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Entry of the Gladiators! (media.piefed.social)
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[–] lath@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, clowns and carnivals were the gladiators of their age.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

and football and mma are the clowns of our age.

times change but it all has the same bullshit vibe.

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I thought that was the world leaders.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

nope. the leaders use the circuses and clowns to distract from their terrible policies.

and the number of people who care more about sportsball vs. the number engaged in their own democracies, proves it works.

[–] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Topical. You should write for Leno.

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago

Come on man, my jokes are shit, but not that shit.