>>87406437It was popularized last year by Tiktok. The streamer reacts to superchats sent by the viewers, for example, if they send a cake emoji, the streamer says "oh, cake" and makes a gesture like she's eating it. Same thing with drinks, cookies, and things of that nature.
Lia made a joke NPC stream last year, and it was picked up by some political dudes who saw it as degenerate behavior. Ember did one as well. But those were joke streams, not "real" NPC streams; apparently there are Tiktok girls who do that for a living.