Arnd Layer<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a> a new word: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a> </p><p>What I don’t get is how people who apparently accept that kayfabe is just a show accept it as reality when they make big life decisions like electing their president. </p><p>When you look at Trump rallies, the are just like wrestling events. </p><p>How Professional Wrestling Explains Donald Trump's Washington <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/19/donald-trump-pro-wrestling-wwe-00298303" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/magazine/202</span><span class="invisible">5/04/19/donald-trump-pro-wrestling-wwe-00298303</span></a></p>
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Bob the Traveler<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Boxing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boxing</span></a> challenger Jess Willard knocked out Jack Johnson OTD in 1915 in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/oliver-cromwell/crom-fu-fighting.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/oliver-cromw</span><span class="invisible">ell/crom-fu-fighting.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a></p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gimulnautti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gimulnautti</span></a></span> I don't think it's true that it's the most followed sport in the country, but it is true that our politics are now wrestling. "It's all wrestling" in regards to the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a> coming from the right has served me well.</p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p>I was told that the fake thing americans call "wrestling" is actually the most followed "sport" in the whole country..</p><p>Is this true?</p><p>Culture is upstream from politics, so kind of would figure in what's happening there right now.. :facepalm: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/americanwrestling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>americanwrestling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a></p>
KayfabeApp<p>The Kayfabe project is finally on Mastodon, so this is a perfect time to do a little <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>. Kayfabe is a performant, easy-to-use social media app written in modern, safe languages and with privacy in mind! </p><p>Oh, one other thing: Kayfabe does not exist. This account satirizes popular app development communities. But despite not existing, you can make Kayfabe real (and thus make it a real kayfabe!) by pretending it is real and then participating!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Michiharu Toyonobori, born OTD in 1931, retired from <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sumo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sumo</span></a> and became a professional wrestler <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kyoto/nishiki-koji-dori/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan</span><span class="invisible">/kyoto/nishiki-koji-dori/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a></p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p>It’s kayfabe.</p><p>The trick is to try and make you believe it’s a real fight, even though it’s just show wrestling.</p><p>The two fellas are friends in the back room, trust me, and Elon’s buying the drinks at the afterparty.<br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p>Trump’s kayfabe (bluff) is based on the apperance of being in control.</p><p>Don’t give him that. Appear in control to steal the show! </p><p>It’s all a wrestling match, even if the stakes are real. But you have to play it like one, because that’s the game in town right now.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/kayfabepolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabepolitics</span></a></p>
Ji Fu<p>I hope to God that <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=AJfrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AJfrancis</span></a> getting a record breaking contract from <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=TNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TNA</span></a> is <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=wrestlesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wrestlesky</span></a></p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p>One word <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a> : Acknowledging the staged, scripted nature of (US) professional <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wrestling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wrestling</span></a></p><p>This is what unlocks the Trump presidencies: His relationship with the audience that acknowledges kayfabe, and are now enjoying the show in <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a></p><p>This <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/audience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audience</span></a> is not moved by ”Trump is a threat” or ”Trump is evil”, that just means the kayfabe is working</p><p>The script can be flipped, realities rolled-in at any time to become a part of it. The most <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/postmodern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postmodern</span></a> show </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5StRHXG5wDbUImRVIL4HPg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/5StRH</span><span class="invisible">XG5wDbUImRVIL4HPg</span></a></p>
the roamer<p>UK political scientist David Moon offers a perceptive analysis of how Donald Trump's MAGA appeal stems from the public's "knowing suspension of disbelief". This mental attitude (kayfabe) is modelled on the way in which in professional wrestling, the audience watches strictly staged combat, is fully aware that it is performative, yet treats it as if it is actual combat.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wrestling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wrestling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/DavidMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidMoon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/14/donald-trump-us-politics-world-wrestling-entertainment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/dec/14/donald-trump-us-politics-world-wrestling-entertainment</span></a></p>
Fan of Shared Truth & Empathy<p>I’m not sure I can take the optimism - given a media landscape bought & paid for by oligarchs seeking apex capitalist returns on outrage culture applied to governance already pimped out by a party in service to Putin with authoritarian Nazi lovers doing the job of turning Americans against each other. </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a> is strong with a <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a> forgiving populace tweaking the electoral college for a democracy killing aspiring dictator criminal candidate.<br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@JRHorsting/113224696200180296" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.cloud/@JRHorsting/113</span><span class="invisible">224696200180296</span></a></p>
Tatzelbrumm<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://milliways.social/@mcfly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mcfly</span></a></span> <br>Wen kann man überhaupt noch wählen?<br><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kayfabe</span></a></p>
jan”Wrestling discovered the unthinkable: its audience did not seem to require even a thin veneer of realism. Professional wrestling had come full circle to its honest origins by at last moving the responsibility for deception off of the shoulders of the performers and into the willing minds of the audience.” <a href="https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11783" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11783</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/kayfabe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kayfabe</a>
Michael Ditsch<p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Wrestling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wrestling</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Kayfabe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kayfabe</span></a> - Postfaktische Ära - "Das Verschwimmen der Grenze zwischen Realität und Show, wie es typisch ist für Wrestling, prägt seit Trumps Aufstieg auch die Politik der USA. Einige mutmassen bereits, dass wir in der «postfaktischen Ära» angekommen sind: Nicht mehr Argumente zählen, sondern Schockeffekte und Entertainment." - von David Signer - Eventl. € - <a href="https://www.nzz.ch/international/die-usa-seit-trump-wer-amerika-verstehen-will-muss-zum-wrestling-ld.1746038" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nzz.ch/international/die-usa-s</span><span class="invisible">eit-trump-wer-amerika-verstehen-will-muss-zum-wrestling-ld.1746038</span></a></p>
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