What are your opinions on "The Purge" The Concept, the movie, would you do it
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I think these people are actually saying your idea is horrible, but if people want to kill each other they should be allowed to get on with it in a location where they will not cause any harm to non-volunteers.
In the Hunger Games, just as in The Purge, the majority of people involved are not allowed to opt out. The difference is that, whereas the Hunger Games involve only a small group selected from the different districts, in The Purge the entire country is filled with roaming death squads for twelve hours.
I still find it horrifying that any sentient person would want to inflict such a reign of terror on their fellow humans. That they openly admit it is a little disturbing, too. Are their friends and neighbours aware?
Any purge type of scenario is not feasible logistically unless you don't mind hospital workers, group home caretakers, etcetera not showing up for work that day and all their patients die. Or security forces take the day off as well, leaving nuclear and chemical facilities unguarded and prisoners dying of hunger and thirst. Leftover I.E.D.s would kill people the next day, and you'd spend a buttload of money trying to repair infrastructure and structure damages from fires and explosions. People would gang up in tribes for the next one if society even survived the first, and revenge killings and violence couldn't be contained to one day, eventually spilling over into weeks. Society would crumble fast in my opinion.
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they already have a thing people above a certain level can't be murdered
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sometimes you just wanna be able to do what the LAW won't let you. Like dance naked on top of a TESLA while drinking in public and downloading prn
So how does an elected government propose the concept of Purging without being deposed the next day?
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They don't run on that platform but they all need to win so they can pass it with a super majority
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If you were trained in the military, you would understand that survival isn't guaranteed and to not underestimate anyone or any situation.
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Well, yeah. But I won't be rambo or john wick. Skirt the edges.
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Bows aren't worth it. You're better off throwing rocks.
Might come as a shock to you but not everyone on the Internet is not like you.
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Have you seen the 2000 dollar bow I bought? Oh it's worth it, I hunt it kills deer so easily
The concept is ridiculously stupid. I've never watched the movies because the concept is just so utterly nonsensical. And no, I would never partake in such an activity.
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Oh, but I would make sure you would have no fun on that night. Your night would be filled with pain, tears, and the laughter of your tormentors. The following morning you would only have pieces of yourself remaining. Enough to type out your regret, but not type it well.
No I wouldn't do it. Mainly because it's the most asinine concept in the world. The movie constantly tries to justify itself by claiming that there is an economic benefit. The idea that it would eliminate unemployment is bullshit. It's not that it provides jobs, it's that you're effectively killing off the unemployed part of the workforce. And don't even get me started on how it "eliminated crime"
Fuck the Purge.
Fuck the Purge.
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You do not have the talent to get me. Nor does anyone you know. Nor does you and anyone you know combined. Like, logically, your only info about me is I am in the purge and I post on a forum.
Is worth it for hunting. In a Purge scenario unless you hide in the woods (I prefer urban), it would be too bulky, slow, and the arrows too limited due to size and amount.
Bows are cool, though.
What the fuck, OP? No!
What would this accomplish? Why should innocent people be killed so somebody can get off on murder for a day? How would this solve anything.
I mean as a movie to watch, fine, whatever, but Christ...
What would this accomplish? Why should innocent people be killed so somebody can get off on murder for a day? How would this solve anything.
I mean as a movie to watch, fine, whatever, but Christ...
I would put assorted fleshy parts of you in the sheetwall of your apartment and pay a professional to patch it up so well you wouldn't notice until the rotten stink filled the air. Even with your "talents" you wouldn't be mobile enough to break the walls open to throw your rotting pieces away. They would be a toxic reminder of how poor your choice was to support the purge.
That's not how jobs work. It's not like there are an immutable number of jobs in the world, the jobs are determined by demand. If a Starbucks barrista dies in the Purge, well, so did 10% of that Starbucks's customers, so they need to cut back their workforce anyway.
If people die, demand decreases, and jobs disappear.
Unless you're talking about jobs cleaning up after the Purge, in which case A) those are temp jobs, not really worth much, and B) we'd be better off throwing a big (non-murdery) parade and then hiring temp workers to clean up after that.
I am 100% confident this would never happen. You can try, though, it's no fun being King and no one attemptd the throne.
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