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WHO TALKED ABOUT KID FIGHT CLUB??

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[–] AbraKadabra1993@reddthat.com 13 points 16 hours ago

She'll be in charge of the department of education next week

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 24 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I was curious about details so I tried to search for more info and I discovered:

  1. there are so many websites that just posted exact duplicates of this article
  2. teachers being arrested for child fight clubs is more common than i thought
[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

A lot of "local" news stations do this because they're almost all owned by two companies- Sinclair and Nexstar. If you add "-Sinclair -Nexstar" to your search it may filter the duplicates out.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 2 points 7 hours ago

that's useful info, thanks!

[–] treno_rosso@feddit.org 3 points 14 hours ago

That's crazy, she looks so frie...... nvm

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I really want to know how old these kids were.

It's fucked up any way you slice it, but it becomes different flavors of fucked up if we're talking 17-year-olds versus 12-year-olds versus 6-year-olds. I looked it up, and the school serves kids from 4 to 18 years of age so no help there.

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 7 points 16 hours ago

Those kids could have a decade long fight career before college

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

I might... if it was the rotten kids. could be win-win

let's be honest, in any large population of kids, there's gonna be one or two little irredeemable shits. they aren't victims lashing out for attention, they have loving families, well fed etc., nah, some kids.... let's just admit it, some are sick cruel little fucks. anyone who's worked with hundreds of kids at a time has seen it.

imagine if we could isolate these twerps before they drag down the rest of the students with their bullshit. and then monetize the proceedings via broadcast. probably more ethical than most sports, these kids wouldn't waste their youth trying to get to the big show and failing, they'll be on tv next week. AND, education will be funded from the broadcast rights!

hell, the games industry would probably love this too. licensed likenesses etc.

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

they have loving families, well fed etc.,

If they are still awful, it's because they are emotionally neglected or developmentally delayed

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

If they are still awful, it’s because they are emotionally neglected or developmentally delayed

I dunno, I've met some real shitty people who had every opportunity and advantage.

ymmv. there are some really fucking awful people out there.

[–] DarkShaggy@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Y'all have seen the movie Bottoms right?.....

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Can't watch grown men beat up each other so decide to watch this smh

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 2 points 18 hours ago

Damn. They were just about to take down all the credit card companies.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

not much difference from the UFC, exploit certain fighters, especially some of them are still "poor" to make a spectacle out of them for the superstar from to time, and owned by a reprehensible guy too. i once said in a UFC sub, they should pay thier fighters more,.

Such are our times that people are relieved it wasn't another child sex club.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -4 points 20 hours ago

All Trump voters. It's a fact.