Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny appearing in the Superbowl, and racists come out
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny appearing in the Superbowl, and racists come out
Btw, Puerto Ricans are US citizens. But don't let that stop them.
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Even my dumb fucking rural Australian ass knows that Puerto Rico is part of the US.
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As a dum rural American that knows territorial citizenship is a thing (with wonky caveats not applicable to Puerto Rico) you’d be surprised how many Americans in general have zero clue pr is a part of the us. My last vaca there was fun but after I was back the amount of people that asked about passports was too dam high. And this is in a rather educated metro area.
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I love the pattern on the right: "Despite X occurring plenty of times throughout the years on 'my side', this time I'm really riled up about something that's not even true!"
He loves his country so much he wants to defend it from ignorant outsiders, but isn't even aware of who has citizenship and won't explain why this didn't have any bearing on past musical performances.
Intellectual consistency isn't their strong point.
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I am, of course, disgusted with this choice of Super Bowl halftime performer.
The obvious choice was to have Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce get married during the Super Bowl halftime, during which Taylor will not take the Kelce name, killing everyone watching over the age of 65.
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Travis takes the name Swift. Conservative men melt down so badly that one of them goes out and blows Erika Kirk's head off.
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Then we'd get "he followed Taylor Swift news, so he must have been a trans leftist!!"
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Taylor, make this happen
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This would be divineeee.
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I am, of course, disgusted with your proposed choice of Super Bowl halftime performer.
The even more obvious choice was to have Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce enter a civil union during the Super Bowl halftime, during which Taylor will not take the Kelce name while also announcing she is 4 months pregnant and the unborn child should be referred to as "they/them", killing nearly 40% of all viewers.
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Evil doctors could use evil medbeds to change the baby's gender in utero
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I would have been delighted if this happened. Like, cackling with joy!
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Disgusting that this is who superbowl picked for their halftime show.. Claims to be a bunny, but turns out he's just some human dude. Typical.
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He's not even that bad, I want my money back
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He's a RaDicAl Trans-Species Turrist!
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And have you heard him perform? His music may not be your preferred style but you'd be hard pressed to call it 'bad'.
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Generally, when it comes to genres that I dislike, I cannot tell the difference between good and bad.
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That's the only thing about him that upsets me: his music sounds nothing like his name implies.
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I remember being amazed to learn Puerto Rico is part of the US... In 4th grade.
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Yeah, I learned this about that age when it was announced that our state (SD) was 51st in the nation for teacher pay after PR. That's also about the time a neighboring county had the highest suicide rate in the world. Good ol' Midwestern values.
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Also can't spell cue.
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He used the fancier looking one just for safety lmao
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection
My favorite is habanero --- there's no ñ, just n, but some will make a show of pronouncing it with the incorrect ñ sound.
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Like "use" and "utilize".
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I like when people spell it "que".
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Or just had a boneappletea moment.
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get in line
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Let me see your bestest wine
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And it still wouldn't make sense if he did 💀
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Q?!?! Q?!?! Finally, the signal that Q-Anon has been right all along!
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They are insane...
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All religions are a delusional psychiatric disorder.
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It's actually impressive how insanely wrong they are.
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You know what 'citizen' means now though.
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Rhianna is from Barbados? Huh, TIL.
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Hmm, this got me to look up the demonym for people from Barbados. I hoped it would be something interesting, but the official one is pretty boring: Barbadians. But, the unofficial one is a bit interesting: Bajans. I thought it would be pronounced like the Spanish "baja", but apparently it's "Bay - jenz". Which is a bit cool. Not as cool as their flag, but still cool.
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I'm going with Barbadasses
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It boggles my mind how many people still don't know PR is part of the US.
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Puerto Rico is only American when it's convenient to America!
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Trump didn't know during his first term, acted like giving aid for the hurricane disaster was charity to a foreign country.
Trump received backlash after he claimed during a series of tweets on Tuesday morning that Puerto Rico only takes from the United States.
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I mean he doesn't even want to give aid to his own country. Doesn't even seem particularly gung-ho about it when it's a state that's voting "right".
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Or the US Virgin Islands or Guam!
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Oh, Guam, the island in danger of tipping over, according to Hank Johnson.
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That's always what's happening when they want to use the N-word and remember they shouldn't and then try to say it with other words.
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The US is trying to reject a part of their own territory as American.
Meanwhile, PRC is trying to claim territory not under the PLA's control as Chinese.
Ironic lol
Puerto Rico should just do a Taiwan tbh. I mean if they aren't treated like Americans, you might as well.
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Sometimes, the stupid, it burns.
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Sadly, it burns all of us.
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That’s how you know it’s working.
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It's upsetting that people can be colossally stupid and factually incorrect and face no meaningful consequences. Like, who is the OP? Why are they just walking around without a warning sign that says like "This person is stupid"?
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Nature has a way of warning others, just look for a red hat or American flag
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It is so wild how consistently I can know someone is an ignorant tear, scaling directly in level of ignorance proportionate to how many/how big their American flags are.
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I live in the Philadelphia suburbs and it's crazy how many times I'm behind some dickhead with a red hat and I assume it's a MAGA hat only to find out it's a Phillies hat. I've actually never once seen a MAGA hat here.
