Someone is developing a Tindr for fistfighting. -

[Strelok]

I'm dead serious.

http://getrumblr.com/index.html

Could some of our legal kiwi's chip in and describe if this is a nightmare waiting to happen, legally speaking? Or is it all kosher?

 

[TheAmazingAxolotl]

I don't care about the legality, this is the single greatest application of modern technology ever conceived.

 

[Strelok]

I don't care about the legality, this is the single greatest application of modern technology ever conceived.

Watching Natural Selection in action combined with fueling my gambling addiction! Whats not to love.

 

[autisticdragonkin]

Watching Natural Selection in action combined with fueling my gambling addiction! Whats not to love.

Does this allow betting on the outcomes

 

[Strelok]

Does this allow betting on the outcomes

It tells you where fights will happen in advance. You'll find someone willing to lay a $20 down I guarantee it.

 

[CatParty]

rumblr cringe thread when?

 

[Bugaboo]

Fight club for the modern world?

 

[MrTroll]

I was gonna make a joke about a Tindr for fisting but then I realized that there's already one for that and it's called Grindr.

 

[MACH-IV]

could actually be cool if you're into self defense, MMA type stuff and potentially a good way to get started and meet people to train with.

 

[AnOminous]

I'm dead serious.

http://getrumblr.com/index.html

Could some of our legal kiwi's chip in and describe if this is a nightmare waiting to happen, legally speaking? Or is it all kosher?

It could probably be gone after for the same things irl "fight clubs" have been gone after for in the past.

Assault is the most obvious one, and consent doesn't count as a defense against many forms of it.

Arranging for acts of violence is also almost certainly some form of disorderly conduct, one of those charges they always throw at you when they're not sure quite what you're doing wrong but they're pretty sure it's wrong.

What might be the worst problem, though, is that laws regulating prizefighting and boxing would come into play. Generally sports like that only occur under regulation. A website actually organizing and profiting from it is going to step on the toes of some very wealthy, powerful people who are good at getting shit they don't like shut down.

Never mind when someone gets killed and everyone basically sues everyone else.

So if someone is going to set up such a thing, they should probably get bulletproof hosting in some jurisdiction that doesn't give a shit, because any of their people in the U.S. or any non-shithole country are going to be at serious risk of lawsuit or arrest.

 

[BatNapalm]

When I saw this, all I could think of was the old Fighting Ron sketches from Mad TV.

 

[Dork Of Ages]

If this manages to survive legally, this can pretty much be my new Deagle Nation-esque bingewatching

 

[DrJonesHat]

I see no possible way for this go badly for anyone involved.