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Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

A Moose posted:

Lets just go straight to blood sports too while we're at it

Full Colosseum NOW!

The gladiators were slaves, so if they brought it back it wouldn't be poor people fighting to the death. It would be the immigrants that are in concentration camps right now. And it wasn't just one on one fights, there were events. So you'd get like, 50 people who were captured by ICE fleeing the gang violence in their home country vs 10 bears.

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Guy Goodbody posted:

The gladiators were slaves

In the very earliest combats this was true, but by the time of the Republic most gladiators were either condemned criminals or voluntary participants, both of whom would have gone through a gladiatorial school in order to make sure the audience got a good fight. Pitting members of an underclass against beasts was a separate affair, and conflating them is like calling every member of a modern circus a clown or every member of a baseball team the outfielders.

# ? Jul 10, 2018 23:45

Phlegmish: Jul 2, 2011

No contest, MS-13 is going to gently caress up those bears

# ? Jul 10, 2018 23:47

Elfface: Nov 14, 2010; Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
IRON JONAH

On the other hand, the gladiators would promote products, have toys made in their image and it was actually incredibly rare for them to die in the arena, on account of being rather expensive to train. Plus, as well as the regular fights there'd be gimmick matches.

The coliseum was the WWE of it's day

# ? Jul 10, 2018 23:47

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

Besesoth posted:

every member of a modern circus a clown or every member of a baseball team the outfielders.

Every circus member is a clown. Sorry if that's not PC, but they're all clowns, every last one of them.

# ? Jul 10, 2018 23:48

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

And every baseball player is a fielder, but I'm not going to call them all outfielders because I know that most of them haven't come out yet.

# ? Jul 10, 2018 23:50

Solice Kirsk: Jun 1, 2004; .

Guy Goodbody posted:

And every baseball player is a fielder, but I'm not going to call them all outfielders because I know that most of them haven't come out yet.

What about the catcher? Or the DH if you pay that weird kind of baseball they do in the American league?

# ? Jul 10, 2018 23:53

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

Solice Kirsk posted:

What about the catcher? Or the DH if you pay that weird kind of baseball they do in the American league?

all the baseball players are fielders. That includes catcher, the pitcher, and the vers

# ? Jul 10, 2018 23:56

voiceless anal fricative: May 6, 2007

Elfface posted:

On the other hand, the gladiators would promote products, have toys made in their image and it was actually incredibly rare for them to die in the arena, on account of being rather expensive to train. Plus, as well as the regular fights there'd be gimmick matches.

The coliseum was the WWE of it's day

WWE but with executions at half time

I thought they still did slave fights but they became a separate thing from the gladiatorial fights

# ? Jul 10, 2018 23:57

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

Phlegmish posted:

No contest, MS-13 is going to gently caress up those bears

#bearlivesmatter

# ? Jul 10, 2018 23:58

Samuringa: Mar 27, 2017; Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.

bike tory posted:

WWE but with executions at half time

I was going to make some jab at someone messing up a jump but ended up finding one of the saddest Wikipedia articles by accident

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_professional_wrestling_deaths

# ? Jul 11, 2018 00:01

Cartoon Man: Jan 31, 2004

Samuringa posted:

I was going to make some jab at someone messing up a jump but ended up finding one of the saddest Wikipedia articles by accident

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_professional_wrestling_deaths

That is one long list...

:smith:

# ? Jul 11, 2018 00:07

Last Chance: Dec 31, 2004

wrest in peace fellas

# ? Jul 11, 2018 00:10

Lobok: Jul 13, 2006; Say Watt?

Croccers posted:

Now do one for Medical debt.

Only if the contestants' medical treatments were done super recently. Like one of them is still doped up on Percocet, one looks like the Invisible Man with all the bandages they have on, another is laid out on a gurney, etc.

# ? Jul 11, 2018 00:13

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

Lobok posted:

Only if the contestants' medical treatments were done super recently. Like one of them is still doped up on Percocet, one looks like the Invisible Man with all the bandages they have on, another is laid out on a gurney, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52EEzBNn48g

# ? Jul 11, 2018 00:18

Kyron: Aug 6, 2013

Samuringa posted:

I was going to make some jab at someone messing up a jump but ended up finding one of the saddest Wikipedia articles by accident

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_professional_wrestling_deaths

gently caress man so many of these people either died of heart attacks before they were 50 or killed themselves.

# ? Jul 11, 2018 00:40

xtal: Jan 9, 2011; by Fluffdaddy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Mat

# ? Jul 11, 2018 00:49

McPhearson: Aug 4, 2007; Hot Damn!

PoptartsNinja posted:

1) Find a name you've obsessed with since you were 12.
2) Replace all the vowels with 'Y'
3) Adjust the consonants to better match a name full of unnecessary semi-vowels (optional, to taste).
4) Replace some of the 'Y's with actual vowels again (optional, to taste)

Congratulations, you now have a child who's going to sigh in depression every time they introduce themselves and have to spell their name every time.

