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What Happens When Real People Play <em>Squid Game</em>?

Spoiler alert: They don’t die.
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People clad in green tracksuits stand nervously in a circle. They’re participating in a “test” on , Netflix’s new reality competition series based on the streamer’s hit South Korean drama , but they’re really just playing a game of chance. Each player must nominate someone to be eliminated, and then roll a dice. If they roll a six, the person they chose is eliminated. And so, over the course of 10 long minutes, they roll and roll and keep on rolling. Some inevitably roll sixes. Relieved players sigh;

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