Post by Charlie f'n Kelly on Nov 29, 2013 14:29:02 GMT -5
The quote we've all heard 1000 times. I'm sure there's been multiple threads about this, but I haven't seen any lately and I haven't taken part in any in the past. I thought this whole thing just sort of died out and people didn't care or understood by now... But I started my senior year, and of course there's all this talk about what we're gonna do after high school and when I tell people I'm going to wrestling school and I'm going to be a professional wrestler, EVERYBODY and their mother has to tell me, "You know it's fake, right?" What do you guys say to this?
I use to ask them what aspect of it the person telling me it was fake thought was fake, then I'd explain how it's done and how it's done so it is real, but so the person doesn't die from it.
But now, I have to explain to them, so is the school plays, and so is Breaking Bad, and so is Cops, and so is Modern Family, and so is The Walking Dead, and so is How I Met Your Mother, and so is... You get my point, I list ever TV show I can think of until I get bored. Hell, even our damn government is fake! IT'S ENTER-F'N-TAINMENT!
No wrestling company, no wrestler, and no wrestling fan (besides maybe kids who don't know yet) claims it is real. And yet every f'n day I have to be asked, "You know it's fake, right?"
When people watch Glee and talk about it the next day with their friends who watch it, I don't butt into their conversation and go, "You know that guy's a drug addict who overdosed because he's a piece of garbage who can't say no, right?" No, I mind my own business because I don't know ANYTHING about it, so I don't open my mouth and make myself sound like a stupid C word.
yeah it is said to me every time someone whos not a fan walks in on me watching wrestling. so so so so ing annoying.. ITs always put that way too. Like they are smarter and better than you . " you know its fake..right?" GOD I HATE THAT
Post by The Yes Man on Nov 29, 2013 14:47:30 GMT -5
I always ask them to let me put them in a wrestling move, and their exact reaction is either "No, it'll hurt." Exactly, bunghole. Or, "Yeah, sure it won't hurt." And then they beg me to let go. And I tell them to apologize.
Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Nov 29, 2013 14:49:59 GMT -5
I say yes and laugh along with them as grown men pretend to fight in their underwear. Unless it's WrestleMania night, then I get serious and tell them to go to bed.
"Um, uh, well you know, it's, uhhh, um, and - and - and here's... well, uh, it's, ummm, y’know, again, I mean - umm" - Dave Meltzer Radio
Here's the thing, the majority of those people watch wrestling, they're just not open about it. I have a new boss at work. We were talking about hobbies and I mentioned wrestling. At first there was a smattering of people talking amongst our department (this was during a meeting where he was introducing himself.) At first he started to speak poorly about wrestling too, then others started saying they like it, so he changed his tune and admitted that he watches Raw every week. Now there are 4 or 5 us out if 14 who talk about wrestling. Most people are just embarrassed.