Originally published at: Contestants from the upcoming Squid Game reality show claim the experience was inhumane | Boing Boing
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some of the contestants for the upcoming Squid Game reality show have claimed the game was rigged and inhumane.
And here I was expecting a fair and humane Squid Game contest. Disappointed!
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Finally, someone makes a spinoff that’s faithful to the source material, and all people do is complain.
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Something something Torment Nexus
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Did they not watch the show?
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Yes, and…?
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Would it have garnered more audience (advertising revenue) if they declared “ey, they treated us fairly well”? That is, a hyper suspicious person could think that setting up a horror ‘reality’ show with validation might just attract more eye-balls …or not.
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They said Squid GAME, not Squid GIRL! 
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But did they DIE?
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When Netflix launched its global phenomenon series Squid Game , millions of viewers all had the same question: “how would I do in a real-life version of the contest?”
No. Nope. I NEVER asked myself that question! 
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I guess that explains how that one old dude made it into the semifinals.
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Whether or not he remains likely depends on the outcome of this (ETA: this article contains spoilers):
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It didn’t seem likely they were going to need him for season two anyway given how the first season wrapped up?
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True. Still, I never discount the possibility of flashbacks. 
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There you go. Not even life-threatening. Buncha snowflakes.
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Eh, consider how easy kids games and playgrounds are now. Not at all scary and dangerous like back in the day.
Ok, we had asphalt and concrete - not grass. Good times. 
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select competitors, who remained anonymous, have called out the Netflix reality game show, based on the streaming service’s original South Korean series, for being “inhumane” and "rigged.
UH - didn’t they see the show?
No - but seriously - you can’t be having a show that actually causes injury to the contestants.
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My initial instinct was that the whole thing seemed dumb and awful, I guess I wasn’t wrong. Though I’m still kind of rolling me eyes about complaints that it was dangerous and inhumane, given what it’s ostensibly based on…
Uhh, it’s “red light, green light” - how dangerous could it be (given they weren’t actually being shot at)? I’m assuming the injury was essentially self-inflicted.
That rules out any show that requires anything remotely resembling athleticism, though…
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