Pentagon Dark x Doku (Kairi Sane), Yurei (Mayu Iwatani) & Hitokiri (IYO Sky). Penta battles the Black Lotus Triad in one of the most insane pro wrestling broadcasts ever. (11.30.2016) ☠️🪷⚫️
a friend of mine asked a woman out after talking with her for weeks. she smiled and said... no, i’m not really interested like that, sorry. ten years ago, he might have tried again, i mean the literal sending of flowers, planning something thoughtful or making bigger efforts, that used to be called romance.
instead he just nodded and said... no worries and he never asked again. months later she told a mutual friend she was surprised he gave up so quickly, but here’s the quiet shift most people haven’t noticed: a lot of men aren’t less interested anymore, they’re just more cautious.
for years men were told persistence was charming but today the same behavior can be interpreted as pressure or disrespect, so the new rule became simple: ask once, accept the answer and move on.
not because they stopped caring but because the safest place to invest effort is where the enthusiasm is already mutual.
When Wiz Khalifa dropped Kush & Orange Juice in 2010, it wasn’t just a mixtape, it was basically an internet movement.
There was almost no traditional promotion behind it.
Instead, Wiz built the entire rollout on Twitter and DatPiff, telling fans to download it and light one up at the same time when it dropped.
What happened next was wild.
College campuses all over the country started organizing “Kush & OJ smoke sessions.”
Within hours the tape was everywhere, and it eventually became one of the most downloaded mixtapes in DatPiff history.
That project didn’t just blow Wiz up…
It turned Taylor Gang into a real movement overnight.
Nintendo 64s used to be built-in to most hotel rooms in the U.S. 🎮
Back in the late ’90s and early 2000s, some U.S. hotel rooms had built-in Nintendo 64 games. Through LodgeNet, you could play Mario Kart or Smash on the TV with a special controller and just bill it to your room.
[via/ Reddit Gaming]
Pimp C
12/29/73 - 12/4/07
By 16, Chad Butler was a classically trained musician who’ d sang Italian sonnets at Carnegie Hall. He also received a Division I rating as a tenor & trumpet player in high school
Later in high school, he taught himself how to produce rap music by ear