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No problem! I'm obviously a bit biased since i've been a fan since the late 90s and dabble in the art (i've been an off and on pro wrestler since the late 00's), but i view it as more as an improvisational art than i do a sport. It's basically live theatre, with the actors and actresses having more to do with ballet then, say, combat sports and mma. It's actually fascinating to see how professional wrestling had influenced sports as a whole. Muhammed Ali, for example, has cited Gorgeous George as the reason why he would trash talk his opponents. And Conor McGregor, well, he talks like he's straight out of the WWE. Filthy Tom Lawlor is a guy who basically went from being a pro-wrestling character in the ufc to becoming a full-time pro wrestler. Never mind the fact that there's been matches where the ring is an entire island, or floating in the pacific with pyrotechnics everywhere, or even more cinematic productions set entirely within a house (or not so cinematically in the case of ddt). All together, though, is it's an art benched on the back of blood, sweat, and even more blood of its performers. There's nothing "safe" about pro-wrestling, as even the tiniest mishap could cripple a person, but it's done through years of training, fitness, and finesse, that it is able to continue.

And they are correct.

To quote PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS:

So, there's a certain level of suspension of disbelief that has to be done by the audience in order to enjoy the show. The purpose of the wrestlers is to entertain the audience in that state, which can be as simple as chain wrestling (which is only really enjoyed by a certain segment of hardcore fans) or as convoluted as a swanton bomb (which is a flip off the top rope). It's more vaudeville, but it allows individual wrestlers to better adapt tge story of the match to the emotions in the audience. For example, at wrestlemania x8, hulk hogan was to play the bad guy, and the rock the good guy. The audience, however, sided with Hogan, which caused a decision between the two wrestlers to wrestle in a way that aligned them with the opposite of what they initially entered the match for. It's understanding audience psychology and being able to adapt on the fly, thus fulfilling the preconceptions of the audience. It's amazing to watch to skilled workers be able to manipulate the audience to their advantage, but even more incredible to see the audience force the workers to change their direction mid-match.

I do pro wrestling as a hobby, it's definitely crossing my mind.

The fur coat, for sure. I just want to look as ridiculous as possible at basically all times.

Prince_Kropotkin was the nerd from the Chapo times, P_K was just some user we kept pinging because we were too lazy to type in the whole username. There was a few times he interacted with the subreddit, and remember he found the whole thing kinda funny.

I like to imagine it's the actual @P_K we used to ping all the time and not the annoying one.

Newsheads get Radio War Nerd and Newgang gets

My gender is Ryan Gosling's outfit in Barbie

Edit: i'm gonna be honest here, i've never thought of my gender seriously. I had a conversation with some friends that made me realize that i don't really associate with my gender. The reason i brought up Ryan Gosling's outfit was that was the first time I actually felt seen, regardless how goofy it is. I don't feel masculine, but i don't necessarily feel masculine. I'm just me, and I feel like looking as ridiculous as possible makes me feel okay.

Just to double down, he invoked the curse

In John McCain's case, it's more of a "Can't-Fly Zone".