He/They. Trying out some different instances. If you see this handle on another instance, it’s probably me, unless someone else also stole it from Campaign: Skyjacks.

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Cake day: October 24th, 2023

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  • I’m not so sure about that, to be honest. While I agree that these regulations are unlikely to be enforced across the board, I can definitely see them being weaponized in some respects.

    For example, my account is on blahaj.zone. Part of the core mission of this site is to create an LGBTQ+ friendly space. With transphobic sentiment on the rise in the UK government (and, indeed, around the world), I can easily see them using this law against blahaj.

    It’s why regulations should be tightly defined and have clear and simple methods of compliance, IMHO.




  • So, are you looking for a good place to jump in to the current product, or are you looking to see some of the stuff you missed along the way?

    If the latter, I heartily recommend you watch All In 2018. It’s probably the most historically consequential wrestling show since the final WCW Monday Nitro, and the wrestling is really good too. I would also recommend the first three seasons of Lucha Underground, since it was a show with a really unique take on what wrestling could be, and so many of its stars (Prince Puma/Ricochet, Killshot/Swerve Strickland, Penta, etc) have gone on to become some of wrestling’s top names. You can skip season 4; it was pretty clear the wheels were coming off at that point.








  • You know, I’ve been thinking about how AEW keeps trying and failing to “restore the feeling”. And I think the big reason they can’t is that “the feeling” had little to do with the in-ring product at all.

    AEW, when it first started, was the promotion for wrestlers by wrestlers. The Elite were the faces of the promotion (hell, the place is named after them), and Tony Khan was more of a silent partner than anything. As TK has taken more of an active, public-facing role in the promotion, it has detracted from that feeling. He may be a wrestling superfan, but he’s not a wrestler, and he damn sure isn’t The Elite. As well, there’s still the shadow of CM Punk that never quite went away. AEW used to be the place where everyone got along and worked to create the best show they could without the politics, but Punk destroyed that image, whether he cracked that foundation or merely exposed the cracks that were already there.

    I still love AEW, it’s still the only promotion I watch on a weekly basis, but it’s undeniable that they’ve lost something important. And I don’t know if it’s something they could ever get back. I certainly don’t see how they could.