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  1. I thought Brave New World was above average and not a waste of time, but the plot felt a little convoluted and making this a sort of sequel to the first Hulk movie from a decade and a half plus ago and the universally-disliked Eternals was a ballsy swing.

    Also, knowing Sidewinder was added in reshoots was so distracting because I found myself obsessing over the magic of how the movie was frankensteined together.

    3 out of 5 stars, probably.  Add another quarter star for trolling bigots, using Ante Up in the soundtrack, and briefly representing Baltimore.

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  2. 48 minutes ago, RazorbladeKiss87 said:

    Joey Janella is saying that Drake's changed and isn't into the Q stuff anymore.  I hope that's true. I also hope he hasn't fallen back into his addictions. If he's gotten himself away from that cult thinking, without drugs, then I'm happy for him. Younger was always a guy who's work I really enjoyed. 

    I still remember Drake’s 2012 PWG run.  He was off drugs, level headed, loved by his peers for his great attitude, doing amazing work and probably slotted to win their title, and this was in that several year window where they were the most influential indy going.  Then he took the WWE job in Florida and spiraled.  Was it Florida?  Was it the case of an addict swapping drugs for religion and then going too far?  Was it just that thing with so many Q, Jan 6, etc types where they just got radicalized by social media?  I have no idea but I remember when he was awesome and wish him the best if he’s truly pulling out of that bullshit.

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  3. On 6/1/2025 at 12:01 PM, hammerva said:

    Triple H is NEVER going to avoid those allegations with shit like this.   I can't imagine that R Truth has this insane WCW like bloated contract.  

     

    Truth and Carlito!  Triple K out here using the Peter Griffin color chart meme to decide who to fire.  

    On 6/1/2025 at 12:08 PM, EVA said:

    Based on longevity and the fact that he was a Vince favorite, I bet he’s on a way bigger deal than you’d expect someone in his spot to have.

    That's a funny way to say "guy who made one mistake in a promo and an old bigot turned him into a dumb oaf for 'comedy.'"

  4. On 5/31/2025 at 11:32 AM, Curt McGirt said:

    All I remember is trying to watch Wonder Woman and having my folks bring me Subway

    Wonder Woman and Subway?  Holy shit, are you sure you didn't die and go to hell for a few minutes?

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  5. 8 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Singing it like Mr. White, "Say the god damned words, you're gonna be okay."

    Well it’s a serious situation, I didn’t want to go that far.  😛

    Excuse me, I didn’t know you were a doctor!

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  6. 8 hours ago, Zimbra said:

    It's not the dispensaries: most payment processors won't handle weed payments since it's still illegal federally.

    Ah, right!  I didn’t think of that.  Thanks!

  7. 6 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    I was in the hospital late last night into this morning. I went because I've been having intense stomach pain that wouldn't subside, which I chalked up to my near crippling anxiety. I was given some kind of painkiller intravenously. The CT scan revealed that I have an enlarged liver, which I assume is due to years of drinking and substance abuse. There was also mass found on my left adrenal gland. The mass was first noticed in 2022, but it hasn't grown since. Most likely it's benign. There is however, a rare form of adrenal cancer, so I'm definitely concerned. I've made an appointment with my general physician. As far as the stomach pain, whatever I was given in the hospital has temporarily relieved the pain. 

    Oh man, hang in there and best of luck, bud.  Please keep us posted.

    PS I am physically unable to restrain myself from telling you YOU’RE GONNA BE OKAY!  😎

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  8. 16 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:

    Something I have noticed (and am a bit ashamed of) is people using straight cash at the dispensary exclusively, whereas I am using my debit card. They... they have a point. 

    I use my debit card for everything, but this particular dispensary only takes cash or Jane Pay, whatever that is.  PayPal for stoners, I guess.  The other dispensary near me takes debit, but treats it like an ATM transaction where you need to put in your PIN, and then they round up to the nearest 10 and give you change.  Dispensaries are weird, man.

  9. There’s an island where they have no contact with the outside world; some missionary went there and they killed him, and if you try to fly over it they shoot arrows at you.  TK needs to float the rumor that they’re doing a residency there.

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  10. 8 minutes ago, Log said:

    If you'd have told me last week that Dynamite would begin and end with talking segments and I'd love the show, I wouldn't have believed you.

    Only complaint was that I really wish they'd have put the TNT belt on Fletcher. I'm no fan of Cole, but have to admit that the live crowds are into him. I just think the time is right for elevating Fletcher some.

    Oh, and that match reminded me that the Panama Sunrise is one of the dumbest moves ever. I would say the dumbest, but I saw a clip from (I think) NXT where a girl does a flip off the top rope and her opponent basically dives into a cutter and that was dumber.

    You don’t like an imploding flip into a cutter while time stands still and the opponent sits and waits for it like a beaten Mortal Kombat opponent waiting for a fatality?  It’s like someone saw the dumb setups for the Ozcutter, Lethal Injection, and Cody Cutter and said hold my beer.

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  11. 18 hours ago, JLowe said:

    So WWE has booked an NXT show for the 2300 Arena a week before the AEW Philly residency. Petty, petty shit. Expect them to make big money legends offers to some ECW vets.

