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Jeff Hardy returns to a packed venue.

Let her cook, Dennis.

Kaycee7:
Coolusername knew I was walking into pain boulevard and did nothing to warn me. Just let it hit me in the face with the force of a mack truck. It do be your niggas 😭😭

Misery loves company 🙃.

Baddestguyp:
Oshi no Ko episode 1....8/10


I suddenly started hearing about this new anime yesterday...it was all over the anime sphere of the internet...it seems to have a loyal fanbase since it was made by the same mangaka of Love is War

I decided to give it a try even though it didn't look like the kind of anime I watch...

So I just finished episode 1 of Oshi no Ko....

It wasn't bad...
The first 15 mins seriously grossed me out cos of its pèdophilia and Lolicon stuff.... and there were a few more moments like that too later on...and a few cringe things...

AI is a great character and was well developed
The story and emotions itself is solid.

I don't like the protagonist tho. Having a protagonist giving pèdo vibes grosses me out... he's creepy af to me...
It's not normal for an adult to have a 16 year old idol as his wallpaper

He was an adult doctor obsessed with an underage child idol (16 years old).
Turns out the 16 year old Loli was now pregnant and he's the Obstetrician treating her...
He was not only totally fantasizing at her and using her as his phone wallpaper, he heard about the fan fantasy of being reborn as the child of an idol and he fantasized about being reborn as her unborn child....wtf

Funny thing is that he was once flirting with a 12 year old patient who was a fan of the idol and said he'd consider marrying her when she turned 16...
That's how he got interested in the idol

Even after he died and was reborn as her child, he tried as much as possible to think decently of her...but his obsession creeped me out...

The story does take a dark turn at the end of the episode...so I wonder where it goes from here...
In all, it was a good Prologue...

I'll keep watching

Unfortunately the pedo shxt is part and parcel of idol culture all over the world. Although the series doesn't do a good job of specifically portraying the main character's creepy behaviour as creepy, it still helps to highlight the nature of idol culture.

Fortunately he doesn't stay old for too long.

Kaycee7:
Big robot battles is back on the menu, boys.

Big metal bots slapping metal

ValeeLove:
yes Hausen is a mascot, if you knew him before now you'll understand what I mean. No one takes him serious. He's just for the entertainment. And yes, he shouldn't have stepped in the ring (even though he may know how to wrestle), but where do you think AEW got the motivation to let him in the ring from...? WWE of course! They are the king of phoney goofy silly ideas and matches. Remember Knoxville vs Sami at Mania? The big embarrassment to pro-wrestling, yep, WWE did it. They do more and have done more. WWE will still take the trophy for goofy matches no matter what AEW puts out.

AEW got the idea to put Danhausen in matches because they know that's what their fanbase likes. Didn't it work? WWE fans like things like that, AEW fans like things like that, Impact fans like things like that, NJPW fans like things like that. Almost seems like the entire pro wrestling fanbase enjoys some level comic relief. Like it or not, Danhausen is a bona fide wrestler.

Mr T. worked a match in WrestleMania 1. Knoxville v Zayn was fun and entertaining, the same Zayn, who less than a year later was being touted as some as the guy to dethrone Roman Reigns. The truth is that it only takes a couple of months of good booking to position a talented and charismatic wrestler into whatever place in the card you need them to be.

ValeeLove:
Let's talk about barbed wire, even pu7pl3 will tell you my stand on hardcore matches, no matter what company. Whether it's exploding barbed wires or a simple chair shot to the head, one may be more goofy than the other but its roots can still be traced back to WWE and ECW. We won't be in this mess today if it wasn't for those 2 companies. The gimmick is also dated to Japan, it wasn't invented in AEW. We can't keep on pointing fingers. If all companies can agree to do away with Hardcore matches, it will be better. That's all I'm saying.

Tables, ladders, and chairs are all fine and dandy to me. What I don't like are the ridiculous deathmatch spots and excessive bleeding (due to the risk of hepatitis). When weapons are used as a crutch for mediocre in-ring work, then they become a problem.

ValeeLove:
You didn't get my point on the UFC/WWE merger. I'm saying since WWE refers to itself as entertainment, what do they have in common with UFC (sport) that makes this merger possible? Did they also become a sport overnight? Weren't they entertainment just a day before? When this clarity had been made then people will start taking pro-wrestling seriously.

