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Anyone else unnerved by the whole 'continuing as normal' vibe and also guy on stage chanting "they're not like us" to crowd that effectively voted in a fascist and rapist who also is sitting in the crowd. (I know who Kendrick Lamar is and am a fan of hip hop) "The revolution will be televised" what the actual fuck bro :(

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[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lady Gaga, NOLA culture, 2 black quarterbacks (The Trump loving one got spanked by predominantly Black Philly) and did you see Kendrick’s show and how pissed people got about it?

I thought it was pretty good as far as the NFL goes.

[–] TeraByteMarx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Go back and watch This is America. Sounds trite but just do it.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 2 points 1 year ago

is it a good time to move to America?

[–] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 44 points 1 year ago

Rupert goddamn Murdoch getting screentime was definitely a low point for me.

[–] MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I felt the same way. The country is falling apart and we are just supposed to continue celebrating big businesses, rich athletes, and music stars? I couldn't really get into it.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See, but they're no longer giving bread and circuses. They're charging out the ass for all of it.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Circus performer here

There are almost no circuses either :(

[–] alphapuggle@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There a pretty big one in Washington DC

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

It's a big club, and you ain't in it.

I’m predicting a colosseum fight or something for that america’s anniversary celebration executive order. Trump loves the UFC/WWE

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was playing d&d all day. Did not know anything was happening.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lucky, we had to postpone a session 0 due to people having plans for the super bowl. Super boring game, and the whole event felt off. I fell asleep before it ended, but spent the whole time thinking about the fun we could have had.

Also that other commenter making assumptions about you and boycotting seemed just as odd. It reminds me more people came from reddit recently.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I ran two games, one is a weekly game of teens, the other is every other week of adults. I was surprised no one canceled from either game. Both were great sessions.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice, we're about to run a pirate campaign with like 9, 10 people. We'll be lucky to finish a round of combat in a session, but it'll be one to remember for sure.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Back in Maryland with my old gaming group a friend and I ran games with an average of 20 people, but there was seldom a time where all 20 were in the scene together. It was a lot of fun, some games lend themselves better for large stuff than others. No way would I do d&d at that scale, but white wolf works great.

[–] drsilverworm@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

Did you miss when he said right after "You picked the right time but the wrong guy"? I really appreciated that bit.

https://thegrio.com/2025/02/09/kendrick-lamars-super-bowl-halftime-show-was-a-masterclass-in-storytelling-and-shade/

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like this all flew over my head. I could tell something was flying under the radar but not quite what. The splitting of the flag, like what's the meaning there? If he's talking about the revolution, is he talking about against or for trump? To me it sounded the opposite, wouldn't a revolution be against what is at present, which is trump?

It symbolized a divided America, which is only exacerbated by Trump.

Right!? Trump very much ran on a platform of breaking down government institutions so the messaging is going to have to get a little more clear.

Also people are already dying but as many of us know it's not going to be readily accessible information. Neither is the god damn revolution. Words of wisdom he kind of pissed on there.

As a victim of actual child predators I'm over it being used as a political device too, especially when it's used to hurt and villanize my trans brothers and sisters

The whole thing was deeply unnerving

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

I'm seeing people say that the broadcaster (Fox Sports, of course) injected cheers into the broadcast for Trump, and boos for Taylor Swift. I don't want to spread misinfo though so does anyone know if it's true, or if there's a way to validate it? (Eg by analyzing the audio)

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

I feel the same way and I'm a non-American. At the end of the day, a fascist racist who appoints Neo Nazis into power and wants to annex Canada is still in power.