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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink30•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoWITH BLACKJACK! AND HOOKERS! In fact, forget about the MMA and the lions!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•2 years agoNah animal fights are bad, replace them with death robots.
minus-squareAlienInAMasklinkfedilink1•2 years agoRobot Wars/Battlebots robots, people fighting rc cars that are trying to flip them over with hydraulic paddles
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoGladiators rarely fought to the death… among themselves. They were glad to make a show of publicly executing some untrained prisoners, though.
minus-squareMister Neonlinkfedilink14•2 years agoPublic executions for crimes in Europe eventually turned into entertainment for the masses.
minus-squareadmiralteallinkfedilink8•2 years agoNo “eventually” about it. It was spectacle and entertainment from the start.
minus-squareMaevelinkfedilink18•2 years agoPublic lynching was popular in the USA. Don’t get me started on fairs and carnivals.
Lets be real, people enjoy the show.
Gladiator fights would be popular even today, especially if to the death was part of it.
MMA is a good example.
MMA WITH SWORDS! THATS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS!
AND LETS THROW SOME LIONS IN THERE!
WITH BLACKJACK! AND HOOKERS! In fact, forget about the MMA and the lions!
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
Something like this?
So is football.
Gladiators rarely fought to the death… among themselves. They were glad to make a show of publicly executing some untrained prisoners, though.
Public executions for crimes in Europe eventually turned into entertainment for the masses.
No “eventually” about it. It was spectacle and entertainment from the start.
Yeah if its bloody its fun.
Public lynching was popular in the USA. Don’t get me started on fairs and carnivals.