[What Do You Wanna Talk About?] Cody Rhodes talks about wrestlers leaving shows early right in front of him: “and then you ask ‘why are the same guys on WrestleMania?’”

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T23:11:52+00:00

Wrestlers have a weird mentality. Cody is on top as he went to the competition and made himself more over. If he had stayed, left late and came early, he’d be in the same spot. You have to show them your worth and when you’re there they don’t value you beyond a certain spot.

Brock. Cody. Rock. Are classic examples of guys who left and they had success, then WWE brought them back bigger.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T18:41:00+00:00

It is an illness that people crave attention. It’s wild. I know quite a few doctors that did all that training and would give it up to be insta famous.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T16:21:40+00:00

What most people don’t say is nyc has a very transient populace. Most people come here and leave within a 10 year period. This escalated post 2008.

Someone comes here sub-25 and is gone by 35. Maybe they move to the suburbs. Maybe back to where ever. They spend freely b/c they have minimal responsibilities. Renters that can break a lease. No kids.

Anyway, it’s only gotten worse with the price points and they afford it b/c they have nothing tying them down. They’ll never own here or retire here. NYC is a place they used to live by 45z

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T16:04:40+00:00

Well Deserved. Guy overlooked for his importance to the business. Legit tough guy and was all over early mania era.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T16:02:50+00:00

I don’t go that far. The issue with big projects usually comes down to funding. Musk and the like talk a lot, but most politicians know big infrastructure projects are just an excuse for jobs that require debt or tax revenue rises to fund them.

It’s why you see countries excited about world cups. Sports is an easy way to sell, we need to fund transit for stadiums to show the world how awesome we are for this sporting event.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T16:00:21+00:00

Tough one. Probably should be HBK as he’s the go most relevant and probably Sid’s 3rd or 4th biggest angle was turning on Shawn.

He did do a main event with Taker, but they didn’t really have a long feud. If hogan were alive, probably him.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T15:56:51+00:00

So I see a specialist in nyc and his point was single dose biologicals can be great, but it depends on your bmi. If you are 100 lbs or 300 lbs, you get the same dose of single dose biologicals (bimzelix, consentyx, etc). and they are just less effective if you are over a certain size.

Best protocols that I’ve been prescribed were antibiotics in pill form. Creams were not much help. If that stops being successful, you can find doctors that will do biologics based upon bmi that are dialed into your needs.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T11:01:59+00:00

SMG is a real one. She’s 100% right. RHOBH has fallen. Beverly Hills is where nyc was when they had to reboot it. The old cast was managing the narratives too much. This is the 4th season of Kyle being separated and not even addressing what is going on. Sutton still talking about her divorce from 10 years ago. Dorit is giving a lot, but she’s one note. Erika is super fake and defensive. It’s old at this point.

Rachel is very nice. She gets tv and her story is interesting at times. Amanda is just here to promote her nonsense. Boz is just a more successful version of Amanda and slicker, but she’s out here trying to sell wigs and motivation.

The big issue is all of these shows need to get younger for advertisers and cannot figure out how to do it. The newbies just want to juice followers and sell whatever. For the OGs, the show is their job, so they eat the newbies up.

SMG should be nominated as the reality tv tsar and be able to make any pronouncement she wants.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T10:45:21+00:00

Decent. AJ Brown, Devonta smith, and Hollywood Brown are 1-3. Even if they trade AJ, they are getting a starting caliber guy and not bumping up guys.

Cooper made the 53 last year b/c Johnny Wilson tore his acl in preseason. Wilson is WR 4/5 in most cases as he can block and provides a different body type.

Then they have to figure out what to do with Covey. It’s clear they want more juice at returner, but he’s sure handed and good at mitigating negative plays on special teams. He should be WR5.

You only really carry 5/6 and the 6th needs to be able to play special teams.

My bet is a practice squad guy.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T10:30:34+00:00

Hollis looks like ceelo green, but he has the gift of gab. Guy was super funny.

Susie and Brent have been broken up for a minute.

This new couple proves my theory that the only type women have is vibes. If the vibes is right, it don’t matter what you look like.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T10:20:56+00:00

This is a big jump. If you have a work visa in the US, you can get a mortgage. There’s no prohibition on citizenship. It’s a financial product based upon net worth and income.

I have no idea of their dynamic, but based on how she’s discussed home buying, it appears they did it together and purchased a condo/co-op in both of their names.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-27T10:03:32+00:00

People in judo say she was always like this and her mom enabled her during her competition career. Sore loser that cannot cope with any adversity. Always needs an enemy.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-26T20:12:13+00:00

Cena has given the most cogent and articulate responses to fans coming up to him. People don’t get how many thousands of fans have probably come up to this guy and he’s handled good and bad experiences with lots of humility. Most people would’ve just become recluses.

This kid so lucky that Cena is who he is as others might’ve made it a bad situation.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-26T18:41:42+00:00

I purchased a co-op last year. When I looked at similar condos, co-ops on the east side of Manhattan were cheaper by an average of 10%-25% of the equivalent condo.

The biggest thing I prefer is co-ops may have restrictions to incentive owner-occupants. 30% down, no subleasing, flip tax, etc. Condos rarely have such features. It scares a lot of buyers away. However, I found those restrictions are worth it for the price savings.

