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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2023 13:39:19 GMT -5
I always knew this boards most important war would be arbys likers vs arbys haters I just didn’t know when I love you I hate arbys I love you
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2023 13:39:25 GMT -5
My sources confirm Arbys absoloutley sucks.
I concur case closed.
And Pineapple on Pizza is perfecto.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 11, 2023 13:41:06 GMT -5
My sources confirm Arbys absoloutley sucks. I concur case closed. And Pineapple on Pizza is perfecto. You probably put carrots in your chili, you heathen.
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Post by DichEvans on Jan 11, 2023 13:41:33 GMT -5
My sources confirm Arbys absoloutley sucks.
I concur case closed. And Pineapple on Pizza is perfecto. Can someone explain to me how anyone thinks Arby's is good?
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Post by defectiveepitaph on Jan 11, 2023 13:41:50 GMT -5
My sources confirm Arbys absoloutley sucks. I concur case closed. And Pineapple on Pizza is perfecto. You probably put carrots in your chili, you heathen. What’s wrong with carrots in chilli? And pineapple belongs on pizza.
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Post by avenger on Jan 11, 2023 13:42:03 GMT -5
No-one's going to be saying “there is nothing happening”, because they want people coming back to see what the progress is. Everyone's driving content these days. The WWE themselves can't say anything, because anything they might say regarding a sale will have an effect on the sale price, and that could do anything from reduce the value of the company, to leaving them open to accusations of manipulating the share price. I work for a publicly listed company, that is in the process of being sold. The first anyone knew was the announcement to the stock exchange, which came two months after the first bid came in, in a process described as happening "fairly quickly". From that announcement to the day the sale is completed will be five months. interestingly enough, the fact that it was denied is leading to a drop in the stock price of the company now that the market has opened so you do have a point. And I’m not even disagreeing, it’s just the sort of vague answering that’s gotten football journalism through for years. “(insert team here) is keeping an eye on (insert player here)” has, like, 18,000 connotations behind it. And the initial tweet saw the share price rise $3 between the market closing and opening. Vague answers and questions have blighted journalism since the 1980s It's at its worst between transfer windows - Could [Club] be in for [Player] in January? And the golden rule with any headline phrased as a question, is that the answer is no, but it takes 750 words of bollocks to get there.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jan 11, 2023 13:42:10 GMT -5
It's funny that Vince waltzed into the board and just "No, you want Sheamus'd" people into resigning.
"You want to resign." "No, Dad, we want you to stay away." "NO YOU WANT TO RESIGN!" "You know what, I'm resigning, I'm an adult with children of my own, I don't have time for this shit."
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Post by avenger on Jan 11, 2023 13:42:40 GMT -5
So, uhh... does anyone even remember that Dragon Lee signed a contract anymore? It's probably already expired by now.
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Post by Legion on Jan 11, 2023 13:42:50 GMT -5
I dont even know what Arbys is.
Isnt it something to do with Mickie James?
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Post by avenger on Jan 11, 2023 13:44:35 GMT -5
No-one's going to be saying “there is nothing happening”, because they want people coming back to see what the progress is. Everyone's driving content these days. The WWE themselves can't say anything, because anything they might say regarding a sale will have an effect on the sale price, and that could do anything from reduce the value of the company, to leaving them open to accusations of manipulating the share price. I work for a publicly listed company, that is in the process of being sold. The first anyone knew was the announcement to the stock exchange, which came two months after the first bid came in, in a process described as happening "fairly quickly". From that announcement to the day the sale is completed will be five months. Assuming that this five months announcement is a fairly standard timeframe to get everything completed, that one bit of news did say that they expected the sale to be done by the middle of the year…about five months from now. <cue suspenseful music> There was a four week delay in there, but even then, I'd consider the reasons for that (trying to be vague and not give too many clues about who I work for - clue, it's not McMahon) fairly normal.
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Post by héad.casé on Jan 11, 2023 13:46:20 GMT -5
All I can say, is I’ve been a wrestling fan since 1987 when I first saw Hulk Hogan on the cover of a WWF Magazine. That’s when my fandom started, through that I discovered WCW and ECW (both of which I miss)
I turned 40 two weeks ago. I haven’t watched WWE for years now, but it’s always been a part of my life. Shit, I even lived my childhood dream and was a wrestler myself for 7 years.
