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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 79 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Look at these delicious tears.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fucking racists. They should walk into a fire.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thats a weird way to say "trebuchet into the lava pit", but I'm OK with options.

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[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Nooooooooo! Only things that I like are allowed! Nobody else but me matteeeeerrrrrrS"

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You've become a virus

Whos's killing off its host

We been watching you with all of our eyes

And what you seem to value most

...

So much potential

Or so we used to say

Your greed, self-importance and your arrogance

You piss it all away

...

Your time is tick-tick-ticking away

NiN, Year Zero, The Warning

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

90% of that audience seemed to know when to scream "Mustard", "Certified Pedophile" and "A-Minor" during the show so I doubt 90% of us haven't heard the music.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In “TV Off” there are two shout outs to DJ Mustard and the audience at the show clearly hit it much like they hit “A-minor” in “Not Like Us”.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

DJ Mustard is a great name.

Thank you for explaining.

It must feel great when the growd knows your songs! I suppose KL is famous enough to be used to it.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just found out DJ Mustard’s name is Dijon which makes it better.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

That's TREMENDOUS!

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

The regime? Lol, these people still think they are the disenfranchised

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pit, all of em

[–] notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Bragging about the "gains" in the male demographic where trump still lost by a 47% margin tells you everything about the GOP https://navigatorresearch.org/2024-post-election-survey-racial-analysis-of-2024-election-results/

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 52 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I don’t think it’s racist to not enjoy something you’re unfamiliar with. And I worry that labeling stuff that isn’t racism as racism waters down what racism actually is.

I didn’t really like the halftime show, but that’s because it’s not the kind of thing I usually listen to. I didn’t dislike it, it was just kind of…neutral to me. I’m guessing if I knew the tracks I would’ve enjoyed it more.

I did like the set design. It was pretty cool.

Had it been country music I would’ve actively disliked it.

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The difference is that you're not calling it "DEI", highlighting the fact that you just use that as a substitute for the n word, considering that all the performers were black and there was no diversity there.

I'm just going by what I'm reading online but to me it seems like a fair assumption that the people crying "DEI", and who didn't mind being in the same company as neo-nazis when it came to who they were supporting politically, are probably racist.

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[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

The difference is you (and I) didn't make a big fuss to make sure everyone in our social circles is aware of the fact we didn't like it. If someone asks me, I'll say "yeah the clown car thing was super fun and the backup dancers did good and the guy on the lamppost, what was he doing up there? But yeah not my thing."

But that would imply that I thought the talent was talented and worked hard to put on a good show, which if I was a racist pos I would not want people to think I thought that.

So to recap: not liking something that isn't to your taste is not racism, but declaring it excessively within certain social circles certainly can be a form of virtue signalling... The signaled virtue being how white you are.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I also didn't care for it, but that's cause i don't listen to Kendrick Lamar and I find rap hard to enjoy if you're unfamiliar with the artist/lyrics (maybe it's just me or my hearing, but stadium/concert rap is impossible to decipher).

Looking around at opinions, a lot of people enjoyed it so seems like he was a good pick.

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[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 week ago (3 children)

70% of NFL fans are white and 53% of players are black.

So the white fans want to watch black athletes but not have anything to do with black artists. They can probably block out that the players are mostly Black, Hispanic and mixed race because they have helmets on and are just jerseys to them.

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The underlying assumption here seems to be that white people don't listen to hip-hop, which I don't think is true at all. I think Superbowl audiences just span several generations and Kendrick, while pretty popular, isn't so famous to be known by a lot of old people. This has been an issue with Superbowl acts for a while now... there's not as much of a monoculture with pop music as there used to be, and so musicians aren't reaching the same status in pop culture as they used to.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well I didn't want to type out more stats from where I found them but the bigger majority of the white breakdown was 55+, which probably does have a smaller group of hip-hop listeners than lower age groups.

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[–] ajsg@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

We all are mixed... we are all humans... we all are homo sapiens (modern humans) Race is a concept to divide and conquer by some humans

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm a bit OOTL here. Did Kendrick Lamar do something at the half time or are they actually upset because he's black.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

Both as his show was a celebration of black American culture to some extent. It was great.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Singing While Black.

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They’re always in their car in their avatar. I bet a massive super pickup too

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Usually because they're in the middle of a messy divorce, and "that bitch took everything." Never their fault of course.

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What are they trying to show off with that weird head tilt thing? That their sunglasses aren't broken? Or are they just trying to hide their fat face?

You got it. Hides their double+ chins.

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[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)

My husband happens to look like a MAGA person (bald with a goatee and sunglasses) but he is as liberal as they come. At least he doesn’t drive a truck, lol. And he wears rainbow shirts. Cause, you know, rainbow = gay DEI or something.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My wife apparently passes so these MAGA nuts at her work tell her all sorts of racist tea.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah I really dislike how guys with wrap around sunglasses are painted as Maga. Some of us with bad eyes need that protection from glare :(

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[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Me, sitting in Europe with my binoculars: What are they up to this time over there?

[–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

All my life
Watching America
All my life
There's panic in America
Oh Oh Oh
There's trouble in America

[–] lud@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think we even wanna know. It's better to not get involved.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sadly, Trump's hand wants to get involved with YOU. 😱

[–] lud@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago

Stop taking selfies and drive your fucking car dipshits!

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As someone who didn’t watch the Super Bowl, can anyone translate to regular people speak?

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Black man do song and dance, white man angry

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Was it just a regular half time show with either rapping or RNB? -_-

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 week ago

Not knowing anything about the performers, I found it boring. But it was totally inoffensive. Just black folks being on stage, front and center, celebrating their culture.

You know, a nightmare for racists.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There was also a Samuel L Jackson playing Uncle Sam. The maga crowd immediately hates that.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Specifically he played a caricature of racist white people. The racist white people didn't appreciate being mocked.

[–] Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I am totally out of the loop on the Kendrick/drake battle and don’t listen to them. But, without verging too far into me being exactly who this meme is about, compared to other half time shows it seemed smaller? Like there didn’t seem to really be any other guest artists and it felt like it was building to a big moment that just never really happened. That could have been the A Minor song, but I just didn’t get it. The audio mix on the broadcast didn’t help. The music seemed turned down very low. I was watching it the whole time thinking I feel like I’m missing something and this might be really cool. /shrug

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

I don’t know about a battle or a beef. Kendrick straight up demolished Drake, who is a pedophile.

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[–] millie@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago

My takeaway from this is that Trump supporters are hiding their eyes so we don't realize that they've all been crying constantly.

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Look, just because I'm balding and wear wrap around glasses doesn't mean I'm conservative. I just don't like the sun shining into the side of my eyes when I'm heading north or south which are the directions I primarily travel in.

It's more the exact same profile pic in their car than it is the ocular shields. The sunglasses, as you can see, are a key part of the look, though.

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