That right there the problem. Nobody takes pro wrestling seriously as a sport because it isn't. It doesn't really matter though because there's still a market for it. People still pay to watch pro wrestling even with all the gimmicks and goofiness and whatnot.
Endeavor likely created a shell company for UFC and WWE for the sake of future cross-promotional events and to allow retired fighters easily transition into wrestling.

ValeeLove:
You guys are very selective when talking about gimmicks. When and if I point out someone who used gimmicks and it didn't work (Corbin and many more), you'll say the gimmick was the problem. Gimmicks have never worked and they never will. What made those guys successful was the work and improvement they put into their craft. The gimmicks came along with them, but it did nothing. That is why most of these guys used less of the gimmicks or basically dumped it and were still over. You think Dwayne Johnson needs a gimmick to sell tickets. Since his return in 2011 he has acted more and more like himself than anything, even uses his real name; and still he broke records at Mania. Same with Taker, he changed to a character more like him in real life (American Badass), used less spooky material, and was still over. Dusty, Flair, Harley Race - these didn't need gimmicks, they still succeeded. What's Edge's current gimmick? What about Gunther? Brock? This isn't 90s bro. If you can wrestle and act, you are good to go, no gimmicks required. Who even succeeds in life with a gimmick. Gimmicks are only used by people who aren't that good or don't know any better.

LOL you just pointed out old guys who built their entire careers on gimmicks in order to disprove gimmicks.
Gunther plays a seasoned German wrestler who is particular about the sanctity of the 'sport' only to resort to underhanded tactics. Brock Lesnar's gimmick is that he is a legitimately tough guy who destroys everybody. It works because of his UFC record. Edge's current gimmick is that of an older reformed trickster. It only works because he actually used to screw people over in the past.

ValeeLove:
I still insist that wrestlers need no script. What they need are "interviewers". People who will ask them questions and get their opinions on things, that way they can easily answer. Going out with a mic in hand to talk about stuff is unnecessary. It's not a stage play, it's a sport that is done through entertainment.

Or maybe you just don't really like pro wrestling?

ValeeLove:
Cancel Culture? Never heard of it.
Danhausen is a mascot, he's not a wrestler. That's not included.
You're talking like AEW started barbed wires. WWE used barbed wires a lot back in the day too. And pro-wrestling has not always been entertainment (I know it started in carnivals) but it ended up being treated as a world wide sport with sport journalists reporting it. If WWE is pure entertainment then why are they merging with a sport company like UFC. That's where the confusion comes in. WWE fans like to call it entertainment so they can excuse illogical and ridiculous programming they endure every week.
Gimmicks don't seperate nothing from nobody. Gimmicks were created to support the insufficiencies and inefficiencies of wrestlers. It's absolutely ridiculous if you really look at it (another topic for another day).
Scripts turn sport stars to complete actors; which is not good. How am I an independent sport star when I'm to be reading a script who's content came from someone else? Imagine people writing scripts for Austin and Flair...stop imagining, it's impossible.
Yeah, like WWE didn't take shots at WCW. They even presently take shots at AEW too.

You mean to tell me that the guy with 20 matches in AEW is not a wrestler just because he has a goofy gimmick?

I didn't talk about the use of just barbed wire, I specifically mentioned the exploding barbed wire deathmatch which had the dumbest and most soap opera-esque finish known to man. And that's not mentioning the hilarious special effects failure. Again though, why would we even be talking about special effects if this was a real sport?

Endeavor which owns UFC and WWE is NOT a pure sports company, it is a conglomerate of media and talent agencies. Pro wrestling is not a sport, it is predetermined, most wrestlers would get flattened by actual martial artists (see CM Punk) unless they have a background in martial arts and real wrestling. If you want a real sport, go watch actual combat sports like MMA or Kickboxing. Pro wrestling has never been and will never be a real sport. I guess AEW doesn't get called entertainment because most people don't consider it entertaining.

