It'd be a pretty enjoyable sport if it weren't for this shit.

  • PKMKII [none/use name]
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    11 months ago

    The media hoopla and spectacle is ironic in a way because they hype it up so much more these days yet the whole thing feels less spectacular than it used to. The halftime shows have been mediocre and pusillanimous lately (seriously what dusty cupboard did they find Usher in?), the pre-game stuff is much ado about nothing, and the ads are all on YouTube weeks in advance and up there forever so they don’t have the temporary nature of the old ads. Plus the game itself is often a wash in terms of actually being a decent game.

    • Adkml [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      The halftime show has always been people who were popular 20 years ago to appeal to the core demo of tech illiterate 30 to 50 somethings.

      It was The Who in 2010 we've just moved up a generation.

      • PKMKII [none/use name]
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        10 months ago

        Yes and no. In recent years, relatively speaking, that’s been the case. But Michael Jackson was still on top of the charts when he did the show in ‘93, and Timberlake and Janet Jackson were big, current pop stars the year of the infamous wardrobe malfunction. It wasn’t until after that incident that they started playing it safe with nostalgia acts. And prior to the 90’s, more often than not it was just marching band demonstrations.

  • Self_Hating_Moid [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    Under soocialism all football enjoyers will be put in reducation u til they come out with comicallg large round gladses, plaid shirts, suspenxers, buck teeth, anf carrying a madsive textbook

  • SSJ2Marx
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    11 months ago

    Under socialism the super bowl's ad breaks will be replaced by useful PSAs, taking advantage of the large audience to inform the nation about the new year's new laws and social programs.

  • YearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]
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    11 months ago

    I hung out with friends and did mutual aid work and barely thought about it, it was a pleasant sunday

    I have enjoyed gorging on unhealthy appetizers and coming into the room only for commercial breaks in the past but now I think it would just be the appetizers, if I did go to a party for it ever again.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    11 months ago

    I'm living pretty happy because all the football chuds nearby are mad because the Patriots aren't playing this year

    My Beloved Packers aren't playing either, but I get the moral victory anyway

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    11 months ago

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  • nothx [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    Not giving a shit about football has been great. I spent Sunday night streaming trashy reality TV and eating Dominos with my wife. It was the best Super Bowl party I’ve ever been too.