• Null User Object@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    All three streamers were then held in January last year but released after they insisted the on-screen violence was all part of “an act aimed at creating buzz so as to earn money”.

    Act or not, I cannot quantify the utter disdain I have for anyone who wants to watch garbage like that. Absolutely shitty human trash, every damn one of them.

    Edit: And just to be abundantly clear, I’m not talking about the two pieces of garbage that just got taken into custody. I’m taking about the thousands of pieces of human feces that were getting their jollies watching another person get abused.

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      It depends on how it’s executed.

      If it’s sold as true satire or fiction, I’m in. WWE, John Wick, Rocky III.

      If it’s sold as reality, yeah, it’s garbage.

      Edit: though I just read the fucking article and what these fuckers did is inexcusable. And those who watch this, yup, you’re right. Garbage.

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        Maybe I’m old but a common argument in middle school was if pro wrestling was “real” so I do not agree with your characterization that it is not sold as reality.

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        live “trash streaming”, in which he was physically assaulted or humiliated as viewers watched live and sometimes donated money.

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        Yeah, if the police have to take them all into custody to investigate if it was real or not… It wasn’t being sold as clearly fiction.