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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 132 points 1 month ago

$27,000 does not seem like enough money to endure 27 bee stings simultaneously.

[-] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 month ago

Movie is from 1992, so it would be 60k today. Still not enough considering what famous movie actors make.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

I'd do it every day this week

[-] rubicon@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

They signed him a blank cheque. I bet he was doing everything he could to get stung.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Dude should have asked for at least 10k/sting could have walked out with a cool $270,000 instead

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

For $270,000 I will let 27 American honeybees sting me. No Africanized bees allowed!

Dude I’d do this for 10% of that fee. Sure stings hurt, but not that much and it passes.

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[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I think that's on top of the regular salary

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[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago
[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 month ago

Seems like they coulda used drones (not those drones, these drones) and no one would ever have known - and he wouldn't have been stung.

[-] sramder@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

IDK it kinda sounds like they just fired the animal handler and gave him their $27K.

Maybe it was over a few takes or something…

[-] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 10 points 1 month ago

Without knowing anything about it, I'd wager that it's generally not a good idea to mess around too much with a hive.

And picking out a bunch of drones in the amount used in film would no doubt rile up the swarm.

The way they do it is likely the best, safest and least invasive way of using live bees in a film setting.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

You could be right, but they literally shove the drones out to die when winter comes so I don't think they value them all that highly compared to the workers which are the stinging ones.

[-] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

maybe he was still in character as Kurn and took the challenge as yet another pointless Klingon pain ritual.

[-] addictedtochaos@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

kurn was the best. his outing in deep space nine was a let down, i love kurn.

[-] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

They paid him "a one thousand dollars" for every sting? Pretty good deal.

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[-] rhandyrhoads@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Have you ever put a large amount of bees in your mouth? I haven't personally, but I can't imagine the bees wouldn't take too kindly to it.

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

To earn him $1000, of course.

[-] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

He gave them a cut of the money.

[-] ettyblatant@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Because it was in their nature :(

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[-] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago
[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Holy shit is that Pure Luck? Haven't seen that shit in 30+ years

[-] Bloodyhog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Got stung by about 20 bees once (amateur beekeeping incident, taught us to wear proper clothing). Had a fever for a couple days after and did not enjoy it a single bit. $20k though...

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
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