Originally posted by AKDejaVu
Did the public's desire to pay money just to watch people make even bigger idiots of themselves inspire this?
Sure people like to laugh at others' stupidity, but we humans also like to watch tragedy even more.
NASCAR, is just automobiles circling round and round a closed track, pretty boring til one of em wrecks into a guard rail or another car.
The Three Stooges, possibly the greatest comedic trio of all time, was nothing more than a series of simulated pain filled accidents strung together.
And ain't it funny to see someone slip and fall on ice?
Who among us hasn't been deadlocked in traffic, because of a car wreck... ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MEDIAN!?!?!?!?! Everyone just has got to slow down rubberneck and gawk in the hopes of seeing a broken body or shattered life.
Watching idiots performing stupid stunts is small time compared to watching people get possibly maimed or killed. Now that's entertainment!
But hey that's just my opinion.