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[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Lets be real, people enjoy the show.

Gladiator fights would be popular even today, especially if to the death was part of it.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Public executions for crimes in Europe eventually turned into entertainment for the masses.

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

Public lynching was popular in the USA. Don’t get me started on fairs and carnivals.

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

No "eventually" about it. It was spectacle and entertainment from the start.

Yeah if its bloody its fun.

[–] grayman@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

MMA WITH SWORDS! THATS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS!

[–] raptir@lemdro.id 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

AND LETS THROW SOME LIONS IN THERE!

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah animal fights are bad, replace them with death robots.

[–] AlienInAMask@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Robot Wars/Battlebots robots, people fighting rc cars that are trying to flip them over with hydraulic paddles

[–] cmhickman358@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 year ago

WITH BLACKJACK! AND HOOKERS! In fact, forget about the MMA and the lions!

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Something like this?

https://youtu.be/1JxuGcHrBzg?si=pCBT3Ld1bBUFELa_

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

So is football.

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!"

-Your owners robbing you blind

[–] jarfil@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Gladiators rarely fought to the death... among themselves. They were glad to make a show of publicly executing some untrained prisoners, though.