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Hard Not To Like WWE Wrestling After This

aaronfr says...

But that's the thing... I can say I've done as much; hell, I've done much more to help more people and I continue to do it everyday. But what I don't do is turn it into marketing in order to sell myself or a product.

Instead, I take that bit of egotism that altruism does indeed feed and feel a little better about myself. I remain humbled by all the problems I couldn't fix and the people who inspire me, and I keep doing my work without self-aggrandizement or the need to draw attention to myself.

It is important that Connor had a good day and felt great. It is important that his father got to give his son something uplifting and wonderful in his short time on Earth. It is NOT important that the WWE tell us all about it so that we will think better of them and buy their product.

Asmo said:

Perhaps it is, but until I saw this I didn't know the story. It's a story that deserves to be told regardless.

And yeah, the poor little bugger probably had a better 9 years than many other kids on this planet get, but the thing is, it's not about how you or I feel about it, it's how it made Connor feel.

Whether it's cynical exploitation or honest, a little boy got to have a brighter moment in what was otherwise a pretty shitty existence. If only we could all say we'd done as much.

Hard Not To Like WWE Wrestling After This

AeroMechanical says...

Meh, I dunno Aaronfr. I do understand your point of view and the cynical part of me is turned away by it, but really, it's a win-win. For instance, most people don't donate to charities out of genuine altruism so much as to *feel* as though they're altruistic, and that's really a perfectly acceptable reason. Every company that "donates a portion to charity" and has pink yogurt lids or whatever are doing it for marketing, but that's okay too because they're still donating money.

If that's what it takes, that's what it takes. These things work both ways. Maybe this kid took advantage of the WWE's desire for free publicity to get his dying wish fulfilled. If giving people a ribbon to wear on their lapel so they can stroke stroke their ego in public for the rest of the day brings in more donations, it's worth the extra cost of the ribbons.

Hard Not To Like WWE Wrestling After This

aaronfr says...

Hey listen, it's great that they did something nice for a kid who was dying of cancer. While I didn't weep, and I don't like WWE anymore because of this, I can empathize, what with being a father and all.

But why was the only person interviewed for this other than the father, the Chief Branding Officer of WWE? Because it's SADVERTISING and they've taken a nice, caring thing that the WWE and its employees did and have tried to use it to manipulate you into liking them, thereby robbing all altruism from the act.

I'm sad for the kid, I feel for the father, but F the WWE.

Hard Not To Like WWE Wrestling After This

AeroMechanical says...

I think I could actually watch the WWE if it weren't for the wrestling itself. I get a kick out of all of the stuff in between, but can't suspend my disbelief enough for the wrestling. Many of the wrestlers are actually fairly talented actors, and quite fun to watch given how over-the-top the characters are meant to be.

Hard Not To Like WWE Wrestling After This

Yogi says...

They brought back Batista to ruin the awesome storyline of Daniel Bryan meeting CM Punk at Wrestlemania with Bryan winning the Rumble. They brought back Brock to take the Streak from the Undertaker in the stupidest way imaginable.

They have fucked up so much in the past few months that they've lost me as a viewer. Only the WWE could get me to cheer for Cancer!

Hard Not To Like WWE Wrestling After This

My_design says...

Having met a couple of wrestlers and people of the WWE through work, I can honestly say that the ones that I have met are extremely intelligent and genuinely friendly/awesome people. I used to laugh at the WWE for being fake or the impression that they and their fans are hicks, now I just have mad respect for them. They are true entertainers.

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