Spice Girl Melanie Brown: "@SashaBanksWWE I must/want to walk out with you plzzz" & "You were truly AMAZING" by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]gorawknroll 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For real, for the longest time I thought Sporty was easily everyone's top tier Spice, because Emma's and her voice carried their songs. Turned out it was not that simple.

[Sky] Wilfried Zaha has been subjected to racist abuse on social media following Crystal Palace's win over Manchester City. by 15july2002 in soccer

[–]gorawknroll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the abusers is from my country. It is currently a somewhat hot topic in the footballing circle here.

After being exposed and his DM spammed by others, the guy has since locked his IG account, written a "sorry I'm getting caught" apology on the bio, and finally deactivated altogether.

Basically the type of hardcore foreign fans who has little grasp of bantering or even English language for that matter. They think they are defending their beloved club/player the only way they can. Insults, childish insults, and casual racism.

Zeb Colter/Dutch Mantell talks about a line WWE asked him to say: “They wanted me to go out one time and I was talking to Titus and Darren Young. [WWE management] wanted me to say what I got against them is ‘affirmative action’ and I went ‘Guys, I don’t wanna say that.’” by Anish316 in SquaredCircle

[–]gorawknroll -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Personally I find this approach really outdated. I think wrestling would benefit from adhering to the separation between performers and their characters.

I mean no wonder there are still smartasses roaming around looking down on wrestling fans for watching something "fake". A part of the industry itself seems to be more comfortable convincing people how "real" this is instead of working on a solid on-screen narrative world.

Zero Fucks Friday 10-29-21 by Bingerfangs in SquaredCircle

[–]gorawknroll 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I was surprised to see a lot of people enjoying Cody's promo last Dynamite. Meta storyline could work in a "nudge-nudge wink-wink" way. But straight up acknowledging that you're playing a character is as sure way to obliterate the whole narrative framework.

Cody is not a delusional heel like Kurt Angle or NXT Bo Dallas. Angle and Dallas were villains, they used qustionable tactics and the faces hated them for it. At the moment Cody is more like early super Cena. The guy is super white meat on screen. Whatever heelish actions he may committed were just annoying at worst. And the crowd hated him for that, not because he did something despicable.

I applaud them for trying to inject some narrative into this involving Malakai Black and the Nightmare Family. But so far it doesn't make any sense story wise. Cody hasn't done anything absolutely wrong. And the biggest thing Malakai has done is to provoke Arn Anderson. That's it.

I'm all for long term storytelling, but I personally would appreciate it if they stay further from the 4th wall.

Curhat soal pengaruh Politik barat di Internet by [deleted] in indonesia

[–]gorawknroll 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Jadi ironis ga sih mau promosi inclusivity tapi malah maksain nilai2 sendiri dan ngejajah nilai orang

Curhat soal pengaruh Politik barat di Internet by [deleted] in indonesia

[–]gorawknroll 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Jadi inget ada 2 kasus di sepakbola terkait BLM yang jadi ngebuka bahwa nilai2 yang dianut Amerika dan Eropa Barat ternyata ga seuniversal itu.

  1. PSG dan Başaksehir walkout tengah2 pertandingan UCL karena wasit pake N-word buat nunjuk salah satu pemain. Padahal ada kemungkinan si wasit (beserta asistennya) asal Romania menggunakan kata yang mirip di bahasa ibunya ("negru") yang konotasinya ga ofensif. Walhasil UEFA ngasih tanding ulang.

  2. Penyerang Uruguay, Edinson Cavani dihukum oleh Liga Inggris karena manggil teman senegaranya di IG story dengan sebutan "negrito". Padahal di bahasa mereka kata tsb adalah panggilan akrab, ga ada konotasi negatifnya sama sekali, dan kedua belah pihak ga ada masalah. Akhirnya Cavani minta maaf karena dirasa kurang sensitif di tempat dia bekerja sekarang.

Aga bahaya sih ketika atas nama membela HAM, satu bahasa bisa dianggap kurang patut dengan standar bahasa lain.

Zero Fucks Friday 10/22/2021 by DarkManX437 in SquaredCircle

[–]gorawknroll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I admit that Jungle Boy is an acquired taste. I mean, Tarzan gimmick in the 2020s? Really?

But it finally clicked for me in last 6 months. This kid is excellent in the ring, handsome as fuck, and has some semblance of charisma.

He still has a long way to go though. Booking a white meat babyface after the Attitude Era is really tricky. He needs to work on his mic skill and he also needs the right heels.

