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Brandon Mendelson has been writing on the Web since 1998. Since then he's seen the place gentrified and overtaken by corporations and governments, which also brought about a mass migration of unscrupulous marketers. In that time, the marketers have ...

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post Thu 1st September 2011, 10:54am
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...I can tell you all about the life of one of my favorite wrestlers, WWE Superstar William Regal...


I think that puts in perspective where this guy is coming from, intellectually.
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From the Forbes article:
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...I can tell you all about the life of one of my favorite wrestlers, WWE Superstar William Regal...
I think that puts in perspective where this guy is coming from, intellectually.

Perhaps, or perhaps he's being sarcastic.
There is a LOT of crap about pro wrestling on en-WP. I figure it's either the 2nd or 3rd most popular sports subject, after football and (maybe) cricket. Everything the WWE has ever done since the 1990s is detailed with loving care. Every major wrestler, no matter how absurd or stupid his ring persona might be, enjoys a long and trivia-filled BLP.
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Newsfeed   Wikipedia Sucks (But Not For The Reasons Anyone Ever Talks About) - Forbes   Wed 31st August 2011, 4:08pm
MZMcBride   What a terrible article.   Thu 1st September 2011, 6:30am
EricBarbour   What a terrible article. Bullshit. He's rig...   Thu 1st September 2011, 6:36am
thekohser   From the Forbes article: I think that puts in pe...   Thu 1st September 2011, 10:54am

 

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