If gimmicks were made to cover for wrestlers' insufficiencies, then doesn't that mean they help wrestlers get over? Rocky Maivia was a vanilla character before he rebranded as The Rock, Terra Ryzing from WCW came to WWE add the dapper gentleman Hunter Hearst Helmsley before he rebranded again as the HHH we know today, CM Punk started in a tag team vanes the Chick Magnets before he rebranded multiple times. Even Daniel Bryan was just a vanilla character until he started with the yes chants and blew up while in Team Hell No.

Of course established stars like Stone Cold and Ric Flair get more creative control after they have proven themselves to be dependable talkers. That doesn't change the fact that they still have to hit specific marks in every given promo.

WWE mostly references AEW in passing and rarely in a derisive manner. The only time that they actually took a shot was Edge mentioning that MJF talked about the Miz for attention. AEW takes jabs weekly.

Baddestguyp:
to what?

Post-coital bonding

Baddestguyp:
5

End

Bro slept like a baby afterwards on her thighs

Can't relate

ValeeLove:
what if I want to watch goofy characters like Otis and bad groups like Damage CTRL, where do I go? We get it, AEW (fired Joey Janela) does goofy hardcore matches and make over the top decisions, but they are still more sports based than WWE. The guys at Connecticut believe gimmicks, soap opera and excess scripts is the right way to go and I can't help but shake my head. No one's getting it right at the moment, and especially not a company where sport characters refer to themselves as entertainers.

You mean goofy characters like Danhausen and bad groups like Cancel Culture?

Like seriously, what's sports based about an exploding barbed wire deathmatch? Pro wrestling is entertainment and has always been.

Gimmicks are what separate a tough dude that fights well or a flippity-floppity vanilla midget from a megastar that sells merch. Storylines are what separate choreographed spotfests from emotional performances that viewers can get behind. Scripts allow wrestlers generate heat for matches without going into business for themselves like "that empty-headed dumbfxck" Hangman Adam Page.

I like WWE and I think AEW is OK. I just wish AEW would stop taking shots across the aisle because that's some WCW-type shxt.

ValeeLove:
at least we can both agree he's right in that context. As for who's having a better product, well that's just another topic for another day.

Different strokes for different folks. If you want to watch big meaty men slapping meat, watch WWE. If want to watch people hit Canadian Destroyers off a ladder onto barbed wire, watch AEW. If you want to watch Joey Janela light his foot on fire and superkick his opponent, seek professional help.

Kaycee7:
Never thought I'd see the day Bryan Danielson would be called a clout finder

He's not a clout finder, just an elitist wrestling need. Granted, he's super talented. One of the best in-ring workers the industry has to offer today. However, this is a guy who's idea of creative control is multiple heatless 15-minute bangers with Drew Gulak.

ValeeLove:
you know that's not entirely true. He uses that as a gimmick, but he can very well fight (watch Cassidy vs Will Ospreay). Point is WWE will never agree that it's guys are pro-wrestlers; so with that in mind, Danielson is right.

Counterpoint: It is all staged so no matter how elitist Danielson wants to get about it, he's just splitting hairs over the name he wants to call people pretending to beat each other up.

ValeeLove:
aren't WWE guys Superstars and Sports Entertainers anymore? You can't eat your cake and have it.

AEW has a 5'7" guy who beats other wrestlers with his hands in his pockets.

Nuff said.

nani667:
Episode 1 ✅

Promised Neverland all over again 🤔

The plot lines are pretty different. I don't want to be that manga reader that spoils the anime but I can say that much.

altteemy:
High school animes.

Every protagonist seats at the very back of the class, by the window.

The perfect spot for brooding

nani667:
Happy World Siblings Day 🎊🎉

Ay-yo pause for a lil bit

SlyFoxxJoe2:
America goofed big time when they froze Russia’s dollar foreign reserves as part of their bullshit sanctions for the Ukraine war. It sent a clear signal to other countries that the dollar is no longer a dependable currency to domicile their foreign reserves in because the US can wake up any day and confiscate their assets if they ever do anything the US government doesn’t like.

African countries that were already looking for ways to cut ties with America because of their constant pressure on the LGBTQ matter have even more of an impetus to do so now. China is sitting back laughing now as America keeps shooting itself in the foot driving other countries into their arms.

