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A series of three simple geometric shapes—a circle, triangle and square—printed on a nondescript business card is an invitation, as fans of Netflix’s ultra-violent mega-hit Squid Game now know. And the results of RSVP-ing to this cryptic offer vary wildly.
If handed a similar-looking piece of paper as the 456 players in the streaming service’s thriller, the most-watched show in its history, would you opt in?
People are finding out for themselves in New York and Miami, where an app advertised on the back of 10,000 such cards distributed around high-traffic areas. There’s no phone number to call, as on Squid Game, and no nightmarish fight to the death involving tug of war and hopscotch.
But interestingly enough, the goal of both the South Korean series and the Relief app seem to be the same—to dig cash-strapped people out of their crushing debt.
