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Miss Jackass? New Site Is YouTube for Crazy Dares

MakeaDare.com aims to hook users up with professional opportunity

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(Newser) – Fearing that Jackass-style daredevil stunts are getting lost on YouTube, one entrepreneur has launched a site where the brave/stupid take on dares from others. Make A Dare users then vote, with “street cred” the winner’s reward. At least for now—Tory Osinoff tells True/Slant he hopes he can hook up actual loot at some point, and maybe Jackass-like, um, professional opportunities.

“We’re launching webcam dares so you can do dares live on webcam and setting up a way to put down a wager and you get a random dare,” Osinoff adds. The site’s featured dare at the moment is arm-wrestling with a twist—twist being the loser’s fist ends up in a nest of lit candles. “I just want people to come to the site and be happy,” Osinoff says. “I’m not worrying about the profit right now.”

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Robert_Dada
Oct 24, 09 11:20 AM CDT
Might want to worry about the lawsuits though. Reply
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Mia
Oct 24, 09 12:39 PM CDT
Oh wow. Tons!
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DarkFrancis
Oct 24, 09 4:46 PM CDT
Idiots won't have a leg to stand on if they try to sue. The makeadare Terms and Conditions cover them nicely.
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shonangreg
Oct 24, 09 8:07 PM CDT
Not all contracts are enforceable -- especially when kids are involved -- and conceivably *encouraged*. "I did it to get on makeadare, Daddy. They said I could be famous! Now I'll be crippled for life."
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jared
Nov 3, 09 4:11 PM CST
Most of the dares are fairly timid if you take the time to scroll through. Anything considered life-threatening is removed promptly.
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