• Null User Object@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months 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.

    • ElBarto@piefed.socialEnglish
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      4 months ago

      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.

      • porcoesphino@mander.xyzEnglish
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        4 months ago

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

      • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        4 months ago

        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.