I think it's time to admit that I don't understand how the world works any more.

Well its been 3 months and I'm happy to report that I have next to no idea what the fuck is going on in modern wresting, and it is wonderful! Is WWE still a sanitized rightwing cesspit? Is AEW still living in their mom's garage? Are CZW back in POG form? Do Sonny & Cher still have that stupid show?

Finished off Paradise season 2, and I don’t think anyone was paying attention to the extras the whole time… 😄

KANSAS CITY. LIMP BIZKIT COMMITTEE.

Playing the world's smallest violin for the landlords having to deal with tenants, complaints and legislation.

People in their 30s and 40s conveniently forgetting how to pirate is the alarm bell I'm hearing from this Harry Potter discourse.

Finished up Mouthwashing. A haunting experience that will be clung to me for a while. It got a bit silly with the hallucinations at times, and the pacing was a little scattered in the back third, but nothing really detracted from my time with it. I'll never look at cake the same way again.

Joe Rogan has the lowest hit ratio of any regular sitcom character of all time in this show. Everything he says is a fucking dud. He actively brings the show down. Matt Leblanc, he ain't.

The dude from Hot Mulligan made a cameo in NewsRadio.

Whereas America's Monstrous, Raving, Lunatic got 77 million

You know what, fuck this anti-consumer, A.I throttling bullshit. It's likely not the manufacturer's fault, but I'm not shelling out £240+ for a handheld because the friendless dystopian tech bros want to shittify the world to fund their nonce chatbots. Sort yourself out for ~£50.

The hard fact of modern life is that rich people (or people who classify themselves as "rich" or aim for that standard) will mostly vote for right-wing figures to keep paying the least tax possible, no matter what their beliefs are. Always keep celebrities and media personalities at arms length.

I've got my finger hovering over the 'Buy Now' button whilst every fibre of my being is screaming "IT'S A TRAP!".

Imagine being rich and not spending all that money on the dumbest, most fun shit possible. Rich people today wear grey suits and get up at 5:30am and go to fucking meetings, like being rich is the job. Just quit the job when you're rich, why the fuck are you driving to an office building.

"Is Merzbow haram" could possibly be the most Birmingham question ever asked

There comes a time in every father's life where he has to stand up and answer his child's most difficult questions, and that time came for me this morning; "Daddy, is Optimus Prime going to die?".

Its a summer day in 2001. You've picked up your college friends in your dad's old Volvo for a road trip to the beach. Hijinks WILL ensue. The car is idling, you turn in the front seat to ask them, "Are you ready for the rest of your lives?". You throw this in the radio & drive off into the sunrise.

As if this is the way I discover that Ciampa is now in AEW.

Undecided on hanging this in the sketching room or in the colouring-in room...

“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English” my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist

If you're doing the "You voted for him! We told you so! Fuck off!" routine instead of being empathetic with those who are realising who they voted into power, then nothing is going to change. Compassion, forgiveness, welcoming arms, these ideals are what can finally shift this dangerous culture war.

Who fancies going halves on this?

American Arcadia is in the bag. I found it really enjoyable, the subversion of expectations was the highlight. I expected it to be another stealthy puzzle-platformer in the vein of Inside, but it quickly turns that on its head with some really clever ideas and set pieces. One to check out unspoiled.

My four year old son plays with Transformers because he likes robots that turn into cars, & he also loves the ones that transform into dinosaurs, he loves Optimus Prime & Grimlock the best, & there are actual adults on the internet getting mad over a Transformers drawing, my son is four years old.

One things for sure; Richie and Eddie are the best of F.R.I.E.N.D.S in these alternative Bottom opening credits.

I'm adding "Buckle Up" to my list of red flags.

It's going to be a right laugh at history class in a thousand years time when they come to the part where the regular people of 2020's willingly encouraged the death of millions of people, including themselves, for a few dozen likes on fucking Twitter.

Game pledges 2026: American Arcadia (JIP) Ys: The Oath In Felghana (JIP) LISA Halo Reach Super Mario Odyssey (JIP) Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (JIP) Portal 2 Mouthwashing Fallout New Vegas 1000 X Resist (JIP=Joined In Progress)

Bliss.

The reception to this has been amazing. Thank you to everyone who commented on here or on Discord or on Substack, thank you to everyone who shared the article, and thank you for every DM of encouragement. In the words of Howard Beale; "I want you to get mad". Maybeshewill plays in the background.

A real checkpoint piece of writing for me as a fan of 33 year. I've been walking the same streets as Shane for all those times, so I identified with a lot of this.

"... unless you were in that trench warfare and spent ages perfectly formatting your forum signature, you cannot claim to be part of the IWC or send any attacks at the IWC, as that version of the IWC no longer exists. What you are part of is the Internet Wrestling Town Square." Fuck these kids.

I'm giving up the ghost, and in the process I'm taking WWE and the culture around wrestling to task. If I'm going down, I'm taking them down with me. Enjoy!

Happy New Year, everyone! Its been almost a year since my last BS post and 16 months since my last Substack. If free time allows it, I'll be publishing a new article tomorrow where I'll be dishing out a big New Year's Resolution. Drastic times call for drastic measures. See you on the other side!

Jones’ barbecue and foot massage! Jones’ barbecue and foot massage!

If you do the following at hardcore/punk shows > Windmilling > Mule kicking > Attacking the circle > Capoeira You need to stop spiking people's drinks and gaslighting your partners.

Imagine the match, though. A genuine dream match.

Do you learn how to use emojis at wrestling journalism school or is it something that you learn on the job? Is there a special keyboard set-up that shortcuts them to the number pad? Is there a daily emoji quota?

Important Announcement. Please do not connect my joy for Hirooki Goto with YOSHI-HASHI. I feel no joy for YOSHI-HASHI. The only joy I have ever felt for YOSHI-HASHI is when he fell on his face whilst doing a run-in 7+ years ago. I have no need for YOSHI 'Take A Worm For A Walk' HASHI. Thank You.

Konosuke/Oleg was good. Yota/Kidd was great. Goto/ZSJ, despite knowing the result in advance, had the tears in my eyes for the entrance and for the finish, and it was fucking great in between. New Japan Professional Puroresu Pro Wrestling, when they can be arsed, are the absolute best at this. 🤼

THEY PULLED THE FUCKING TRIGGER ON FUCKING HIROKI FUCKING GOTO

Every IP address hitting that link is getting investigated

YES.

Feeling attacked by this 2000s history exhibition.

Morning

I should finally update my pfp after using it for five years straight but all my best photos these days are taken with my wife and/or son and I cannot trust any website to not be extremely fucking weird with that stuff.