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[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 43 points 11 months 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 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 24 points 11 months ago

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

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago

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

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah if its bloody its fun.

[–] grayman@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

MMA WITH SWORDS! THATS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS!

[–] raptir@lemdro.id 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

AND LETS THROW SOME LIONS IN THERE!

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] AlienInAMask@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] cmhickman358@thelemmy.club 5 points 11 months ago

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

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Something like this?

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

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!"

-Your owners robbing you blind

[–] jarfil@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

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