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humanrebar on Jan 7, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Rise and Rise of Television Torture

Good point, but I'd like to add some more context.

The average American male has access to all the porn he wants, UFC fights, FPSs, and so on. How is a network broadcaster going to shock and allure him in a way that will clear the censors? The list of options is short and torture is on it.

saraid216 on Jan 7, 2014 [–]

Then we should take it off the list.

shitlord on Jan 7, 2014 | [–]

No, it's incredibly entertaining.

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