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Post by jason1980s on Dec 25, 2020 19:39:28 GMT -5
Brimstone had COVID, actually, and it was pretty serious for awhile. He's probably pissed at Lindell for being a scumbag about it. [/div] I am sorry about that and I'm probably going to get into forbidden territory but not sure why he would personally hold ill will against Mike. Mike is a very religious man (just an FYI I personally am not so not trying to steer this thread into religion) and I get that Mike probably feels that religion helped him overcome his addiction and got him to the place he is now but obviously Mike is much more successful than Brimstone. Even though I don't buy Mike's products or believe in what he believes, I believe nothing about Mike is phony. Brimstone on the other hand, or William Kucmierowski as he allows us mere mortals to know his real name is a phony, a fraud, a fake and more than anything-a LIAR who preys on people who don't know any better. Again, I am sorry about his covid but the man needs a serious mental competency hearing if he believes he is an actual celebrity. But sadly, he probably knows that he's not and knows that his fake gimmick lures unsuspecting people into his web of lies and untruths. He doesn't deserve covid but he definitely deserved never to be heard from again if he's pretending to be this big star that he certainly is not. Edit: Going back to the original post, I don't recall Lindell ever being a 'scumbag' about covid. At most, maybe he made the rounds on a few shows for a week and spoke of his religious beliefs on the matter. I doubt the main networks would even have considered having him on. I am an extreme liberal myself but even I can respect what Lindell overcame in his life. He may be making a ton on a simple pillow you could buy at Walmert for $20 but it's the guys like Brimstone who themselves are deceitful "snake oil salesmen" who are jealous of his success.
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Post by Cyno on Dec 25, 2020 19:43:01 GMT -5
I don't see why Lindell being more successful than Brimstone doesn't mean he can't be a scumbag either. Lots of very successful people are pieces of shit, too.
I'm pissed at Lindell because he peddles a fraudulent snake oil solution to a global pandemic that's killed over 300,000 people in this country alone. No doubt people will be tricked into believing him and risking their lives in doing so. He's also done a lot of real scummy shit lately that can't be talked about here. None of these things have affected me personally, but I'm still pissed at him for taking advantage of people, either because he's a knowing fraud or a genuine nutjob, because I'm an empathetic human being.
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Post by jason1980s on Dec 25, 2020 19:51:57 GMT -5
I don't see why Lindell being more successful than Brimstone doesn't mean he can't be a scumbag either. Lots of very successful people are pieces of shit, too. Sorry this thread has gone in such a different direction but what about Lindell makes him a 'scumbag?' Again, my political and religious viewpoints are probably very different than Mike's but I can still respect and admire him overcoming his addiction. If there was a "God" maybe everyone with addictions could do so. The man sells his pillow and pimps it like there's no tomorrow but what else is there that would make someone dislike him? At least he's upfront and honest-he admits to being a former drug addict that was so bad that his dealer wouldn't even sell to him. This guy Brimstone flat out LIES about who he is and has done so for years. I'm sure somewhere he is preying on some unsuspecting mother or grandmother of a wrestling fan who will wind up buying a signed 8x10 and giving it to their disappointed child for a gift. Again, sorry this thread has gone in this direction but definitely a big difference in an over priced pillow salesman who is very well known and a liar who pretends he was some sort of wrestling celebrity.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Dec 26, 2020 3:23:35 GMT -5
I don't see why Lindell being more successful than Brimstone doesn't mean he can't be a scumbag either. Lots of very successful people are pieces of shit, too. Sorry this thread has gone in such a different direction but what about Lindell makes him a 'scumbag?’ I think you’re skipping this part of his reply: “I'm pissed at Lindell because he peddles a fraudulent snake oil solution to a global pandemic that's killed over 300,000 people in this country alone. No doubt people will be tricked into believing him and risking their lives in doing so.” Doesn’t seem to be anything to do with his politics, beliefs, pillow, success or his addictions. Has entirely to do with the snake oil. Btw, we are not veering into politics or religion in this thread. Thanks.
