They really just see people as ants in a display, don’t they.
They are “people”, while we are something lesser
I didn’t expect the unreal tournament dystopia, I’ve got to be honest
Anyone who would get enjoyment from watching this kind of event has a diseased soul. As has been said elsewhere: It’s BumFights with a higher budget.
Cool if you want to see a man run 100m in 7 seconds before his heart explodes on the finish line.
Is this just bumfights with a higher budget?
In a capitalist society these are your lords and ladies and kings and queens. So shut your pleb mouth and respect your betters!
Reminder that Communist nations were the ones that drove the professionalization of sport and they were also using illegal substances as a standard practice, including on minors, in order to enhance their performance, consequences be damned. Kids were told the substances were “vitamins” and left in the dark about the long-term health effects.
In the end, it’s absolutely power that corrupts, no matter if you’re ruling from under the banner of a red star or serving the almighty dollar.
something Bioshock something something Olympics
This is something I’d like to see in like, some alternative reality just out of morbid curiosity however in real life the effects would be just too horrid. What a fucking psychopath
Future replacement of BattleBots
Mutant League is a much better name
In every way, but it’s probably trademark Hasbro
Oh, hell yeah!
I’ve wanted this since I was a kid, many decades ago. Let’s see what we are capable of and not worry about if the winner just won because his enhancements weren’t caught.
what we are capable of
probably dying from the side effects
If it’s not for you, then it’s not for you. Here’s an alternative for you.
God, I really hope this doesn’t come to be. No offense to the people excited by it, and I totally get the appeal, but this would damage society so much. People taking performance enhancers, especially to extreme levels, put themselves insanely at risk medically. If this gets normalized, it’ll only be a matter of time before it becomes mainstream to bet on blowouts, heart attacks, roid rage scandals, etc. At that point, it’ll essentially be a tiny leap away from the game shows of Running Man, and then I’ll lose all faith in humanity.
I just want people to be able to compete if they use cannabis. But you’re right that it would likely devolve lol
Now THAT, I’d fucking watch. The Bowlympics. Smoke a bowl, then do your best!
I did my best!
Is it so much worse than existing, popular sports like boxing or American football which are known to cause brain damage to the athletes involved?
That’s a somewhat fair question except that we learned about the medical side effects over time after the sport was established. Now, if people started trying to specifically bet on the over/under on CTE or if UFC got rid of tap-outs, I’d equate it a bit more.
The fact that there has been growing concerns and increased societal pressure to do better regarding the health of athletes, anything that poses them more as sports-creatures who should be willing to die for their profession could lead to significant backsliding.
Can’t wait to watch tweakers dropping dead on live tv, trying to run a marathon.