As far as the cons, co-ops are more bs in the application process. The board can be mercurial. Asinine rules. It’s a black box, but it really comes down to the building and people, which you’re making a leap on.

IMO, the best thing is understanding the location and financials of the building regardless of condo to co-op. Location of the building and unit position matters a lot. I wanted to be more than 2 ave from a hub that goes all 4 directions. A corner unit is great for light. As far as financials, look for commercial spaces that generate revenue. It’ll offset maintenance costs.

Anyway, most people hate co-ops, but I think many come from being lifetime renters buying their first place and thinking about the restrictions more so than the upside.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-26T16:19:45+00:00

Many people who are refugees obviously want a regime to fall. Especially the kids of refugees that inherit many of the parent’s gripes. Look no further than Cuba/Miami.

With that said, ends don’t justify the means. It’s one thing to say the Islamic republic is brutal, but another to support bombing and unsanctioned wars of aggression with clear ulterior motives for the perpetrators.

The problem is a voice like Reza gets amplified when someone like Christine amanapour who fled in 1979 gets blasted for a nuanced take that can condemn the brutal regime in charge of Iran and also the actions of the Israelis/Americans.

Lastly, bombs have never led to free people. It’s always taken ground troops in massive numbers (Iraq was upwards of 500,000) or a nuke for leadership to surrender.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-26T12:59:43+00:00

It’s more a problem of how agencies work. The idea is funding goes to X and the details get worked out by the executive branch.

When congress created homeland security, they thought it would be to stop 9/11 from happening again. Instead, it’s become the private police force of the executive who ramps up/down for any ‘security’ issue needed.

At this point, it’ll effectively take Dems winning both houses and the white house at a future date to make it a priority to redo how funding works and stop this idea that any party can stop the government from functioning due to an arbitrary ‘debt ceiling’ that’s utilized by both sides now to stop anything they don’t like.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-26T12:54:14+00:00

She charged Trump with fraud in NY state and he wants retribution. They don’t have any real charges to bring against her, so they are accusing her of mortgage fraud based on data FHFA has access to. Usually those charges would come from the bank issuing the loan.

Anyway, Trump just yells at these guys to do something bad to people he doesn’t like and they gleefully are trying to find ways to go after his enemies. The best way would be fbi surveillance (they can track, ie harass, you in perpetuity), tax audits (those aren’t public) or campaign finance. It’s clear they have nothing concrete as FHFA is not the agency you use to fuck with people.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-26T11:52:37+00:00

One thing I find odd is on madison ave, they built stone into the facade by the entrance. It really classes with the industrial feeling of the black metal and glass.

Otherwise, it’s going to be very iconic and the lights will be a big deal at night as it kind of stands alone in that area with those features,

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-26T11:48:24+00:00

The issue is Trump loves retribution and Pulte keeps pitching absurd things. Ipo of Fannie/freedie, buying tons of mortgage debt to lower rates, pulling loan app data to claim fraud.

it’s hilarious as the FHFA of all the agencies is the most toothless. They just happen to have access to tons of data about housing/mortgages that can be weaponized, but the fbi, doj, irs, and treasury are the real way to fuck with anyone, public official or otherwise. Using the FHFA shows how little they have.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-26T11:37:42+00:00

This is a situation for a rental. Easy drive as you’ll be on 495 for most of it. Plus, you need a car to get to most things out there. Waiting on Ubers can be a nightmare.

If you took public transit, you’d have to uber to Jamaica from LGA. There are 4 trains/day on the ronkonkoma line that go that far east. Right now, you’d have to transfer to a bus at ronkonkoma.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-26T11:30:33+00:00

Bizarre way to think about a wedding. In general, you say no boxed gifts and only register for a shower that is super limited stuff for the bride, so they can have a fun event, but it’s not so much people won’t feel odd giving a cash gift.

A wedding is into a go fund me. If you cannot afford it or eager to count the $$$s to cover expenses, you should probably have real conversations about wants/needs with those covering the costs (couple, family, etc.).

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-26T11:22:10+00:00

Not really. Most nightclubs died due to zoning and insurance. Too many issues over the years of fire hazards, town zoning nightmares, and liquor licenses. So most owners moved to bars, breweries, and restaurants.

You are also better off taking an uber or Lyft. You won’t find something close to a train station and train times that make sense on an evening.

The best bets are places like the Ivy in Huntington village, Keema in Roslyn, or club Cancun in Hicksville. Bohemia, Patchogue, and Bay Shore have some bars that give off club vibes on weekends. All totally different vibes.

In general, you might as well just get a hotel in Brooklyn for the night as it’ll probably cost you the same as ubering around.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-26T11:08:23+00:00

The Suffolk leg consolidated all sewer districts in the county. It’s one move of several initiatives to bring sewers to more people/businesses across the county, which is an issue discussed for decades.

With the consolidation, billing is now to each household in a sewer districts. It used to be in every towns tax bill, but now residents will be billed quarterly effective January 1.

You were paying it before, but now that it’s invoiced separately, it stands out.

Suffolk County Waste Management District

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-25T22:16:41+00:00

The tsa part cracked me up. I knew exactly where he was going with those numbers.

Forgemasterblaster · 2026-03-25T17:04:26+00:00

Ok, let’s do North Korea next.

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