I recently took the train from Lagos to Ibadan. I never thought I would see such infrastructure in Nigeria in my lifetime. Clean air conditioned trains, beautiful stations, the first class cabin complete with TV screens, refreshments, tables for you to work on and charging ports for your electronic gadgets. ALL built by china!! All the signs in the stations are in Chinese and English! LMAO. I got to the station in Ibadan and thought I had been teleported to china 😂😂😂 so many Chinese people there working to extend the rail. Omo china don take over this country ooo. 😂😂😂 America can’t try this. They are too broke 😂😂😂 they are busy sending aid up and down not knowing Africa has moved far beyond that mediocrity.

Thanks China!

Here in Abuja, I see China Aid plastered on our streetlights and traffic lights and am left wondering which one is a secret surveillance camera.

benalvino3:
because he does not have to report it. the law or rules only changed as of recent that might require any disclosure.
Clearence Thomas show go and enjoy with his friends. what you are budaatum thinks is from the hate part of your brain.

coons like you guys attack anyone black person who is not on the plantation.

I hate the way that the left has turned one of my favorite political and cultural commentaries, Thomas Sowell, into a pariah among black people.

Based Turnstile enjoyer

Weird it happened twice.

Ay-yo, what da dawg doin'?

SlyFoxxJoe2:
Hmm I have heard these stats too. But what is the cause of the sharp decline in testosterone levels? Is it just the chemicals in our diet you mentioned? And if so, are they deliberately making us eat this stuff for this purpose? I live in Nigeria and don’t eat much processed foods anyways. So I believe I am less at risk than someone living in the west. Those guys eat a lot of junk. My testosterone levels definitely aren’t low 😉 if anything, they are too damn high for my own liking sometimes lol.

Unfortunately we are also exposed to all this crap. Most of us still consume stuff like instant noodles, soft drinks, and powdered milk, etc. Not to mention the chemicals that make their way into our water (for example, we still use DDT as a pesticide in Nigeria). Microplastics are still a concern.

However, not being fat, not being a coomer, going out into the sun, and good old exercise are generally effective ways to encourage the body to naturally synthesize testosterone. These are things we need to encourage in our own children to come.

SlyFoxxJoe2:
I think it’s deeper than that. Tyrants love a feminine society because it means there are fewer strong men to fight them. By systematically eradicating masculinity in America they are able to more easily exert their authoritarianism with little resistance. That is what this whole LGBTQ agenda is is about at its core. There are of course other secondary motives.

By the way, This is the same reason why the democrats are crazy about banning guns. A disarmed people are easier to control as well.

Masculinity is already being eradicated everywhere. Average testosterone levels are lower than ever, average sperm count has been steadily declining, mutations in sperm cells giving them two heads or two tails are becoming more commonplace.

Hormone disruptors have entered the average man's diet through microplastics, chemical run off like atrazine (Google "turning the frogs gay meme", and taxes if birth control from human waste.

We are seeing the west (along with East Asia) facing population decline. Among men aged 18—30, about 30% have never been intimate with a woman, this is triple the percentage as of 2008.

Without steady population growth and increasing life expectancy who is going to pay the next generation's pensions? Well, at least the elites can always ship in immigrants and then fail miserably at integrating them.

Brain Damageson with the nuclear take

IWC during biblical times:

Jesus buried. No way he can ever recover from this. Just more terrible booking!!

I can't believe he spoiled that one of the disciples would turn heel during the Last Supper promo.

abduleez1:
I no fit wait....


But guy, chill with the hentai small na... For we wey dey fast abeg. 🙌🙌

Bro is making guys fail No Nut April.🙃

Brokeloser:
First time seeing it,just checked it out and it has good ratings was about to add to my watchlist,thanks for the heads up.

I'm sure that there are a lot people who think it's good so it may still be worth checking out.

Brokeloser:
What's that?

One of the most overrated anime ever.

Baddestguyp:
Bungou Stray Dogs is so good...

The Detective Agency are literally finished!!!

Only complaints I have with the show is very little character deaths. Many characters get into severe situations but always somehow survive...

Season 4 has been peak so far sha...

I honestly don't see how the Detective Agency get out of this...

Almost done with S4

Well, I haven't seen season 4 yet but I'll binge watch it when it's done.

As to whether the Detective Agency gets out of this one? When have they ever not gotten out of dire situations with minimal loss on their side??

nani667:
°°_°°

I forgot she existed☠