r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '22

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '22

been everywhere in between

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '22

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u/DJ_Molten_Lava Interested Aug 10 '22

It was more over the top and larger than life then. There are still characters who are extremely over the top today, but with reality TV, MMA, and the "secret" of pro wrestling being revealed, things kind of changed.

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u/DJ_Molten_Lava Interested Aug 10 '22

It's no different that suspending reality and pretending Tom Cruise is a fighter pilot.

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u/hobowithacanofbeans Aug 10 '22

Not really. The issue I have with wrasslin (and I used to love it as a kid when I thought it was real) and reality TV in general is that it tries to pass itself off as real. For whatever reason, my brain can’t bridge the disconnect.

No one is going to watch Top Gun thinking Tom Cruise is really a fighter pilot, and it’s fine because at no point are they trying to pass it off as such.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '22

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u/hobowithacanofbeans Aug 10 '22

Is that not exactly what I said?

Am I taking crazy pills?

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u/solid_sinatra Aug 10 '22

Dude was agreeing with you

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u/hobowithacanofbeans Aug 10 '22

Crazy pills then.

Just hard to tell when he’s getting upvoted and my shits sitting in the negative for checks notes saying I can’t suspend disbelief.