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[–] Decoy321 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would actually pay to see this.

[–] FlyingSquid 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The very last episode features everyone in the boardroom. Massive send-off.

[–] Nobody 20 points 1 year ago

Text BLOOD to (555)555-5555 if you want to see blood in the water before the billionaire is thrown in. One drop of blood for every 100,000 texts!

[–] PP_BOY_ 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like to see Kevin O'Leary (not a billionaire) thrown in before Mark Cuban (an actual billionaire)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's a tank big enough to hold sharks.

There is room for two at a time.

[–] Zehzin 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Idea: we do that thing where they have to fight on a platform above the shark tank, and the winner has to fight another one and so on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

With those big ass Q tips

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Then the last one standing gets pushed in unceremoniously when their guard's down.

[–] GraniteM 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Once the novelty has worn off:

The Bullpen

It's the exact same show, except with an angry bull in a pen.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 1 year ago

I'd definitely watch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And cops instead of billionaires?

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[–] osmoen 1 points 1 year ago

What is this? A bull for ants? 🖊️

[–] Emerald 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that would be unethical to the sharks.

[–] FlyingSquid 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We'll only use sharks that are assholes.

[–] Emerald 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its best not to interfere with our oceans at all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then we'll make robot sharks without AI to guarantee there's no suffering for anyone other than the billionaires

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've never understood why it's called Shark Tank. The UK one is called Dragon's Den, and to me it makes sense, because dragons hoard gold, but sharks don't do anything like that as far as I know.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You and your business are bait for the "Sharks" to see who is willing to take a bite first, often causing competition. Probably based on divers using shark cages than swimming in an aquarium but "Shark Cage" doesn't hit the same and is likely copyrighted

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It's derived from the word shark as business jargon, typically used to refer to a stingy yet wealthy investor who will require some extra convincing in order to go along with an idea.

Part of the: "Jaws is more prominent in pop culture than actual shark facts" bullshit that keep people thinking that sharks are the embodiment of evil.

Which is why going in front of such investors has been referred to in the business World as, swimming with the sharks.

Personally I like the Dragon's Den name better but I see why it wouldn't fly in america. The name sounds quite mystical and could easily be mistaken for a martial arts program or Eastern fantasy flick.

That and Americans tend to see billionaires and millionaires in a positive light, often prayed around as examples of the kind of people you should aspire to be. The kind of evil associated with sharks is more of a primal hunger that needs to be satiated (so "cool evil"), whereas dragons or more intentional and calculated kind of evil. (So "bad evil")

Admittedly as the buying power of the dollar decreases and we see more and more how countries outside of America tend to do astronomically better in terms of health care affordability and labor rights, the image of billionaires as the upper crust, the creme de La Creme...

Has definitely shifted a bit say the very least.

I mean if you want proof of that just look at what popular opinion of Donald Trump was in the 90s compared to today.

Back in the 90s he was the definition of corporate cool. Cameo appearances of the Donald in things like Pizza Hut commercials and several pieces of film media such as Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Home Alone 2, and a little known Bo Derrick comedy called Ghosts Can't Do it..

Were typically seen as positive and the idea of Donald Trump running for president was taken about as seriously as the idea of Oprah Winfrey running for president.

Nowadays, he may be the most hated man in America.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's because in American capitalism being a predator is considered a virtue.

[–] nxfsi 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

First you need someone rich enough to fund the aquarium, maybe some multi-multi-millionaire?

[–] FlyingSquid 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We tell them it's to kill the poor for their entertainment and then pull the old switcheroo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Or a poker-like game where they raise funds one after another before it's time to open cards and drop the loser into the tank on a livestream. Would it be hard to lure Elon in? Would he find a way to talk himself out?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think they'd just pull the switcheroo on us and everyone would just cheer because blood!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Kickstarter. We all pitch in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine this would happen and all billionaires are gone. In which world would we live?

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's implied. How will the world change? Who prevents the second line in command from grabbing power? How will regular people spend their time?

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 1 year ago (10 children)

There would be far less money hoarded, which means more in circulation and a more robust economy. And if the "second line in command" starts hoarding, they can go in the shark tank too.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

At this point, we have the series syndicated, and we play it on PBS as an educational reminder of what happens when you don't share.

Yes I know cable is dead...