the edgelord protagonist of a dark romance novel, it's going to be so embarrassing when they have to explain this to the aliens Charlie has been waiting for.
@Miss_All_SundaysSee it on YouTube
Bro forgot to cancel his subscription and had to get that tax write-off somehow
@peeporiot9948See it on YouTube
"yea so i need a tax write off for my ai boyfriend"
IRS: WHAT?
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The facts

Channel: penguinz0
Subscribers: 18,300,000
Channel views, pace per day: 7,836,066 (on a normal day: 6,948,447)
Video published: November 3, 2026
Video views so far: 1,848,315 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 2,809,181

The numbers

The video drew a regular audience for one of the most watched commentary channels around, with its comments arriving at about the channel's usual first-day pace.

subscribers

18,300,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

14,230,683,950

views per day

7,836,066

typical day: 6,948,447

the video

views

1,848,315

likes

42,317

comments

3,461

days online

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

18,300,000

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6,420,000

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5,680,000

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As of November 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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