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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 101 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

would be the first cage fight i ever watched

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 37 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Ironically, I actually saw the cage fight where The Undertaker took out Mankind. I was visiting someone who was a big WWF fan and they had it playing.

Non-scripted fighting? Can’t say I’ve ever watched that.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Widely regarded as one of the best wrestling matches of all time.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

It was definitely the peak of the genre.

[–] OS2Warp@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

I miss ShittyMorph.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

If you look into that event, its not entirely as scripted as you think, which is partly why it was such a shocking event. Mankind did take a huge risk and I'd argue he very easily could have died.

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[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 70 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We really are living in the Idiocracy timeline.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's way worse, Idiocracy had good faith leaders, our are pieces of shit.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

they only had good faith leaders long after the pieces of shit had set the world up in a way where everything would be shit unless someone had some sort of cold storage device for humans that would wake them up 500 years later

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 47 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We were supposed to see Zuckerberg and musk, but then musks mom said he couldn’t play. Then we were all sad.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago

We all knew Musk would bitch out.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Watch Junior try to spin this as a threat on his life and get Hunter gulag-ed. Wouldn't put it past those thin-skinned crybullies.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The laptop would probably play a prominent role in the narrative.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is our regularly scheduled reminder that we absolutely need celebrity death match to be brought back.

Someone just rip the idea off if the rights are unattainable.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Now a fight to the death, that I could get behind. I'm thinking we give hunter a net and trident, and don jr idk. Gladiator game, nationally televised. Fuck yeah, let's do it.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I want to see Hunter smash the shit out of stephen miller.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I'd like to see anyone clobber PeeWee Himmler, but I'd prefer it to be a minority, and/or a woman. I'd LOVE to see an Abuela beat him into a sobbing fetal position with a chancla.

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Let's fucking go. Should be a monthly fight.

[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

One of the first big civ's in SEA ( I forgot if it was the harrapans or in (one of?) the first megacity, near present day angkor wat), The king had to climb a pretty steep climb after every day of work, so if they got really old or glutonous, he couldnt use the kings house and thus not be king anymore. Obv the idea is flawed, but I kind of like the idea of a built in physical test, that would disqualify you from a position of serious power if you fail to pass it.

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[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

I absolutely hate this timeline 🙄

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It’ll never happen. They are bullies. Push comes to shove — cowards.

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[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Okay but I want to be on that fight card. I have challenged Stephen Miller dozens, maybe even hundreds, of times at this point.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure in a fair fight I could take RFK and Kid Rock together.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

RFK and Kid Rock would unironically make a hilarious comedy duo as villains in a Jackie Chan movie

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago

I'm in! Any situation where trumps get punched in the face is ok by me.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 12 points 3 weeks ago

I'd watch that.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I mean the vulgarity of the event is obvious. And the mental image of Hunter bitchslapping Jr is enticing.

However this kind of exchange in itself is so far of the classy scale, more in the trailer park terms of conversation.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, but in the trailer parks, they're all debating who would win that fight.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Who fucking cares? The US left needs to give up on the "high road" bullshit. It does nothing but harm.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago
[–] ivanvector@piefed.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Just gotta say, the last time I remember two politicians challenging each other to a fight, one of them was Justin Trudeau.

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[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hoping that they both literally kill each other 😈

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The Orange Shitstain vs the Lunatic Ayatollah would be better.

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[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

There is no yield, only death is the test of it....

[–] nerv@fedinsfw.app 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

These guys need to cut back on the caffeine. Next, they will be bringing duels back.

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Eric will try to fix it.

[–] itrealgood@mander.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Idiocracy was at least entertaining

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