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Post by Psicofreak667 on Dec 26, 2020 4:22:14 GMT -5
I don't think Brimstone actually believes his own hype. He was in some commercial where he took a potshot at himself over his media whore tendencies. I think he's made a passable career of blowing up his resume to convince people who aren't familiar with and don't care about pro wrestling that he's some kind of crossover star. As far as whether his followers are real, I kind of have a story for that. I was super into the efed scene for about 15 years, and at one point I ran one that had an unrelated character named Brimstone on my roster. Around 2006 or 07 I got a letter from a lawyer representing Real Brimstone with an informal cease and desist on using a character named Brimstone. The funny thing is, the email I had linked to the efed website that BrimstonesLawyer got had turned into a spam graveyard, so I only got the letter six months after it was sent and three months after EfedBrimstone had quit. At about the same time, I got a friend request from RealBrimstone on the MySpace I only used when I was trying to stalk my handlers and had no friends on. My IRL name's rather generic, so either he devoted a stupid amount of time to finding me, paid for some creepy backweb stuff, or (most likely) just sent a friend request to every single guy with my name. Let me just repeat that - the dude got my real name off my email on my efed site, had his lawyer send me a C&D, and at the same time sent me a friend request on MySpace. But I would guess that a lot of his twitter followers the same way he got MySpace followers, by sending every random person who mentioned his name a friend request. (I can post the letter from the lawyer if anyone's interested, I still have it)
EDIT - it was just his publicist, not an actual lawyer, sorry for misremembering that.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 26, 2020 5:16:19 GMT -5
I don't think Brimstone actually believes his own hype. He was in some commercial where he took a potshot at himself over his media whore tendencies. I think he's made a passable career of blowing up his resume to convince people who aren't familiar with and don't care about pro wrestling that he's some kind of crossover star. As far as whether his followers are real, I kind of have a story for that. I was super into the efed scene for about 15 years, and at one point I ran one that had an unrelated character named Brimstone on my roster. Around 2006 or 07 I got a letter from a lawyer representing Real Brimstone with an informal cease and desist on using a character named Brimstone. The funny thing is, the email I had linked to the efed website that BrimstonesLawyer got had turned into a spam graveyard, so I only got the letter six months after it was sent and three months after EfedBrimstone had quit. At about the same time, I got a friend request from RealBrimstone on the MySpace I only used when I was trying to stalk my handlers and had no friends on. My IRL name's rather generic, so either he devoted a stupid amount of time to finding me, paid for some creepy backweb stuff, or (most likely) just sent a friend request to every single guy with my name. Let me just repeat that - the dude got my real name off my email on my efed site, had his lawyer send me a C&D, and at the same time sent me a friend request on MySpace. But I would guess that a lot of his twitter followers the same way he got MySpace followers, by sending every random person who mentioned his name a friend request. (I can post the letter from the lawyer if anyone's interested, I still have it) Everything about this post is tremendous, and I would absolutely love to see that C&D letter.
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Post by jason1980s on Dec 26, 2020 10:30:19 GMT -5
I think you’re skipping this part of his reply: “I'm pissed at Lindell because he peddles a fraudulent snake oil solution to a global pandemic that's killed over 300,000 people in this country alone. No doubt people will be tricked into believing him and risking their lives in doing so.” Doesn’t seem to be anything to do with his politics, beliefs, pillow, success or his addictions. Has entirely to do with the snake oil. Btw, we are not veering into politics or religion in this thread. Thanks. I did miss it because it wasn't there when I originally quote the posted. He added it afterwards which is fine but I quoted everything there was to quote and the explanation wasn't there. Def. don't want this veering into forbidden topics or away from Brimstone but I guess Mike Lindell knows he is a one in a million type of guy in that very few people recover from their addictions so he peddles faith and non medical solutions.
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Post by Psicofreak667 on Dec 26, 2020 16:06:44 GMT -5
As requested
Sent from brimstone.publicist (at) gmail.com, 12/29/07
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Post by ianriccaboni on Dec 27, 2020 7:15:26 GMT -5
Two funny (insane) takeaways: He has his own fashion mask He wrote a tribute to Jeremy Bulloch that points to them having been friends on the autograph convention scene. Other than that it seems pretty low key for Brimstone. twitter.com/entrancetohell?lang=enSo for those that aren't as familiar like myself, where do you put him on a scale of "1 to Andrew Anderson"?
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Post by jason1980s on Dec 27, 2020 8:53:24 GMT -5
So for those that aren't as familiar like myself, where do you put him on a scale of "1 to Andrew Anderson"?[/quote] Cool of you to post in the thread, Ian! I sat next to you with my friend Nikolai Volkoff at an autograph signing for Bud Carson's Pro Wrestling World in June 2017. That helps segue to answer your question since I've been around Andrew a few times at shows. Andrew is not as bad as Brimstone though he's close. I saw Andrew a few times in passing at shows and signings. Andrew very easily could befriend wrestlers and wound up being pretty close to Greg Valentine so he has a legends endorsement. From what I gather most guys who worked with him seem to like him. I think he's respectful of the legends and I remember hearing he had been at Nikolai's house on occasion. Andrew also has wrestled for many years and we don't have much evidence of Brimstone matches. I wasn't around at the time but I do know he and Nikolai teamed in the late 1990s and the last match I saw Nikolai in (March 2017) they teams as well. One funny story about Andrew is that he was going to let Nikolai sit with him and Greg at his table at a show in New York. When we got to the show Andrew had NO room at the table as he has probably not less than 20 photo choices for fans to buy. I don't think Greg had more than a few. We wound up sitting next to Diamond Dallas Page near the entrance/exit of the autograph room which wound up being awesome since so many guys would come by and say Hi to Nikolai...so Thank You Andrew for not having any room at your table! I'm not sure how much business Andrew does. As far as I know he never wrestled for WWF, even in one jobber match so he doesn't portray himself as a "former WWF star" and while he only had a few seconds on screen in the Wrestler, he does list that as a credit for when he's being advertised on a convention site. I was also in a Doritos and a Skittles commercial though I never saw those. When he talks to fans he doesn't pump up his accomplishments though he doesn't tell them he's never wrestled for a major promotion. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Dec 28, 2020 16:01:57 GMT -5
As requested Sent from brimstone.publicist (at) gmail.com, 12/29/07
Wait, so he saw your efed an thought is was a real indy? That makes it even better.
