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    Extreme Rules X - 7/15/2018

    in WWE PROGRAMMING

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    8 hours ago, RIPPA said:

    The KO bump was done as a “tribute” to the Foley bump which was 20 years ago in the same city (possibly the same building).

    At least that is their reasoning

    How about they donate some of that Fox money to concussion research instead of sacrificing the next generation's portly victim?

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    MMMMM-Good!!! The Food Thread Returns

    in LAND OF CONFUSION

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    2 hours ago, hammerva said:

    They are changing International House of Pancakes to International House of Burgers.  Who the fuck has even eaten a cheeseburger at an IHOP.  <_<     Do these fuckers go to Waffle House and ask for chicken tenders as well   <_<

    Are you not supposed to put those on the waffles?

    (I'm kidding I swear)

    So, How's It Going?

    in LAND OF CONFUSION

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    4 hours ago, Cliff Hanger said:

    Then a friend says something stupid, "I can't imagine what his personal life was like to lead to this" and I'm fucking crying-at-work broken. I've had one session of serious suicidal ideation in my life, with no attempt, and now all I can think is "no one understands" and "what if one day I get there? If my depression ever reaches that point I am as good as dead. Because some of us lose."

    My brain goes to the most macabre black humor when this comes up, and I concoct a joke like "Hey be positive, maybe you'll fuck up your attempt?" and I have no idea if that's helpful or even the least bit funny to anyone else.

    It is to me cuz 9 years ago when I attempted, I did, and I'm still here. I chose a method that it turns out has a low success rate cuz I wanted a peaceful out, and since that didn't work, the path of least resistance shifted and I ended up putting my life back together.

    Best advice I have is just keep a dialogue going with someone you can talk with, whether that's a friend, a family member, or a paid professional, (having all three available is a big help IMO.) Gives you a chance to talk anything out before you do anything.

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    WWE Exec Fired After Wife Outed As Twitter Troll

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, Raziel said:

    Don't think too hard about Twitter's reasoning about anything.  They're all over the map on rules and enforcement.

    The #1 reason people go on Twitter is for political engagement, and a significant portion of that is arguing with/bitching at/shouting at people they disagree with. If Twitter gets rid of that they'd be just another place to post cat pictures.

    WWE Exec Fired After Wife Outed As Twitter Troll

    in The PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

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    So here's a weird one. I'm putting it here rather than the general thread on Rippa's advice cuz there's a higher than average chance this thread gets locked basically in four minutes and I would like that not to be the case so if all the usual suspects for posting politically (which I'm fully aware includes me) would refrain, there's some WWE-specific stuff I wanted to ask about.

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/anti-muslim-twitter-troll-amy-mek-mekelburg_us_5b0d9e40e4b0802d69cf0264?7z

    tl;dr: A HuffPost reporter outed (arguably doxed) a popular twitter account (220K) followers that posted a lot of negative stuff about Islam. The account belonged to the wife of a WWE SrVP, (Salvatore Siino, which I'm shocked to learn is a real name and not a Pat Patterson-created gimmick name) and apparently WWE canned him after the reporter started inquiring.

    Stuff I'd like to talk about:

    • When WWE does a high-value deal like GRR with a government, does that effectively give that government a say in how WWE runs its business? (I'm sure WWE fired the guy on their own without any prompting from the KSA, but would they have if WWE hadn't had such a valuable deal signed in the region?)
      • Is that actually a bad thing?
    • Is WWE basically the same as any other corporate entity at this point as far as firing people who say stupid shit in public? We all look at Vince and the wrestling side of things a lot, but how much is WWE a wrestling promotion at this point, as opposed to a largeish corporation that's core business is wrestling?

    Stuff we should all probably avoid:

    • The tweets themselves. Typical politically incendiary stuff.
    • Anything whatsoever to do with Trump. At all. C'mon let this be the last time his name is mentioned in this thread.
    • Comparisons to the whole Roseanne/Samantha Bee situations. They're valid topics of conversation but pretty overtly political.
    • Anything about any religions. C'mon....

    Hrmmmmmmm I dunno:

    • Linda being Small Business Administrator. Probably she's not likely to say anything as she has no role in the company right now and this wouldn't really touch on anything SBA is in charge of. It's such a WWE thing to have a conflict of interest like this and somehow be unable to really profit from it, though.

     

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