Submitted by Hoopgawd90 t3_1094bo7 in Connecticut
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pussycatlolz t1_j3yv5uj wrote
The Saudis that have money most definitely get to drink the real stuff if they want
thedude_CT t1_j3vz2rn wrote
Soon to be owned/moved to Saudi Arabia
https://deadspin.com/wwe-sold-saudi-arabia-vince-mcmahon-sportswashing-1849973522
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j3vza2s wrote
Yea I saw 😵💫😵💫😵💫
thedude_CT t1_j3vznfn wrote
It is a cool building though! Kinda hoping the rumors aren't true.
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j3vzxv2 wrote
I really hope not either!
thesbaine t1_j3w6wsu wrote
Saudi's have been all about buying up stuff like this, so TBH I wouldn't be surprised if it's true.
IndicationOver t1_j3xxqai wrote
thesbaine t1_j3y7n1i wrote
I will mouse over that link when home, but glad if true. So much sports washing going on.
Enginerdad t1_j3xg5hy wrote
It's unlikely that the building would change from a new person buying the WWE though
phunky_1 t1_j3x8ond wrote
They own a huge stake of ticketmaster/live nation as well.
They would probably kill their own citizens for enjoying it, but are happy to make profits off of Americans buying paying for overpriced concert tickets and overpriced refreshments at the events.
Kiyae1 t1_j3xuppl wrote
I think WWE had some shows in SA a few years ago. I think the monarchy is cool with letting male Saudi Arabians attend wrestling matches just like they are cool with them attending football matches.
But you know. Women.
Nyrfan2017 t1_j432b5g wrote
Isn’t that amazing the big patriotic republican that held a government seat for business in this country is selling her business to Saudi Arabia .. patriots right
chyno_11 t1_j3zhuvt wrote
What makes you think it would be moved out of CT? Just curious.
LloydChristmas666666 t1_j3wahk6 wrote
Lol. When I was a kid I would get so damn excited passing that building during car trips.
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j3wfezu wrote
Lol exactly what I felt
IndicationOver t1_j3wyw9w wrote
This is so funny, because it is true.
boneimplosion t1_j3z5gh2 wrote
Also funny because I'm pretty sure there are zero wrestlers there - it's just cubicles. Friend worked with their accounting team, once upon a time.
Whaddaulookinat t1_j3zdf4j wrote
>because it is true
Oh, it's damn true
varcas t1_j3z73cu wrote
I remember going apeshit every time we drove by the Toys ‘R Us in Norwalk
CiforDayZServer t1_j3yjwua wrote
The magic left for me when they had to change the sign. I still can’t believe the two WWFs weren’t considered different enough to not cause brand confusion… although the irony of the WWF panda wrestling the trademark out of Vince’s stubby hands is top tier schadenfreud.
bistroburrito t1_j3yng00 wrote
Tbt to when DX reunited in like 2005 and the old WWE building was “spray painted” with a giant green DX
LloydChristmas666666 t1_j3ypi0v wrote
You gotta go back further for me. I was part of the mr. perfect, Shawn Michael’s, Tatanka, Razor Ramon, crush, Brett Michaels, Brooklyn brawler era.
Jimalo69 t1_j3wz7ku wrote
I lived off exit 9 and id be asleep in the car getting off that exit I knew I had to wake up soon and unload groceries
Anthraxkix t1_j3zbdae wrote
I thought that was a different building that you couldn't see from the train. This one is in downtown Stamford, and I only recently saw it having the wwe logo.
TheSinCollector1009 t1_j3w4vmk wrote
This sentence has never been said in the history of words.
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j3w4y2p wrote
So?
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MaoWasaLoser t1_j3wb7tk wrote
It's one of a few states worth living in TBH.
But if you don't like it here, you're free to get the fuck out of here.
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MaoWasaLoser t1_j3wcc82 wrote
Awesome. Feel free to leave the subreddit too.
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usernamedunbeentaken t1_j3xykuv wrote
No, I think we need more people who were fed up enough to leave CT around to offset the people who won't admit it's problems.
MaoWasaLoser t1_j3xzwn1 wrote
Why? All they do is say inaccurate shit like "CT is a shithole" when by any sane standard, it absolutely isn't.