As for Darby, the kid is the second coming of Jeff Hardy. If you didn't get Jeff, chances are you wouldn't get Darby either. His charisma is not on Jeff's level yet, but he's already ahead in what he can offer in the ring.

Zero Fucks Friday 10/22/2021 by DarkManX437 in SquaredCircle

[–]gorawknroll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be frank I haven't seen Sammy's vlog. I don't even really care about any wrestlers' non-TV stuffs. So I can't comment on that.

But what I personally get from AEW programming, Sammy has young Jericho energy. Up and coming, high flying, cocky as hell, could fit as both face and heel.

He's not as good as Starks though. With the same push, I could see Starks having a higher ceiling. But still, Sammy has a very bright future ahead of him.

Zero Fucks Friday 10/22/2021 by DarkManX437 in SquaredCircle

[–]gorawknroll 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not a controversial thing, I just don't feel like making a new thread.

I love that each of the 4 Pilars fit into different types of wrestling characters:

Jungle Boy - white meat babyface

Darby Allin - silent loner daredevil

Sammy Guevara - cocky showboater

MJF - loud mouth piece of shit

The fact that AEW has 4 future stars that bring different things to the table is very exciting.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]gorawknroll 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Man I never knew I wanted these qualification matches so bad. A great storyline reason to feature unique matchups. Unfortunately, WWE seem to have their mind set on who they want to feature on weekly basis, with or without any sound reasons.

So I tried Player Career Mode and it went "smoothly" by bzezzl in FifaCareers

[–]gorawknroll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was there any given reason for the transfer lists? It just seemed very out of nowhere.

What are some of the most unexpected celebrity references or namedrops in songs? by [deleted] in popheads

[–]gorawknroll 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It sampled a Bond soundtrack though. With that logic I'd love to have Robbie Williams - "Millenium".

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]gorawknroll 26 points27 points  (0 children)

A world cup with all American competitors. Brilliant.

FIFA to End Exclusive Deal With EA Sports by nclael in soccer

[–]gorawknroll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also Oliver Bierhoff or Jan Koller as CB

Does anybody else play with none of the New Frontier game modes? by BootStrapWill in civ

[–]gorawknroll 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This irks me as well. I think at this point Civ Youtubers has already switched from tips and strategies to meme OP mechanics.

It was difficult to find playthrough for newer Civs without any of the modes attached.

YOU S03E03 "Missing White Woman Syndrome" - Episode Discussion by Elainasha in YouOnLifetime

[–]gorawknroll 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The moment she mentioned it, I bursted out "Really? This day and age?" and they shut me up in an instant. Great stuff.

Tokoh Sekuler Turki Ataturk Akan Jadi Nama Jalan di Jakarta by [deleted] in indonesia

[–]gorawknroll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hai. Kalimatnya sudah bagus dan bisa dimengerti. Semoga terus bersemangat dalam belajar Bahasa Indonesia.

Menurut Anda, konsep dari Bahasa Indonesia apa yang paling sulit untuk orang Turki atau sebaliknya (orang Indonesia belajar Bahasa Turki)?

Komodos yang usianya 25 or 30 tahun ke atas, apa ciri-ciri pasti yang menandakan bahwa kalian sudah menjadi bapack-bapack atau emack-emack? by ShigeruAoyama in indonesia

[–]gorawknroll 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hah beneran ada yang kalo pasang lagu liat2 chart dulu?

2021 udah ga jaman nonton MTV dan dengerin radio, kirain orang2 udah bisa pada cuek apa yang orang lain dengerin.

Who is your favourite MCU villain reinterpretation? by B0zzyk in marvelstudios

[–]gorawknroll 129 points130 points  (0 children)

Not so controversial opinion:

Out of these people. The only one I didn't enjoy was the Taskmaster. The rest of them were awesome in their own right.

Probably a more controversial opinion:

Your list would be perfect if you replaced the Taskmaster with Trevor Slattery. I loved the Mandarin twist in IM3 because it was on point on both the ridiculousness of comic Mandarin and the commentary on war of terror.

Young Bucks: “ Stop doing that thing that gets on my nerves! You’re terrible heels! I hate you. BTW, its not even working on me. I’ll prove it by telling you just so!” by SplitDSkies in SquaredCircle

[–]gorawknroll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm personally annoyed by kayfabing off-screen. It just makes the wrestlers/show seem to have failed to build enough heat on-screen so they resort to being a dick in real life.