    At this rate AEW should start floating false booking plans just to fuck with them.  “What do you mean AEW is running Collision on an uninhabited island with no infrastructure and it’s going to cost them six billion to do it?  Oh well, go ahead and book it for Great Balls of Fire 2: 2Great 2Balls the week before!”

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  12. 14 hours ago, Log said:

    Oh, man! Do Dean’s Comix still exist anywhere online? That shit used to crack me up. SHICKA SHICKA SHICKA

    *boop* being the generally accepted sound of an erection popping up always killed me

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  13. 5 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:

    My mom bought two of those weed drinks with THC in 'em the other day. Guess how much for a four pack?

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    $25

    I told her "one of these days I'm just gonna buy you some gummies". 

    I just picked up some gummies today!  Not sure if I'd ever try the THC sodas...feels like a lot of effort for the same amount as a gummy.

    The dispensary I go to has a bank next to it with two ATMs right in front.  I have to believe they're the busiest ATMs in the county.  I still can't get over how happy and positive all the people who work at the weed shop are.  😛

    But all that talk is for the eventual "Hooray Weed (if it's legal where you are)" thread.

  14. 2 hours ago, tbarrie said:

    Unless you have a kid. Then it's the same. Or so I hear.

    I completely fucked that up and said it backwards.  Edited the original post.  Kids = short days, long years.  Grown ups = days fucking drag because you're always swamped and then the years fly.

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  15. 1 hour ago, JLowe said:

    Final random thought post: the Frat House is a perfect obnoxious gimmick for a JTTS team and none of them is good enough to accidentally get over (used to think Vance might but I don’t see it anymore) But they should use their first names on their gear, since they are really fratty sounding: Griff, Kole, and Preston. Jacked Jameson is godawful but he kind of works as the obnoxious mouthy roided frat bro.

    Preston needs to become Prestyn to really maximize the Modern White People Names (or r/tragedeigh if you reddit) horror.

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  16. 1 hour ago, supremebve said:

    Vince is the dude who goes to one of those farms that feeds animals, shoots a deer, and calls himself a hunter.  And by chance he doesn't make a kill, he buys the next farm over, brings all those animals over, and shoots one of them.  If he actually had to go out and track an animal and kill it, I'm not sure he could do it.  But when all the animals are gathered around his feeder, he can recognize the animal who's head would look best on his wall.  

     

    1 hour ago, supremebve said:

    Here's the thing, all of them save for Foley would have failed if they stuck with Vince's original idea for them.  They all succeeded once they were given the freedom to craft their own characters, which only happened because Vince was all out of ideas and they were going out of business.  The thing that no one really brings up is how dumb of an idea the Montreal Screwjob was at the time.  Bret Hart was the guy who should have been champion at the time, but Vince wanted to get behind Shawn Michaels.  Michaels vs. Austin at Wrestlemania 14 was a big match, but I don't think it's anywhere close to what the blowoff of the Austin vs. Hart feud could have been.  If they keep Hart around, I'm almost certain their best period is significantly better.  All the guys you named above would have had great matches with Bret Hart, but they decided to screw him over at the worst possible time for everybody involved.  They could not have foreseen Shawn Michaels' back injury, but even still Hart was absolutely the better choice to be the champion at the time.  They succeeded despite Vince, not because of Vince.  He's not a genius, he's just the guy in charge when the actual geniuses saved his company. 

    Seriously, Vince was a good promoter and had the advantage of having the #1 company in the #1 media markets early, and then just becoming the Coke or Kleenex of wrestling later.  But he couldn't create shit.  You can look at every boom period's stars and see how little Vince had to do with their success.  Hogan came to Vince fully formed.  The Attitude Era top guys all started with shitty Vince gimmicks and had to overcome them and provide their own input to become successes.  Even Mankind was this close to being "Mason the Mutilator," which would have been DOA.  Cena started with no gimmick at all and was this close to being gone before he did the rap thing on a Halloween Smackdown.  Undertaker is a bad gimmick done well by the one person who could have ever pulled it off, just a once in a lifetime piece of good luck.  What gimmick did Vince ever create himself that became a hit without any changes?  Good on anybody who can think of one, but the "misses" column is still far larger.  The man has piss poor creative instincts and it's especially obvious seeing how every non-wrestling endeavor of his failed.

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  17. 9 hours ago, zendragon said:

    Success has many fathers failure is an orphan

    I like that one.  It's up there with "don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough" and "as a kid, the years are long and the days are short. As an adult, it's the opposite."

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  18. I think Harley hurt her right elbow, too.  She was favoring it after the pin and it looked like it had a goose egg the size of a 25 cent gumball on it.

    No idea how Alexander busted his head open.  Maybe one of Brody's back elbows before the arm trapped German suplex?  I know the finish was wonky.  Brody can typically hit the Gonzo Bomb and protect his opponent with his beefy thighs, but Alexander looked like he might have panicked and started reaching for the mat on the way down to protect himself.  But maybe he sensed the move was a little off and that's why he did that.  No idea.

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