Does the state have issues? Yeah of course. Everywhere does. It's still one of the best places in the country to live.
traddy91 t1_j406p9h wrote
I'm convinced the people who say CT is a shithole have never actually left the state and visited other actual shitholes
usernamedunbeentaken t1_j3y4e36 wrote
You have an opinion, they have an opinion.
Taxes are very high here, cost of living is very high, the weather isn't terrible but it isn't great. The beaches are the worst in the country. We have no mountains to speak of. We have among the worst fiscal positions of any state in the country (or did until covid helped us).
One of the most common bragging points of CT is how close it is to NY and Boston. But it isn't NY or Boston and doesn't have the stuff that those places do.
There are good points as well. Lots of hiking, people are pretty reasonable (neither our left wing nuts nor our right wing nuts are as nutty as those in other places). Not too crowded, not too empty. Taxes actually could be worse. Crime, outside of a few crummy cities, is quite low.
But all in all, if I could go back in time before I became entrenched here work and family wise, I wish I had gone somewhere else.
MaoWasaLoser t1_j3y9h5r wrote
> You have an opinion, they have an opinion.
So profound. So deep.
usernamedunbeentaken t1_j3ycxmy wrote
Okay
"It's one of the best places in the country to live".
Whatever.
IndicationOver t1_j3wz2dm wrote
Where did you go?
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j3w5vbg wrote
I mean it could be way worst lol
TheSinCollector1009 t1_j3w6230 wrote
True it could be New York or Mississippi but it's still a shithole
toddisnotmyname t1_j3wrcpa wrote
According to your Reddit you live in Florida lmfao how are you talking shit 😭😭
Vandersnatch182 t1_j3wb9k4 wrote
Just move, then.
TheSinCollector1009 t1_j3wbd3d wrote
I did!
Vandersnatch182 t1_j3wcep6 wrote
That's great! Now can you let the rest of us enjoy it?
TheSinCollector1009 t1_j3wcm2k wrote
There are enjoyable things in Connecticut?
rob691369 t1_j3wglck wrote
Connecticut is not a shit hole. Move out when I was young. Moved to Michigan, Colorado and now Texas, and I can say Connecticut is by far better than Michigan or Colorado, and all 3 are a thousand times better than Texas. You want to see a shit hole, move south....
e_chi67 t1_j3x1l5x wrote
Yes there are. Have you ever been to any of the state parks?
And I say this as someone who also left CT. But I think of it fondly!
rob691369 t1_j3wgmeo wrote
Connecticut is not a shit hole. Move out when I was young. Moved to Michigan, Colorado and now Texas, and I can say Connecticut is by far better than Michigan or Colorado, and all 3 are a thousand times better than Texas. You want to see a shit hole, move south....
MoFoodMoProblemz t1_j3w69bv wrote
Nah
LloydChristmas666666 t1_j3wajx1 wrote
Then move
dirtsequence t1_j3xjfzw wrote
Lol
FarmhouseFan t1_j3wucvq wrote
Is this sarcasm?
Stoly23 t1_j3y3nvt wrote
Real OGs know that as the UBS building. Also at one point in time it boasted the world’s largest trading floor.
Few-Information7570 t1_j3wnyhy wrote
Guerilla McDonald’s add.
Sonakstyle t1_j3whouq wrote
Moving to that building
hawkman74a t1_j3xpar2 wrote
I work there too!
Sonakstyle t1_j3yhw52 wrote
You HHH?
MC_DICKS-A_LOT t1_j40e2hm wrote
Is this satire?
DarkLamont t1_j3w263n wrote
I'd say you're riding on the side of CT but sure
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j3w4lyp wrote
Still riding thru lol
angeldeb82 t1_j3wk3po wrote
What a cool McDonald's sign! 😉
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j3wkbha wrote
Indeed 😂
Synapse82 t1_j4440ne wrote
I passed by this for first time on way back from JFK. I thought I was still in New York.
Weird down there, kinda messed with my head seeing it since I know it’s in CT. but I’m from tobacco valley. Lol
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j4543vn wrote
😂😂
mikeymo1741 t1_j3xpgnw wrote
Back in the '80s a lot of those guys lived in town, you'd always see the wrestlers at hotels or restaurants or at the beach.
sc00p401 t1_j3ylmyp wrote
Home of the new Iron Sheiks.
