>>19485058I think a “worked mark” is an interesting way to refer to “potential new fans you just intentionally and joyfully alienated.”
Imagine I own a business and spend a million dollars promoting it in new markets, hoping to draw new strangers into my store, something I would only do if I’m looking to grow my business.
Then, imagine it works! I get a whole bunch of new people in the doors on my big weekend!
Then, imagine I piss directly in their face. Like, I just unzip, unholster my hog, and blast a stream of hot piss directly on their nose. And imagine I justify it by saying, “Hey this the business! This is tradition! Fuck your expectations! Hahah!”
And then, when they get upset and start “seething” and then obviously leave, never to return, imagine I’m delusional enough to call them “worked marks,” as though they’re the ones with the problem.
The heart of this fumble is that the WWE invited millions of new potential customers into their store this holiday season to check out their product under the guise that it was a hero’s feel good farewell. And then when those unsuspecting people said, “Okay, sure I’ll come check you out,” HHH blasted piss in their face and his defenders called them worked marks as they left, disillusioned and confused about what kind of business would invite them in simply to piss on them while mocking them for not understanding it.
It’s an interesting way to do business.
I guess we’ll see if it worked. Netflix show is tomorrow night.