This whole situation is so sad. I watch AEW now, and I’m not even enjoying that as much as I was a couple of years ago, but I truly wanted WWE to have a good weekly show again, and from what I read it was truly on its way.
Vince McMahon can truly f*** off.
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Post by DichEvans on Jan 11, 2023 13:46:55 GMT -5
And UFC was an entirely private enterprise with 3 people making every decision. This isn't a comparable situation. Exactly. Vince can line a sale up, recommend it, even sale his controlling shares, but if the Saudis are buying and planning to go private, it will need to be announced, investigated, approved by the SEC and the Saudis would need to buy back shares from other places. You can't do that in secret overnight. A plan there could be - a done deal there could not be yetI still think there was a purpose to the leak and the fact WWE has not addressed it for PR reasons is more confusing. Sale speculations impact stock price Personally, I think they wanted to see fan reactions if it was going to be more like how in soccer, people kinda root for rich Saudi's buying their club, or if fans would freak out, which could impact TV deals. Like WCW, WWE's value is still almost exclusively in their TV deals. If something impacts that, the company's value goes down the toilet
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Post by Goldash #BLM on Jan 11, 2023 13:47:53 GMT -5
If this ends up happening, count me in as one of the many who will likely walk away from watching WWE and never return.
It's a shame that Vince forcibly found his way back in. It's even worse knowing he may cash out behind representatives of an authoritarian theocracy.
I'm hoping some positivity comes from this, but I'm struggling to find any optimism whatsoever. The last six months were almost too good to be true, a great period for the industry. It's a shame that greed and pettiness may end it all.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jan 11, 2023 13:49:25 GMT -5
I don’t care about beef sandwiches, this is a pizza problem.
If it’s not Imos, it’s not real St. Louis style.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 11, 2023 13:50:20 GMT -5
IMHO: Arby's biggest problem is quality control and the wild inconsistency between locations. I've had a beef n' cheddar with curly fries and horsey sauce that was one of the best fast food meals I've ever had. And I've had a beef n' cheddar with curly fries and horsey sauce from another spot that was inedible. And not just once or twice. I'm to the point where I'll only have Arby's if somebody local vouches for the location. Otherwise I won't risk my bowels to the Press-Your-Luck Arby's Intestinal Whammy.
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Post by Legion on Jan 11, 2023 13:50:40 GMT -5
Exactly. Vince can line a sale up, recommend it, even sale his controlling shares, but if the Saudis are buying and planning to go private, it will need to be announced, investigated, approved by the SEC and the Saudis would need to buy back shares from other places. You can't do that in secret overnight. A plan there could be - a done deal there could not be yetI still think there was a purpose to the leak and the fact WWE has not addressed it for PR reasons is more confusing. Sale speculations impact stock price Personally, I think they wanted to see fan reactions if it was going to be more like how in soccer, people kinda root for rich Saudi's buying their club, or if fans would freak out, which could impact TV deals. Like WCW, WWE's value is still almost exclusively in their TV deals. If something impacts that, the company's value goes down the toilet Someone else suggested there was a possible case of letting it play out, just so you can eventually say 'no, that was never on the cards, what you've got instead is so much better, but hey, you thought it could have been worse!' and that isnt entirely out of the realm of possibility. When Vince announces he's buying back his own stock to be the sole controller of WWE again with no sale, everyone can say, 'well, at least it isnt MBS!' and Vince wins again.
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Post by XIII on Jan 11, 2023 13:50:44 GMT -5
I don’t care about beef sandwiches, this is a pizza problem. If it’s not Imos, it’s not real St. Louis style. What in the world is St. Louis style? New York=thin chicago = deep detroit = square/medium St. Louis =
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Post by Red Mage Riot on Jan 11, 2023 13:51:28 GMT -5
I don’t care about beef sandwiches, this is a pizza problem. If it’s not Imos, it’s not real St. Louis style. I just wanna plant my flag in the "Chicago style" camp.
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Jan 11, 2023 13:53:29 GMT -5
The only time I only eat Arby's is when my cousin gets it, and he gets me chicken strips and curly fries.
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Post by papagiorgio on Jan 11, 2023 13:53:56 GMT -5
My sources confirm Arbys absoloutley sucks. I concur case closed. And Pineapple on Pizza is perfecto. Arby's roast beef sandwich with Arby's sauce is top 5 fast food per my sources.
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