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Post by Psicofreak667 on Dec 29, 2020 3:04:48 GMT -5
Yep. He wasn't the only one who mistook my efed for something real - I got a couple emails from different radio DJs wanting my "wrestlers" on their show - but that was the only threat and the only one I bothered to save.
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Post by thecount on Jan 20, 2021 15:26:19 GMT -5
Two funny (insane) takeaways: He has his own fashion mask He wrote a tribute to Jeremy Bulloch that points to them having been friends on the autograph convention scene. Other than that it seems pretty low key for Brimstone. twitter.com/entrancetohell?lang=enHey Gang, Long-time lurker for 3 years, first time poster. Naturally, I'd be posting about Brimstone... (sighs) I actually don't mean to bash Brimstone, it's just that I remember reading his posts on Cagesideseats and falling down the Brimstone rabbit hole, which also lead me to his custom boots threads here. Anyway, the two things I want to share have left me bewildered, befuddled and flabbergasted and should contribute more to the collective feeling of the awesome Brimstone. First off, I'm a huge comic collector and last summer, discovered a really great blog where a guy, sometimes frustratingly, was attempting to put every Marvel Comic in chronological order- it was helpful for me, who grew up in the nineties and didn't get to experience a lot of Bronze Age stuff, etc. One night, I started reading the comments section- I hadn't before- and saw a name and discussion that made me perk up. It was indeed BRIMSTONE. Or, as he put it, "Brimstone: Wrestler, Celebrity, Actor, CEO, Food Critic, etc."... and other posters kind of arguing with him. Now, it's possible this wasn't Brimstone but I sort of can't find the rationale for impersonating him or trolling him, this account actually dropped his links and said a lot of stuff I'd seen in screengrabs of his twitter. Mostly, the other fans are annoyed with him name-dropping Stan Lee and how he appears at all the leading comic conventions; the guy running the site also admitted he shortened the name bar simply because Brimstone's super long name was annoying him. Eventually, people left the board due to Brimstone so not only did Brimstone get banned, but the guy running the site stopped allowing comments... the influence of Brimstone! ibb.co/tZRK1ZC
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Post by thecount on Jan 20, 2021 15:28:48 GMT -5
I had made a screenshot of some of the Brimstone-tension on that Marvel site, but I sort of procrastinated with creating an account and forgot about it- until just a couple weeks ago. Listening to 83 Weeks one evening, I saw this amazing comment that I am gonna theorize is actually Brimstone himself; sadly there's no content on this profile but I do find it interesting to consider that someone not Brimstone took the time and inclination to create a YouTube profile just to sing the praises of Brimstone and yell at channels for not covering him: ibb.co/q5GdSy8<a href="https://ibb.co/q5GdSy8"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/SrTPjsg/Brimstone-WTF-1.jpg" alt="Brimstone-WTF-1" border="0"></a>
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Post by thecount on Jan 20, 2021 15:30:17 GMT -5
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 21, 2021 3:01:00 GMT -5
You have me going down a rabbit hole: “Notably, The Grindhouse Radio was a topic of discussion at the European Planetary Science Congress 2018 - officially making them a citable source for scientific and collegiate papers.” From his IMDb page. m.imdb.com/name/nm2620244/bio?ref_=m_mn_ov_bio
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 21, 2021 7:00:02 GMT -5
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Jan 21, 2021 8:18:56 GMT -5
"This is an unofficial FAN-RUN channel dedicated to the "Main Man from the Wasteland", BRIMSTONE!"
Can't say it isn't fan-run since he is clearly his own biggest fan.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2021 8:25:38 GMT -5
I just love the fact that certain people have been banned from Twitter, but even Brimstone is still allowed to post there. That's a win for human civilization.
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Post by Cyno on Jan 21, 2021 12:49:16 GMT -5
I just love the fact that certain people have been banned from Twitter, but even Brimstone is still allowed to post there. That's a win for human civilization. Brimstone is a lot of things, but he at least never advocated for a fasicst coup.
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