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I knew Rhianna is from Barbados, and that British rock bands are generally British. But I had no idea Shakira was Colombian!
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"¡Mira en Barranquilla se baila así!"
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I never learned any Spanish. I can barely guess at some meaning when its written thanks to learning French and random other bits and pieces of romance languages getting stuck in my head at some points.
So now that you wrote it out, yeah I guess that would be obvious, when she says they dance like that in Barranquilla. But there's no chance I would have ever heard that 😁
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I wonder if the FCC will come down harder on this than the Janet Jackson nipple slip
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I’m fatigued by the constant racism and racist media which works both ways anything to keep the workers divided !!
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I have a Canadian friend who asked me what is currently my favourite artist. I said bbno$, he answered "Nice, your fav artist is Canadian". I fully thought he's US artist
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We keep bbno$ but we are willing to trade Bieber.
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Cue.
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"But he's not one of the right citizens."
that guy's reply, probably
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Or, "He's not a real citizen though", and he'd be somewhat right. Puerto Ricans who move to a US state have the same rights as other US citizens. But, Puerto Ricans who live in Puerto Rico definitely don't.
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"Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny appearing in the Superbowl"
Honestly, "Puerto Rican" is the most appealing part of that sentence for me XD
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If the puppy bowl doesn't feature a poorly-behaved bun I'll be quite mad
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You are a genius!
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I always find it remarkable how trivial topics can be so successful on every social media platform—yes, even here.
This is basically proof that fascists have already won, because instead of dealing with the important issues—in the US, for example, the unbelievable corruption of the regime, the obvious establishment of a secret police force in the form of ICE, the completely illegal deployment of troops to oppress the population, which is actually very successful (+ many more outrageously important things)—people are focusing their attention on who will perform at the goddamn Super Bowl halftime show—and they even think they're outsmarting the fascists when they point out for the millionth time that their bullshit is just that—utter bullshit.
It's just sad that nothing has changed since Goebbels. The logic is still the same and people continue to fall for it: distraction from what's going on until it's too late—and in the US, it probably already is.
I would be more hopeful if at least the events in the States could serve as a deterrent, but that is obviously absolutely not the case. It's the same all over the world: stupid trivialities distract from the real problems— just as the fascists want.
The internet hasn't made things better, it's only made them worse.
I think it's way past time to admit what the problem is, namely ordinary people who simply cannot fulfill their duty as responsible citizens because they act completely irresponsibly—if this weren't the case, the problem wouldn't exist at all—especially in the US: an obvious criminal with known ties to organizes crime in the office of president, a proven rapist, a highly probable pedophile? WTF!
This is only possible because people let it happen. It's simple as that.
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I'm not convinced that all that nightmare stuff hasn't been discussed a great here on lemmy, including calls to action, and I'm even less convinced that insisting that no one has any lighthearted relief at the expense of the idiot racists is a good plan.
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If not the citizens, then who can act as a check on the government? I admit we are in a bad situation because many people are not acting in their best interest to the point of complicity. Any other smaller group than everyone would be easier to control. I think there are multiple mechanisms enabling the current situation.
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and they even think they're outsmarting the fascists when they point out for the millionth time that their bullshit is just that—utter bullshit.
It's just sad that nothing has changed since Goebbels
Long before that.
That there is even frippery like the Super bowl shows there's no real concern for the serious,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses
Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses
Juvenal originally used it to decry the "selfishness" of common people and their neglect of wider concerns
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I mean, I don't like the choice, simply because I don't care for his music, but I have liked maybe 1 super bowl halftime ever, so whatever. It is funny seeing all the racists get mad because he speaks Spanish tho.
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I have liked maybe 1 super bowl halftime ever
The one where we saw Janet Jackson's alleged nipple?
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Heh, I guess 2 now that you mention it
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Quite the show, wasn't it
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Wuut, you don't like the song Mojabi Ghost?? It's lit, as the older kids say these days. His other stuff is so so.
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Wonder what he thought when it was Kendrick last year?
Kendrick Lamar was sick though.
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Where do these idiots even come from
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The intentionally underfunded US school system, at a guess
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Personally, I am thankful for these racists. If it weren't for them, I would have never heard of this dope ass band. I am diggin what I've heard of Bad Bunny so far, and am excited to hear more!
If only there was a non-racist way to share dope bands...
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He strikes me as the kind of guy who once shat himself while doing a keg stand.
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Coldplay isn't American? Huh.
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The British accent didn’t give it away?
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COLOURS
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Singing kinda hides it y'know.
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I mean, I have a friend who’s an American citizen but grew up in England, and still has one of the strongest cockney accents you’ve ever heard.
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"And I discovered that my castles stand..."
I would have expected "cossles." I guess Chris Martin's accent is more American-sounding.
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You're one of today's lucky 10,000!
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Quite the ratio. Famous or main character of the day?
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Stupid stupid racists.
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I'm still waiting for Iron Maiden or Judas Priest to do the halftime show.
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Why are racists so dumb?
Is it a bug, or a feature?
It's recursive.
Hahaha
The stupe-loop!
You may have cause and effect the wrong way round.
Not of it's a feature.