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minus-squareCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down2·2 years agoLets be real, people enjoy the show. Gladiator fights would be popular even today, especially if to the death was part of it.
minus-squareMister Neon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 years agoPublic executions for crimes in Europe eventually turned into entertainment for the masses.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·2 years agoPublic lynching was popular in the USA. Don’t get me started on fairs and carnivals.
minus-squareadmiralteal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoNo “eventually” about it. It was spectacle and entertainment from the start.
minus-squareCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·2 years agoYeah if its bloody its fun.
minus-squareCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 years agoMMA WITH SWORDS! THATS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS!
minus-squareraptir@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoAND LETS THROW SOME LIONS IN THERE!
minus-squareCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoNah animal fights are bad, replace them with death robots.
minus-squareAlienInAMasklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoRobot Wars/Battlebots robots, people fighting rc cars that are trying to flip them over with hydraulic paddles
minus-squarecmhickman358@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoWITH BLACKJACK! AND HOOKERS! In fact, forget about the MMA and the lions!
minus-squareAllonzeeLV@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years ago“ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!” -Your owners robbing you blind
minus-squarejarfil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoGladiators rarely fought to the death… among themselves. They were glad to make a show of publicly executing some untrained prisoners, though.
Lets be real, people enjoy the show.
Gladiator fights would be popular even today, especially if to the death was part of it.
Public executions for crimes in Europe eventually turned into entertainment for the masses.
Public lynching was popular in the USA. Don’t get me started on fairs and carnivals.
No “eventually” about it. It was spectacle and entertainment from the start.
Yeah if its bloody its fun.
MMA is a good example.
MMA WITH SWORDS! THATS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS!
AND LETS THROW SOME LIONS IN THERE!
Nah animal fights are bad, replace them with death robots.
Robot Wars/Battlebots robots, people fighting rc cars that are trying to flip them over with hydraulic paddles
WITH BLACKJACK! AND HOOKERS! In fact, forget about the MMA and the lions!
Something like this?
So is football.
“ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!”
-Your owners robbing you blind
Gladiators rarely fought to the death… among themselves. They were glad to make a show of publicly executing some untrained prisoners, though.