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jmowreader

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10. I was thinking The Running Man

Reply to Ponietz (Reply #4)

Thu May 15, 2025, 08:57 PM

May 15

Either that or Squid Game.

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Sucking up to Trump, who might be yearning for his old TV Star days when he didn't have to answer questions? Attilatheblond May 15 #1

It's exactly the idea that a cos-play barbie would come up with. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 15 #2

What the fuck is wrong with these people? Sick, demented, and cruel. Sadists. Grotesque humans. Solly Mack May 15 #3

Rec'd Mossfern May 15 #7

"Humans" is way too kind. ananda May 15 #21

They're human. Bad humans but still human. Solly Mack May 15 #41

No, they're monsters. They lost their humanity... ananda May 16 #47

That's a Hunger Game Ponietz May 15 #4

I was thinking The Running Man jmowreader May 15 #10

The Running Man was my first thought on this. Eugene May 15 #33

Queen for a Day MadameButterfly May 15 #40

Everything is just a big joke and stunt. Irish_Dem May 15 #5

The competition will be rigged for white Afrikaners from South Africa. sop May 15 #6

So will all the losers be deported? Diraven May 15 #8

Noem is a disgusting human being. Jacoby365 May 15 #9

She is Rebl2 May 16 #45

Let's do a Wheel of Fortune type game Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 15 #11

Let me guess... sheshe2 May 15 #12

This is grotesque and disgusting. madaboutharry May 15 #13

Why not just have canetoad May 15 #14

I can imagine them actually going for something like that. Prof. Toru Tanaka May 15 #36

The Running Man Buttoneer May 15 #15

You can't fool me - this is the Onion Retrograde May 15 #16

I know, right? tanyev May 15 #29

Well isn't that repulsive. nt babylonsister May 15 #17

Is this Rebl2 May 15 #18

I assumed this was satire Bettie May 15 #19

! LudwigPastorius May 15 #20

Noem will no doubt give the contestants guns. She'd want to make it interesting. Liberal In Texas May 15 #22

Despicable. Utterly shameful Arazi May 15 #23

This is fucking disgusting. Initech May 15 #24

Obscene Picaro May 15 #25

Next it will be Hunting Latinos James48 May 15 #26

Losers get shot in the face, right? dchill May 15 #27

Now we're talkin'... rubbersole May 15 #28

Not the Onion again, it won't be long before people won't wanna come here at all much less be citizens Walleye May 15 #30

They really do cheapen everything they touch. Figarosmom May 15 #31

If this is real.? Iamscrewed May 15 #32

This is The Onion, right? Right? Ocelot II May 15 #34

You have got to be kidding. MIButterfly May 15 #35

What is the Dept. of Homeland Security doing reviewing MadameButterfly May 15 #37

When I first saw the headline, I thought it was satire...perhaps The Onion. yellow dahlia May 15 #38

Homeland Security could use the new DC stadium as the venue. Marcuse May 15 #39

OOH, OOH... DO I HEAR COLOSSEUM????? You beat me to it. BurnDoubt May 15 #44

Sounds like a bizarre twist on "The Hunger Games" patphil May 15 #42

"The Department of Homeland Security receives hundreds of television show pitches a year," she said in a statement. BidenRocks May 15 #43

Okay, but why? nt Tommy Carcetti May 16 #46

Hunting humans. nt BidenRocks May 16 #49

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