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[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Amongus but there's no imposter.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Hosted by Mr. Fruit

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also same thing but no straight men.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 8 months ago (3 children)

That is just a gay orgy with more steps.

With 12 straight dudes, it is just a game of gay chicken taken to extreme.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

I mean obviously you'd have the rule that anyone caught making out or having sex is disqualified.

The fun would be in how much they overthink every little action that they all do, and cutting to the individual interviews explaining their thoughts lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That is just a gay orgy with more steps.

Go on...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Step 2: buttsecks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You can win a million dollars at a gay orgy?

Fuck I wish I was a dude.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

It is 2024, you can be a dude.

If they don't let you be on Straight Out, they are transphobic bigots and you can sue.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (4 children)

So then... Who wins the million dollars?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

Nobody, “It’s just a prank bro!”.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the last 2 can split it

[–] otp 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Congratulations, the two remaining gay men won!"

...but I'm not gay!

...me neither!

"Gotcha! Here's $500,000 each. Hope it was worth all the kissing!...and everything else you did."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

The last two people.

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

technically, everyone but the first guy outvoted. the first condition for the rest of the group winning is for the first outvoted person to be straight and, since all the chosen contestants are straight, the remaining ten guys win the prize.

[–] Saledovil 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Problem is that this is based on bait and switch. So you can only have one season of the game show.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Like "Average Joe", which was tremendous.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 8 months ago

Nah, season two: we have 11 lesbian women and 1 straight woman...

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

Like the time they send a bunch of people into "space" except really they were just in the simulator.

[–] Socsa 10 points 8 months ago

I have never lost a game of gay chicken and I don't plan to start now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Remember that American Idol-like show where they were picking the worst singers on purpose? The finale was so rushed because they were trying to avoid a freakout after the reveal lol

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That just feels too mean to be funny.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Oh yeah, definitely a bit mean-spirited. The humour (at least for me) was sort of meta in how the show was constructed and how ridiculous it was as you can't help but feel for the contestants being tricked

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This would have been funnier 15 years ago when it was first proposed. Attitudes and expectations have shifted dramatically.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Why would it not be funny now? This would be brilliant in highlighting unspoken assumptions and stereotypes. A bunch of straight men, trying to playact a gay man amongst what they think are other gay men. This has great potential.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

As a licensed Gay, I'd love to watch this

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My understanding of the younger generation is that the straight guys aren't as afraid of gay stuff as they used to be. So the twist premise would probably just be a bunch of guys comfortable enough in their heterosexuality to suck a dick or two in order to win a game. Probably wouldn't even need there to be a monetary prize at the end.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

While it might not be as controversial to be gay as before, i would guess it still goes with a lot of stereotypes (even positive ones), and things even well meaning people assume or apply to gay people, some of them unknowingly.

Which is why I’m sure it would still be entertaining and interesting to see what a group of straight men think a gay man behaves like while assuming they are in a social group of actually gay men who try to identify the heterosexual.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Is my turn to post this next l week

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I somehow read "11 gay men and 1 horse" I really should get some sleep...

[–] _cnt0 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Kinda feels like a description of the lemmy community. I mean, you can't all be that gay.

"But, _cnt0, you are gay! You suck dick."

Nah hun. I'm as straight as straight can be. I suck dick ferociously to assert dominance.

Fokkin gay imposters.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Ahh, so you're Roman.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Either Cut or Jubilee did this on YouTube, but with a much shorter timeline

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Ok, then they're all from Alabama. Does that help?