Rumblr is like a dating app, but for fistfights

[pmalynin]

Duelling

71. Every one who (a) challenges or attempts by any means to provoke another person to fight a duel, (b) attempts to provoke a person to challenge another person to fight a duel, or (c) accepts a challenge to fight a duel, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years. R.S., c. C-34, s. 72.

Criminal Code of Canada.

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/page-24.html#h-...

[nefitty]

Well that just makes me really want to fight some Canadians.

[lwhalen]

What's the legal definition of 'duel'? Is it any kind of fisticuffs? Pistols at dawn? How do martial arts schools operate, then? Is 'half-strength' sparring allowed? Full-strength?

[striking]

That just means they'll call it the "Uber of fighting" or something equally silly, because it's so super subversive.

I kinda hope this is real, just because I'd like to watch the can of worms unfold.

[2III7]

They should call it social non violent fist interaction.

[forrestthewoods]

Washington State law allows for mutual combat. Police will even referee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bRp2-ihx10

[darklajid]

You blew my mind. Not in a good way, but still.

Who's responsible for any damages? What happens if one of the combatants dies? Or falls awkwardly and won't ever be able to walk in a normal fashion? Can you hand in a notice at your place of employment, saying "So, I had to fist-fight a random dude and broke my hand, can't come in for 2 weeks minimum"?

Sorry. That is insane.

[occsceo]

I thought we were not supposed to talk about fight club.

[lemevi]

People frequently die from fist fights which lead to second degree murder charges and anywhere from a few years to 20 years to life in jail depending on the state, the judge and past criminal records.

[markdown]

frequently?

[bulletsvshumans]

This idea was proposed in a popular reddit/4chan post a year and a half ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/comments/2ccixc/anon_has_a_st...

[meowface]

Yes, that's what immediately came to mind.

To be clear, it was originally posted on 4chan (in their tech board, http://boards.4chan.org/g/), then a screenshot of it was later posted on reddit. Calling it a "reddit/4chan" post confuses things.

[885895]

Is this a social commentary joke? It must be.

[7Figures2Commas]

I really hope so. If it is, the creator needs to drop better hints because clearly the absurdity of the concept in and of itself is going to be lost on most people, as the VentureBeat post demonstrates.

The registrant email associated with the getrumblr.com domain is [email protected]. jackk.im is the website of Jack Kim, who lists himself as the co-founder of OneTune.fm, a current Stanford student and former founder of Benelab, "a web-based nonprofit startup dedicated to harnessing the immense power of web search to fund incredible causes."[1]

[1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack7kim

[pavornyoh]

Do you have to have insurance before fighting in case of a beat down or broken bones? Are the fighters checked when they arrive for a fight to make sure there isn't a knife, gun etc.? And what exactly is a casual fight?

[imnicuhtine]

If it is real, it will surely be crushed under the weight of lawsuits.

[Mithaldu]

Fight Club ... has changed.

[shash7]

Rule #1 of fight club is, don't talk about fight club.

[superskierpat]

This would be a perfect satire of Tinder, I'm having a hard time believing this is serious, or legal?

[seesomesense]

This is illegal in most jurisdictions around the world.

[DHJSH]

This give me an idea: Grumblr. It's like Rumblr, but for gay fistfights!

[khoury]

Brilliant.