• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    106
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    5 days ago

    Netflix: takes chance on relatively unknown creators’ dystopic fiction show about capitalism and the rich exploiting the poor for entertainment

    sees program become a surprise mega-success

    makes a reality show emulating the plot of the show, for profit

    They basically built the fucking Torment Nexus! 🤦

    • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      42
      ·
      5 days ago

      I mean that should have been obvious when they turned a dystopian novel into the bluprint for reality TV. It’s called Big Brother for a reason. Movies like The Truman Show and EdTV showed the dark side of being under constant public surveillance and now influencers turn their lifes into reallity TV willingly.

      • Mac@mander.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 days ago

        and now influencers …

        And we absolutely eat that shit up. We donate our money to them, buy their shit, and regurgitate every fucking thing they say as if they were goddamn prophets.

      • qarbone@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        4 days ago

        The Truman Show is not a good representation of the realities of influencers semi-permanent visibility.

        The choice to do it is the first, and major, difference.

          • dingus@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            4 days ago

            Your comment was at 0 upvoted and 0 downvotes, which is only possible if you manually remove your own upvote.

            • LifeLemons@lemmy.mlOP
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              edit-2
              4 days ago

              You said a lot of my comments, so I assume you ewent into my profile? This comment doesnt have any votes but my other comments have votes by others. So I was curious

              • dingus@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                4 days ago

                Ah so yeah. I noticed it was at 0/0 which was odd so I did a quick click on your profile. Tbh I didn’t really read any of the content lol. But the 0/0s kind of jump out.

          • xor@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            5 days ago

            who upvotes is part of the data provided, i think, but most lemming clients don’t show it….
            i think i read that somewhere once

            • LifeLemons@lemmy.mlOP
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              edit-2
              4 days ago

              In mastodon, who likes it are shown. Is this same with lemmy? How can I view it?

              • xor@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                4 days ago

                i think you need to run an instance of your own.
                (p.s. i don’t know though, find a lemmy dev community)

  • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    27
    ·
    5 days ago

    Drag thought the point of Squid Game is that risking death to play sick games for the amusement of the rich is better than living under capitalism.