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Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story (www.timesofisrael.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 36 points 5 months ago (7 children)

It's one of those things that would seem excessive in a story.

A place so decadent that everything was to bet for. Even as the world ended around them, they gambled on how.

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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    It's the real life version of the intro to Cyberpunk 2077, with the radio host talking about bets on the death toll in Night city.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Cyberpunk was supposed to be a dystopia, not a fucking instruction manual!

    But seriously, I've lost about all enjoyment in cyber-dystopian stories because these days they cut depressingly close to home.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    yeah I've had so many story ideas just end up being too on-the-nose. and a few that are "if I put this idea out there, someone will use it and make things worse for people I don't know." I don't need that kind of karma.

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