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Post by gtm on Jul 13, 2007 12:10:55 GMT -5
hello all just a vent for me! i saw an old friend and i havent seen her in a while, so my gf is having a fancy dress party and this girl is invited. shes a nice girl but she asked me what my friend chris was going as. i said ric flair "she said who??" i said the nature boy hes a wrestler then she said"wow what is he like 10 years old", i replied i love wrestling to which she replied ......"you do no it isnt real" in a partronising voice, grr hate this whole stigma. just really pissed me off how dumb even the nicest people can be. its ENTERTAINMENT i dont go up to soap fans and say "it isnt real ya know" grr sorry had to have that rant any of u stil gettin the same old crap?
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Post by Wato Stan Account on Jul 13, 2007 12:12:56 GMT -5
Most people I know arent dicks. They know I like it, they dont care. Most people here really dont care, because it's Montana. I watch pro wrestling, others drive trucks, get drunk, and do things so redneck it makes pro wrestling look like high class entertainment.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2007 12:20:00 GMT -5
I always respond to the whole "it isnt real" thing with "Well neither are 75% of Hollywood's tits, but we still love them." Usually shuts them up.
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Post by wwemark1 on Jul 13, 2007 12:22:33 GMT -5
It's funny when people say "it's fake" & then 3 days later they are talking about how this movie was awesome. They expand their imagantion for 3 hours for the movie. We just do it Monday - Friday (RAW, ECW, MSG Classics, iMPACT, Smackdown). It's the same thing.
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Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Jul 13, 2007 12:47:09 GMT -5
I'm 30 and I have been a wrestling fan since I was like 6 years old. I occasionally hear the same jokes and sarcasm about wrestling being fake that kids used to say when I was in grade school... so no, it never ends.
There will always be people who look down on wrestling fans. It's usually a combination of the following factors:
1) It's fake 2) It's for white trash 3) It's for kids, and therefore you shouldn't watch if you're not a child 4) They're on steroids 5) The shows are stupid 6) It's sweaty guys in their underwear rolling around on the mat, so if you watch, you are gay
My usual responses to these ideas (not that it changes their minds ever, but still):
1) So is your entire circle of friends (a kinder response would be the movie/TV show analogy) 2) This one usually comes from people who spend their entire lives doing what other people tell them to do, just to fit in. If they'd rather be a sheep than be happy in life, then they are the last person who need to be dispensing social/cultural knowledge to others. 3) It was for kids in 1985. Update your product knowledge and then come back to me with an insult that's actually relevant to this millennium. 4) If you're so against steroids, then stop watching MLB, the NFL, the NBA and the NHL. Don't be selective about it. If steroids are the reason wrestling sucks, then put your money where your mouth is and stop watching other sports, too. Don't just use the steroid argument when it's convenient to your point. 5) To me, this one is the hardest to argue. It's pure opinion. Plus, even as a fan, I have seen plenty of really stupid wrestling skits on TV myself, so despite enjoying it, I can't deny that wrestling can be really idiotic at times. 6) Several ways to respond to this one: a) You're wrong for implying something is bad just because you think gay people would enjoy it. b) I actually know some gay men, and they all hate wrestling (true story). c) Yeah... that's a couple of sweaty shirtless guys in there. And they're pretending to kill each other. That's not gay. Gay would be trying to kiss their opponent, not kick him in the mouth. d) If trying not to look gay is your main reason for not watching a TV show, then I hate to break it to you, but... you're probably gay.
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Post by fattic on Jul 13, 2007 12:52:33 GMT -5
I don't know why people get so bent out of shape when others say wrestlng isn't 'real'. That's right, it's NOT real. And I like it anyway. So whatever.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2007 12:55:45 GMT -5
man, I'll just be like, whatever, Obviously I know it's fake, I like it. And then they don't care.
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Post by nascar on Jul 13, 2007 13:45:25 GMT -5
I don't know why other people can't get It threw their head It's ENERTAINTMENT !!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2007 13:50:09 GMT -5
Waits for "It isnt fake, its predetermined" to be said.
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Post by Lk™ on Jul 13, 2007 13:51:15 GMT -5
I don't really take it personally, i just laugh it off.
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Post by ToastMaster General on Jul 13, 2007 14:24:25 GMT -5
Waits for "It isnt fake, its predetermined" to be said. I've always went with that quote. And it's true you can't fake gravity. Unless it's done in CGI and I never realized that until now.
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Post by Mastermind on Jul 13, 2007 14:30:01 GMT -5
i have a cousin (that was 9 or 10 at the time) that said once when i was 13 or so..(im 23 now) that wrestling is stupid because its fake...now this made me angry..he watches star wars which is"real" im guessing...or power rangers that is "real"...lol..what a $%^&@#$ idiot!
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Post by Kody on Jul 13, 2007 14:34:22 GMT -5
Yeah, and I'm sure people go to costume parties as charecters...like Jack Sparrow. He's from something that's fake, yet people don't make fun of them,
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Post by heartbreakkid2k3 on Jul 13, 2007 14:35:35 GMT -5
I usually just yell, at the top of my lungs, "DON'T YOU PATRONIZE ME, YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS SON OF A BITCH!", or take out "son of a" if it's a female.
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Post by uzerx on Jul 13, 2007 14:42:30 GMT -5
The bleeding, the injuries, the barbedwire, the sacrifices....are all fake...right? exactly...
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Post by PenguinDeluxe on Jul 13, 2007 15:03:24 GMT -5
Someone said "How can you like wrestling, it's fake". I asked if he liked cartoons, he said yes (mind you he was probably 9 or 10). I asked him How can you like cartoons, there fake". Entertainment is entertainment, it just comes in different forms (and wrestling is more difficult due to the athleticism needed, and the fact it is in some cases live)
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Post by flying-shorty on Jul 13, 2007 15:37:46 GMT -5
Best thing to do is rko 'em and ask if it hurt!
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Post by goldbergmean on Jul 13, 2007 15:40:26 GMT -5
When somebody says that to me I just say yea I know.
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Post by Flyrfn144 on Jul 13, 2007 15:49:24 GMT -5
Whenever someone says wrestling is fake to me I go and tell them that yes the storylines and guys hating each other and all of that is not real but the moves and things they do in that ring, are 100% real.
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Post by Flava Dave on Jul 13, 2007 17:02:15 GMT -5
Waits for "It isnt fake, its predetermined" to be said. That's what I always go with. The outcome is planned, but the violence is real.
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