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Originally Posted by Shisen Kopf
We're discussing not being a prick to each other you fuckin tard!
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Oh shit, son. You are such a cyber bully.
Rock Bottom, if you're reading this: It gets better!
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Originally Posted by XL
Do people here honestly just jump into a thread and post their feelings on the matter they THINK the discussion is about without reading anything in the thread?
That seems odd to me.
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Seems awful presumptuous to me.
Given both the nature of threads on the internet, which rarely stay on topic, and the fact that there is prior content related to the value of the PG era in this thread, it's every bit as likely that people see more discussion value in the merits and drawbacks of the PG era than in the "hay guise, stop bing meen 2 eech uddr on teh internetz" portion.
And in that spirit (and fully knowing that's not what the explicit intentions of this thread were):
PG probably saved WWE.
I doubt WWE would have tanked into bankruptcy any time in the recent past, but it would have taken a severe hit had they not tried something new. The adult fanbase wasn't sustaining them at their prior level. They were, however, selling to kids in good numbers. With a more family friendly focus, they got sponsors back. They got parents watching with kids, parents willing to buy the merch, etc. they got a decent amount of goodwill with investors, and so on.
Sure, Cena got booed when he went child-friendly, but it was probably worth it from a business perspective. After all, very few people are naive enough to believe the fans in the arena are the sum total of the WWE "Universe."
On a related note, I like safer wrestling to some degree. I like the thought we might not have a rash of wrestlers dying from wrestling-related injuries in their 30s and 40s. Some of the restrictions are silly, but I think less focus on garbage wrestling benefits fans of all ages.
That said, it isn't hard to find fuckwads who will bitch about shit that's in their own best interest.