Pokimane, also known as Imane Anys, is a social media influencer, YouTuber, and Twitch streamer. Her most popular activity on Twitch is broadcasting live streaming of video games, especially Fortnite and League of Legends. At the moment, she is the female streamer on the platform with the most followers.
Inspired by her healthy lifestyle, Pokimane recently announced the launch of a new company. Before revealing it to her fans, Pokimane claimed to have been working on this project for two years. Myna Snacks is the name of her new company. The first product is a bag of dark chocolate Midnight Mini Cookies that are devoid of gluten and genetically modified substances.
Pokimane has launched her own healthy snack foods company called Myna Snacks pic.twitter.com/rHprGYwJay
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) November 13, 2023
The Twitch streamer claims that she and her business partner Darcey Macken came up with the idea for the cookies after realizing that many healthy snacks “tasted like cardboard” and wanting to build a delicious treat that wouldn’t make people feel bad about consuming it.
Pokimane is under fire from her fans
Following their complaints about the price of her Myna cookies on her broadcast this week, Pokimane’s fans have taken offense at her call of them being “broke” and “idiots”. The cookies retail for $28 per four-pack and were first released on November 13. Costing $7, each bundle has four smaller bags.
However, many have complained that they are overpriced, particularly after they noticed that Costco had comparable cookies for $9.99 for 14 ounces earlier in the year. The company refuted those assertions, stating that the cookies had been in development for two years. Some even stated that the cookies are simply Costco-rebranded ones.
Pokimane responds to the criticism for the price of her cookies. ‼️
“If you’re a broke boy just say so” pic.twitter.com/NJIcnGO3HL
— DramaAlert (@DramaAlert) November 19, 2023
During her stream on November 18, the streaming celebrity justified their pricing. She started by making fun of people who claim the price of a bag is $28 and calling them ignorant for not realizing that there are four bags at a cost of $7 each. She then made fun of them by teasing, “If you’re broke, just say so!”.
Her response was swiftly criticized by her streaming audience. @DramaAlert tweeted on X, “Who pays 7$ a bag of cookies? Talk about being an out of touch millionaire”. @101Rand0m tweeted, “So out of touch it’s crazy”. @niunkonjo tweeted, “30 year old, out of touch with reality, charging 7 dollars for a bag of mid drop shipped cookies… but we are the losers??? Yea aight”.
30 year old, out of touch with reality, charging 7 dollars for a bag of mid drop shipped cookies… but we are the losers??? Yea aight pic.twitter.com/eUgDAsc31m
— GOATEDAURA (@niunkonjo) November 19, 2023
Her remarks disappointed fans, who said they no longer had much respect for someone who calls someone “broke” as an insult. Others said that criticizing people based only on their financial background demonstrates her acceptance of the notion that affluent people are good and impoverished people are bad.