• eurodyne@piefed.world
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    1 day ago

    How is this news? Isn’t this a normal, scheduled event at lollapalooza? I haven’t been in a very long time, but… Isn’t this normal?

    Iirc, there’s a whole schedule of mud wrestling events

    • zarathustrad@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      If the news can run “story about a struggling individual or animal overcoming odds through community support or sheer will, like the sickly squirrel nursed back to health by a man trapped in a collapsed cave.”… For the thousandth time…

      Let’s just say I would rather watch this every year

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        19 hours ago

        Comparing lesbian mud wrestling to a sickly squirrel is a bit rude, even in the context of “what might best grab headlines”. I know it was a joke, but still…

        Equating people with animals, even indirectly, isn’t nice. It sets the precedent that there is a context where that’s acceptable, when that’s not acceptable in any context.

        • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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          7 hours ago

          it’s not about nice. it’s about what gets the most clicks and brings in the most ad revenue.

          the context is ‘story that makes us the most money gets run’

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        1 day ago

        Yeah, well, I will admit that “lesbians mud wrestling“ is a fucking ton of fun to watch

        Lollapalooza or not

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          17 hours ago

          No, I was simply stating that as fluff pieces go, it’s a good one. Fluff pieces can be about many topics, the relative value of the individual subjects is irrelevant.