Stefanie Sparkleface

Cosplayers definitely get all sorts of gross attention. I’d argue that niche fandom is worse because you’re juuuust popular enough to be obsessed over, but not rich enough to afford a security detail (which makes these creeps think you’re approachable).

I will say that in my experience, it's about... I dunno, 90/10 non-creeps to creeps, but the creeps are so vocally creepy they massively outweigh the non-creeps (and I don't blame folks for thinking that the creeps are the predominant part of the audience considering how creepy they are). Nobody cares about the other people in the audience when there's a guy with a SLR taking close-up shots of people's butts that needs to be kicked the heck out right the heck now. It also doesn't help that they're terminally online so for every hundred or so creep posts, you get one or two rational one.

I love Dusty on this show. Him saying "that ain't got nothin' to dooooooo with the mafia!" after Chono's kick was great, but I also loved how he introduced Masa Saito. "The time for all the pageantry is over, because [Johnny B. Badd]'s about to meet the meanest man in the world." I've often said Dusty on commentary comes off like one of my uncles about four beers deep and giggleshouting things at the TV, and it's never been more prevalent than this show. God bless Dusty Rhodes.

Doug Bowser was saying the other day about how they were positive that they'll have enough to fulfill forecasted demand for 2025, but I read it more as "you'll eventually get one" instead of "they'll all be ready on day 1". Hopefully it'll turn out well.

I got my invite from Nintendo to pre-order the Switch 2 Thursday. My Switch died last night. It's either kismet or a killswitch. Either way, I just put money on my credit card.

Restaurant-branded sauces are becoming a thing. Kraft makes Taco Bell sauces for home use, Subway and Arby's have their sauces in stores, Buffalo Wild Wings has a bunch of sauces, Hooters already licenses their name for a shelf-stable wing sauce that's at most supermarkets, etc etc. The restaurants aren't the play, it's the IP to get condiments and beverages into supermarkets.

Probably so. He hadn't gotten national exposure for his heel work yet so it was a good chance to show what he could do as a top heel. Re: the initial point about guys from Mid-South, yes, y'all need to watch more Butch Reed and Koko Ware. Those two were phenomenal.

Personally I just want two big folks hitting each other until one of them can't get up anymore, and I don't care about what it says on a stopwatch. Also, I'd like for Willow Nightingale to have a lovely day.

And you know that’s not happening how…? Oh wait. You don’t. You’re just assuming it’s not because it’s not happening publicly, and you’re bashing someone without having all the facts of the situation in front of you. Do you seriously think she’s going to go after someone publicly and not have these conversations with her coworkers privately? It infuriates me as a trans person because this sort of shit isn’t helpful in the slightest. It tends to just blow back more anger and more vitriol onto trans people who just want to be left the fuck alone. But hey! You sure feel better! You called Chelsea Green a coward for trying to help! Good job! I don’t know how many times I’ve asked this board to please respect the “no politics rule” and leave trans people alone, but good grief can y’all please stop using us as a weapon because you’re pissed off at someone? You have plenty of reasons to not like WWE. Leave us out of it. EDIT: Actually, forget it, the last time I asked for people to leave trans people alone I got DMed by someone saying they’ll speak for me whether I wanted to or not, so y’all do whatever you want because you’re such great allies. I’m gonna go be elsewhere.

I suspect he would approve of how she took care of Sanshiro Takagi's tomfoolery in trying to take away the Ironman Heavymetalweight title by eating a challenger.

I mean, I work for a government where my governor is actively trying to dismantle trans rights, so I guess I'm just a big ol' pick-me hypocrite doing Simone Biles-level flips, huh. It's easy to make judgments when you're not trying to figure out where your next paycheck's going to come from if you walk out of your job. At least I can do something where I am. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, just make the most thoughtful, respectful choice that you can and try to be good to others. Or bash strangers on the internet. I guess.

Have you considered that maybe one of us snuck into the press conference? Huh? Did you?! I BET YOU DIDN'T

I like Anthony Bowens' new look aside from the shoulderpads/chestplate thing, hopefully it's just entrance gear he didn't have time to take off.

Joke's on you, buddy, all my excess funds are tied up in Ted DiBiase's money management plan! I'm sure that'll go well!

I mean you CAN. Most SD cards that come bundled with things like this are just junk that will die easily. You're better off using your own microSD card and putting OnionOS on it (it's a snap, maybe takes like 10 minutes).

I bought a Miyoo Mini Plus to throw in my purse for when I have to go into the office, mostly to play Pico-8 games on my lunch break, and this thing is neat. It's nice of them to laser-focus on my niche interests by having a transparent purple one so I can trick my brain into thinking I have my old beloved Game Boy Color again.

I finally watched the episode and this feels like the Bruiser Bedlam episode of the season. Sort of a "huh, that's interesting, I guess", but I don't know if I'd ever think about it again.

I've certainly seen worse, but I've seen way, way better.

It's-a them!

It's a good thing you clarified, or else Dirty White Boy was gonna have to show up and give you the Bucksnort Blaster.

My head hurts.

People are like "silly Stefanie, the yellow kits aren't cursed". WELL YOU EXPLAIN HAVING A 11-9 ADVANTAGE AND STILL LOSING THEN. YOU EXPLAIN IT. I THINK IT'S THE KITS.

Throw these yellow kits into the sea.

That's how you know you've made it, when you've triggered your own section of conspiracies.