"No, it's just pronounced Candice. It's spelled Candyass."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMe3WDmxBEI

# ? Jul 11, 2018 01:53

Pissed Ape Sexist: Apr 19, 2008

Besesoth posted:

In the very earliest combats this was true, but by the time of the Republic most gladiators were either condemned criminals or voluntary participants, both of whom would have gone through a gladiatorial school in order to make sure the audience got a good fight. Pitting members of an underclass against beasts was a separate affair, and conflating them is like calling every member of a modern circus a clown or every member of a baseball team the outfielders.

What circumstances would have to occur in your life in order for you to weigh your own death against a promoter's choice, or outright death? It seems like the circumstances of that decision would come from a place of desperation and a lack of other vocational outlets. Say you're a dangerous gently caress with a short sword whose very existence depends on your ability to physically dominate some other dumb gently caress with a short sword, or a net, or a spear, or whatever. You are a racehorse whose record keeps you from the glue factory. If the privilege of life is literally based on your ability to perform an athletic task of dominance, and your 'trainer' gets legal rights to control your family structure when you die, you're a mandingo. MMA or WWE are not even in the same universe of comparison. Yes, some of them were rewarded after a nice show for the populi, but Gladiators were slaves to their performance and to the purse was controlled elsewhere. Some were slaves to a literal master, some were slaves to a weird system designed to keep them subservient, but all were slaves. A well-fed racehorse frequently put out to stud still has a man that owns the stable.

E: In retrospect this is far too long for a 'lol, no' post

# ? Jul 11, 2018 01:55

LifeLynx: Feb 27, 2001; Dang so this is like looking over his shoulder in real-time; Grimey Drawer

JoelJoel posted:

Hard to get whiter than a bunch of Western Canadian hockey kids:

https://twitter.com/AdamZHerman/status/596404714868211713

So many names ending with a soft n sound. It's like how people give their pets names that end with an E sound because their animals supposedly respond to it better. Some parent is going to call their kid in from the playground and all the kids whose names end in that N sound are going to respond.

# ? Jul 11, 2018 02:05

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

PoptartsNinja posted:

1) Find a name you've obsessed with since you were 12.
2) Replace all the vowels with 'Y'
3) Adjust the consonants to better match a name full of unnecessary semi-vowels (optional, to taste).
4) Replace some of the 'Y's with actual vowels again (optional, to taste)

Congratulations, you now have a child who's going to sigh in depression every time they introduce themselves and have to spell their name every time.

"No, it's just pronounced Candice. It's spelled Candyass."

A friend of mine dated a girl a bunch of years ago named Tyffyny.

Anyway

https://i.imgur.com/h28BCn2.mp4

# ? Jul 11, 2018 02:15

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

# ? Jul 11, 2018 02:24

snergle: Aug 3, 2013; A kind little mouse!

Bath Tubs posted:

gently caress man so many of these people either died of heart attacks before they were 50 or killed themselves.

Doesnt vince vehemently deny that wrestlers get the football concussion thing? I can't wait for xfl atheletes to sue him.

# ? Jul 11, 2018 02:39

Cable Guy: Jul 18, 2005; I don't expect any trouble, but we'll be handing these out later...; Slippery Tilde

Android Apocalypse posted:

There�s going to be so many �down the hatch� jokes that kid will endure when eating.

Double cursed if Hatch is a girl.

Wait till space-camp or sea-scouts....

"Pop the hatch...."

:supaburn:

# ? Jul 11, 2018 05:22

System Metternich: Feb 28, 2010; But what did he mean by that?

Wheat Loaf posted:

_{Alright, maybe it's not "Ha ha" funny.}

During the same campaign, Labour�s platform included a proto-Brexit, btw (which might have been one of the reasons why they went on to suffer their worst defeat since 1918)

# ? Jul 11, 2018 06:47

Wheat Loaf: Feb 13, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

System Metternich posted:

During the same campaign, Labour�s platform included a proto-Brexit, btw (which might have been one of the reasons why they went on to suffer their worst defeat since 1918)

Well, sure, during the 1975 campaign, the leading figures on the "No" side included Enoch Powell, Michael Foot, Tony Benn and Ian Paisley (Benn refused to share a platform with Powell, but Foot did because Powell and Foot were quite good friends in spite of their pronounced political differences).

There's a cartoon from the time, which I'll see if I can find, which presented the leavers of the day as a crowd of racists, nationalists, protectionists, communists, Irish republicans and Orangemen.

Edit: Here it is:

Thatcher campaigned hard for "Yes". She obviously changed her views later on. :v:

Wheat Loaf has a new favorite as of 08:50 on Jul 11, 2018

# ? Jul 11, 2018 08:47

dee eight: Dec 18, 2002; The Spirit
of Maynard

Guy Goodbody posted:

The gladiators were slaves, so if they brought it back it wouldn't be poor people fighting to the death. It would be the immigrants that are in concentration camps right now. And it wasn't just one on one fights, there were events. So you'd get like, 50 people who were captured by ICE fleeing the gang violence in their home country vs 10 bears.

Ancient Rome did not have robots but nothing stops us from having them now, fuckwit.

# ? Jul 11, 2018 09:06