SolarPunkYeti t1_j40wlen wrote
Look out for Omar
sgtpepper220 t1_j40xhvd wrote
For now.
PrpleMnkyDshwsher t1_j42bxh7 wrote
I find it funny the Saudi's are buying one of the most homoerotic "sports" on earth.
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j42it6u wrote
From what I’m reading they saying it isn’t true
red_purple_red t1_j3xigmb wrote
Nice guerrilla marketing for Big Ronald, how much they paying you?
Lightningstormz t1_j3xv95p wrote
Nothing exciting about that train bro stop it.
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j3xxyg5 wrote
Nobody said it was carry on big dawg
sc00p401 t1_j3ylqhx wrote
Nor is there anything exciting about your comment.
werdnak84 t1_j3wpqqa wrote
That damn WWE building. It sticks out like a sore thumb, its overhead sign is so blatant you can't not catch it, and the idea that the headquarters for an entire nationwide famous company is there of all places just does not sit well with me.
usernamedunbeentaken t1_j3xz6w8 wrote
That's the new WWE building that used to be UBS or RBS or something before the financial crisis.
The old one was near exit 9 and was there for decades.
Whaddaulookinat t1_j3zdqpp wrote
UBS
Disastrous-Path-2144 t1_j3w36q6 wrote
Yay you get to see a prominent symbol of conservative trash driving on 24/7gridlocked section of horribly paved highway. So special.
BobbyRobertson t1_j3w5o2j wrote
There was a study back in '08 that actually showed Wrestling fans are one of the least conservative sports fanbases. The problem is they're also the least politically engaged and least likely to vote.
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j3w6cjj wrote
Interesting
BobbyRobertson t1_j3w77pp wrote
Yeah, a lot of it was down to demographics. There are a lot of black and hispanic wrestling fans, and those demographics tend to lean Democratic.
Wrestling fans were also (kinda unsurprisingly) found to be less wealthy, and political engagement is highly linked to wealth in general
usernamedunbeentaken t1_j3xyz3f wrote
Because they are morons. A quarter of them still think wrestling is real and half of them thought it was real until they reached their 20s.
iwanttobehappy2022 t1_j3wdnop wrote
What? What? What?
Take that back and that’s the bottom line!
Because someone is fiscally conservative their a pos?!?!?
I’m liberal but people like you are dangerous and not good for America. You’re going to have to learn to love and how to function with other Americans that have political positions you don’t agree with. If you don’t like that, move to Russia or something.
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j3w4muo wrote
Very
Sweaty_Conclusion_80 t1_j3w8xr6 wrote
Why would you want to live in a world with only one political viewpoint??
Disastrous-Path-2144 t1_j3wange wrote
Who said I do?
werdnak84 t1_j3wptu3 wrote
Also ... why Connecticut??? Is that a heavily Democratic area!?
BryanCalens2ndFamily t1_j3w059v wrote
Lol the train?!? Omg no cap yo ya broke er sumthin? The train? Iz u four real m8? C’mon mate, omg bro lol no cap no cap gigigigigi LOPEZ
Hoopgawd90 OP t1_j3w15qh wrote
I mean it cost money to get on it can’t be broke 🤷🏾♂️
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BobbyRobertson t1_j3w5vb8 wrote
And if it's Amtrak and not CTrail or metro-north, it's a pretty large amount of money
mateorw t1_j3w0xtb wrote
water weed dune.
turnipzzzpinrut t1_j3w2led wrote
Maybe those legal edibles are actually hitting
rob1nthehood t1_j3w3gxk wrote
I'm pretty sure that he is actually redacted.
mateorw t1_j3w3xxk wrote
deffffffinitly not one of our guys, b
rob691369 t1_j3wgzy9 wrote
Could you please speak English, or Spanish or some ACTUAL language....
BryanCalens2ndFamily t1_j3wqj0x wrote
Bruv, no cap ya dun wan it. Heard it bowlth ways bappah
rob691369 t1_j3wgzk5 wrote
Could you please speak English, or Spanish or some ACTUAL language....
adultdaycare81 t1_j3wcmls wrote
“WWE is a terrible place to work under Vince”
“Hold my nonalcoholic beer” - Saudi probably