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  • HoraceH Online
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    Horace
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    I don’t know what language this is but it’s not English. Russian, presumably.

    Education is extremely important.

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    • HoraceH Horace

      I don’t know what language this is but it’s not English. Russian, presumably.

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      @Horace said in The stupidest controversy ever:

      I don’t know what language this is but it’s not English. Russian, presumably.

      Which show are you watching?

      I was only joking

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      • HoraceH Online
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        I suspect that will not get great reviews.

        Education is extremely important.

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          Maye has one of the worst arms I’ve ever seen in an NFL quarterback.

          Education is extremely important.

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          • MikM Offline
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            You look at the Pats and wonder how they got there.

            "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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              I thought the show was fine. It was better than The Weekend with his tighty whitey head dancers.

              "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                I’m glad for Sam Darnold. Nice to see a QB redemption arc.

                The Brad

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                • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                  And now the lamentations begin. I'm sorely tempted to work from home today.

                  The only thing more aggravating than Patriots fans when they win is Patriots fans when they lose.

                  I was only joking

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                    Going back to the Bad Bunny thing, it is a stupid controversy, but it is a controversy.

                    There’s a social media influencer from Pittsburgh, former Miami Dolphin cheerleader, Steelers fanatic and she’s getting paid to promote gambling. She’s a real ditz, but a hot blonde…

                    She posted a video of her at the Super Bowl, watching the TPUSA Show during the Bad Bunny Halftime Show in front of her. She’s gotten over 10K angry replies with threats of people bashing her teeth in.

                    As a side note, my Facebook Feed popped up with some posts from the Kennedy Center showing the crowd at the Jeff Foxworthy show. The comments were as mean-spirited and angry as you could imagine. The radical parts on both sides need to be shutdown, or we really will devolve to 3rd World Nation status.

                    The Brad

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                    • HoraceH Horace

                      I don’t know what language this is but it’s not English. Russian, presumably.

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                      @Horace Poor you. It's Greenlandic 😁

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                        Apparently 127MM watched the half time show, a little under 5MM watched TPUSA. Most Americans didn’t need a safe space. Nature is healing.

                        The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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                          Apparently 127MM watched the half time show, a little under 5MM watched TPUSA. Most Americans didn’t need a safe space. Nature is healing.

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                          @jon-nyc said in The stupidest controversy ever:

                          Apparently 127MM watched the half time show, a little under 5MM watched TPUSA. Most Americans didn’t need a safe space. Nature is healing.

                          That doesn’t really say anything. For an alternative broadcast, that’s actually really good numbers. Compare it with any other broadcast or steaming at the same time.

                          Remember that every bar in the US had multiple TVs on the halftime show. They aren’t changing channels. And a lot of people had the halftime show on at home not because of a conscious effort to watch, but because they just weren’t paying attention.

                          The Brad

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                            I read this morning that the TPUSA thing was on their YouTube channel, so a household couldn't just flip to it, you'd have to find it and cast it to your TV.

                            For a group that presents itself as loving, reasoned and peaceful they sure are belligerent and intolerant. It's things like this that make me reconsider being a registered Republican. Disappointing.

                            "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                              A list of non-American bands that have played the Superbowl:

                              U2 (Ireland): Performed in 2002.
                              The Rolling Stones (UK): Performed in 2006.
                              Coldplay (UK): Performed in 2016.
                              The Who (UK): Performed in 2010.
                              Shania Twain (Canada): Performed in 2003.
                              Phil Collins (UK): Performed in 2000.
                              The Weeknd (Canada): Performed in 2021.
                              Paul McCartney (UK): Performed in 2005.
                              Sting (UK): Performed in 2003.
                              Shakira (Colombia): Co-headlined in 2020.
                              Rihanna (Barbados): Performed in 2023.
                              J Balvin (Colombia): Appeared in 2020.

                              Was there a lot of complaining when these folk played, or are the UK and Canada considered to be more "American" than Puerto Rico?

                              I was only joking

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                              • MikM Mik

                                The thing I thought of today, which makes it exponentially stupider, is Bunny is an American citizen from birth.

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                                @Mik said in The stupidest controversy ever:

                                The thing I thought of today, which makes it exponentially stupider, is Bunny is an American citizen from birth.

                                Yeah but them Ricans need to learn how to speak and sing in the King's English. Try as I might, I could not understand a single SPanish word come out of his voice, because as you might know, A puerto rican speaking spanish might as well be a totally foreign language to a Mexican from Sonora. It's a vastly different dialect. I was happy the show moved through effortlessly with no crashes or wrong notes. And that is all one can pray for with their super bowl half time show.

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                                  I thought the set was great. All those sugar cane plants were worn by a person, that's how they got such a huge set out there so fast. Opera-like subtitles would have been useful, but maybe they didn't want us Gringos to know what he was saying.

                                  "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                                    I enjoyed the music. I didn't expect it to be completely in Spanish, but I don't really understand the lyrics from rappers or other English-speaking artists, too.

                                    If anything, this is a reminder of the massive and growing Latino-American population that will shape elections for a very long time.

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                                      I thought the set was great. All those sugar cane plants were worn by a person, that's how they got such a huge set out there so fast. Opera-like subtitles would have been useful, but maybe they didn't want us Gringos to know what he was saying.

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                                      @Mik said in The stupidest controversy ever:

                                      I thought the set was great. All those sugar cane plants were worn by a person, that's how they got such a huge set out there so fast. Opera-like subtitles would have been useful, but maybe they didn't want us Gringos to know what he was saying.

                                      Yeah that was a cool set, for sure.

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                                        @jon-nyc said in The stupidest controversy ever:

                                        Apparently 127MM watched the half time show, a little under 5MM watched TPUSA. Most Americans didn’t need a safe space. Nature is healing.

                                        That doesn’t really say anything. For an alternative broadcast, that’s actually really good numbers. Compare it with any other broadcast or steaming at the same time.

                                        Remember that every bar in the US had multiple TVs on the halftime show. They aren’t changing channels. And a lot of people had the halftime show on at home not because of a conscious effort to watch, but because they just weren’t paying attention.

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                                        @LuFins-Dad said in The stupidest controversy ever:

                                        @jon-nyc said in The stupidest controversy ever:

                                        Apparently 127MM watched the half time show, a little under 5MM watched TPUSA. Most Americans didn’t need a safe space. Nature is healing.

                                        That doesn’t really say anything. For an alternative broadcast, that’s actually really good numbers. Compare it with any other broadcast or steaming at the same time.

                                        I wasn’t really evaluating it from the standpoint of
                                        mere preference, many more than 5MM would have preferred the alternative music. I was looking more at the number of Americans who were in such desperate need of a safe space from the big bad bunny that they went to the trouble of seeking it out. It was a refreshingly low number.

                                        The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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                                          The vibe on Reddit was mostly joy at how it was making magat heads explode.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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