Akai Haato debuted with Hololive in 2018 and built a second, wilder persona as Haachama, known for chaotic cooking, horror streams and unpredictable skits. Fans clipped her streams into short reaction sounds shared across YouTube, TikTok and Discord, where her teasing way of addressing viewers became shorthand for affectionate roasting. The degenerates line fits that long running dynamic between Haachama and her audience, so editors keep reusing it whenever anime or VTuber fandom leans into self aware, over the top humour online.