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Public hangings, an event where you could go and watch someone be drug out into the town square and hung from the neck until they were dead, used to be an event
by honkycat 6y ago
Public hangings, an event where you could go and watch someone be drug out into the town square and hung from the neck until they were dead, used to be an event people would gather to see.
People used to fill bags with cats, dose the bag in oil, and then light the bag on fire for the joy of watching the cats die from the fire.
During combat sports you are watching two fully grown people destroy their brains and their bodies for your enjoyment. People regularly died from these sports.
Video games have no stakes. Even children understand this. Clicking on a pixelated simulation of a nondescript soldier who always comes back for the next round is Disney cartoons compared to what people used to get up to.
- rantwasp 6y ago> People used to fill bags with cats, dose the bag in oil, and then light the bag on fire for the joy of watching the cats die from the fire. damn. that was unexpected
- trianglem 6y agoI recently came across a description of how people reacted to blood sport in arenas. Apparently the moment of death/gore/violence would elicit a gasp in the audience followed almost immediately by raucous cheering. It’s something we just don’t do anymore maybe with the exception of UFC but that’s not even close.
- highstep 6y agoadditionally, in past, we were much more connected to slaughter of animals as a normalized activity.