Traitors is a negative influence on society

You're all missing the point, is it deliberate?

It's the scale of the prize money that makes it so different from other game shows.

And your examples show that you're missing the point because in all those shows the baddies lose.

I think the bigger issue in society is that parenting has become so lazy that something as meagre as watching a TV show could influence them. If you've raised strong, independent children with good morals then they shouldn't be influenced so easily.

I know that this comes down to age/maturity so if you've identified that your children could be influenced by this then I respect your decision to not let them watch it. If they're 12+ though, I'd say most neurologically typical children should have strong enough foundational morals and beliefs that they should be able to watch it without walking away thinking it's acceptable to apply to day-to-day life.

Totally agree. This and stranger things are the only things that pull my dc off their video games

It's on TV for something like 18 hours over the whole year, and that's if you include both the usual and celebrity versions. That leaves 8742 Traitors-free hours the rest of the year. It's not like we're spending all our time on It, is it?

People are watching a game. Everyone knows it's a game. It's not the end of society as we know it.

Exactly!!
And what about the dangers of AI & the influence of social media in general?
And the structure of late stage capitalism that we are all.slaves to?

Far, far worse things are affecting society right now than a harmless TV show which brings people together in discussion and brightens an otherwise dismal month.

Clutch your pearls over something that really matters!

Except unlike the examples you give, the people being deceived know they are being tricked by someone, have volunteered for it in the knowledge that they might be chosen to deceive others, and have no personal losses…

My kids loved that. Still do at 21&19. I don’t think they’re turning into psychopaths.

You're missing the point. The point of the game is to win. A very large amount of money. To lie and cheat in order to win.

Out in the real world using those skills and getting caught gives you a prison sentence.

I love it when people criticise things they’ve absolutely no idea about. It makes for very entertaining reading.

@Listenup99it’s a game. And if you watch it and then watch Traitors Uncloaked you would understand that.
They don’t hate each other, they don’t really want to murder each other. They’re playing a game and they all understand that.
I watch it with my 11 year old gets it!

ICE, Gaza, Syria - I think you are tuning to the wrong progs if you worry about Traitors OP

Oh stop it! This is so over the top and ridiculous!
Do you really believe this?

Do you think thrillers & murder mystery shows teach people how to be criminals?

Line of Duty taught me a lot about the criminal underworld, do you think it made some people think they could set up an organized crime group?

What? You approve of actual physical violence?

There's also a TV show called Gladiators, but it's not actually fights to the death. It's about physical strength and tactics. The Traitors is about human psychology and tactics.

It’s because you are a much better than those that watch it.

I'm glad you started this thread. I know a few people who feel the same way about it but as the poll shows, we're really in a minority.

What i don't understand is why so many people can't see how vile it is to gain a huge monetary rewards for lying skillfully.

At the very least the winner will be a sociopath hiding in plain sight, by definition as only those people will have the skills to win.

Don't people realise it requires the same traits to win this game as to scam people out of their savings, tell old people they need a new roof when they don't, and catfish women?

Ok, Mary

I really like it & I hate lying & deception, I watch it willing the faithful on as I like to see honesty win overall.

I just can't watch it for more than 2 secs. It just seems so boring.

I think the traitors is actually pretty gentle. The traitors struggle murdering the longer it goes on. The faithfuls at the round table are far more brutal and personal. It's like they forget that as fast as they find traitors new ones will emerge as without them there's no game!

But I've been disappointed with her outfits this series. It's like she used up all her good stuff in the celeb series....

The game play isn't real. People don't really want to murder each other or dislike each other, that bit is a game.

Aussie T3 has been announced.

I watched the first series and enjoyed it but couldn't be bothered to watch any more.

Sorry didn't mean to quote you.

Of course it's real.

The sheer scale of the prize money makes it real.

I think everything but the celebrity version where they play for charity is utterly vile as a premise and definitely symbolic of stuff going wrong in society. I read up the rules before the first one and have never watched any.

You may as well take lessons in becoming a psychopath .