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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thenextguy@lemmy.world · 232 pts · 310d (21 replies)

Also can't spell cue.

Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 136 pts · 310d (13 replies)

He used the fancier looking one just for safety lmao

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 310d (4 replies)

Like "use" and "utilize".

Klear@quokk.au · 32 pts · 310d (3 replies)

Perchance.

Morphit@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 309d

I support your right to just say "perchance."

some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 309d

Happenstance

Jerkface@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 308d

Oh shit, that reminds me- I've got a turt stomping appointment at 2:30.

qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website · 30 pts · 309d (5 replies)

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.

eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 309d (2 replies)

Flañ

bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Just...ño.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 309d

ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña ña Catman

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 309d

There's also hypercorrectioncorrection: I've had people tell me "piñata" is wrong and it's actually "pinata" without the y sound.

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 309d

Ja-lap-eh-no

zarkanian@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 309d

I like when people spell it "que".

Dicska@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d

Or just had a boneappletea moment.

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 310d (1 reply)

get in line

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d

Let me see your bestest wine

merc@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 309d (2 replies)

At least it wasn't "que", which I've seen far too often.

Jerkface@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 308d (1 reply)

Queueue

merc@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 308d

"I know how to spell queueueueueue, I just don't know when to stop"

xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 309d

And it still wouldn't make sense if he did 💀

bcgm3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 309d

Q?!?! Q?!?! Finally, the signal that Q-Anon has been right all along!

Okokimup@lemmy.world · 167 pts · 309d (9 replies)

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.

MBech@feddit.dk · 79 pts · 309d (3 replies)

So.... would you say he's pretty bad at being a bunny? Like he's a bad bunny?

bilb@lemmy.ml · 21 pts · 309d (1 reply)

The worst bunny I've ever seen!

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 309d

second worst for me

lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 309d

🤯

makyo@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 309d

He's not even that bad, I want my money back

TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d

He's a RaDicAl Trans-Species Turrist!

Burninator05@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 309d (1 reply)

And have you heard him perform? His music may not be your preferred style but you'd be hard pressed to call it 'bad'.

TheLowestStone@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d

Generally, when it comes to genres that I dislike, I cannot tell the difference between good and bad.

Psythik@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 309d

That's the only thing about him that upsets me: his music sounds nothing like his name implies.

iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works · 136 pts · 310d (1 reply)

It's actually impressive how insanely wrong they are.

primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus · 22 pts · 309d

You know what 'citizen' means now though.

pachrist@lemmy.world · 121 pts · 309d (10 replies)

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.

Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca · 70 pts · 309d (3 replies)

Travis takes the name Swift. Conservative men melt down so badly that one of them goes out and blows Erika Kirk's head off.

Default_Defect@anarchist.nexus · 23 pts · 309d

Then we'd get "he followed Taylor Swift news, so he must have been a trans leftist!!"

pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 309d

Taylor, make this happen

okmko@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d

This would be divineeee.

Masamune@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 309d (1 reply)

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.

BanMe@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 309d

Evil doctors could use evil medbeds to change the baby's gender in utero

Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d (2 replies)

Can we figure out what to make Bad Bunny do to inflict total boomercide?

SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Speedo.

pachrist@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 309d

With a Palestinian flag.

RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d

I would have been delighted if this happened. Like, cackling with joy!

inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world · 84 pts · 310d (6 replies)

Rhianna is from Barbados? Huh, TIL.

merc@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 309d (1 reply)

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.

DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 10 pts · 309d

I'm going with Barbadasses

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 309d (3 replies)

Yeah, same, I literally had no idea untill this post, hah!

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d (2 replies)

yessss i can say i like music from barbados with confidence now, never having been to nor googled barbadosian music

sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Total random association + I listened to this this morning so you should too:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qj5x6pbJMyU

You are now also hopefully a fan of the godfather of afrobeat music.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 309d

hell yeah

saimen@feddit.org · 57 pts · 309d

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.

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 310d (2 replies)

Sometimes, the stupid, it burns.

Empricorn@feddit.nl · 16 pts · 310d

Sadly, it burns all of us.

HowAbt2day@futurology.today · 9 pts · 309d

That’s how you know it’s working.

bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 309d (16 replies)

It boggles my mind how many people still don't know PR is part of the US.

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 81 pts · 309d (10 replies)

The president of Puerto Rico should be removed from office! For good this time!

Brown5500@sh.itjust.works · 39 pts · 309d

Thank you for your attention on this matter

boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 28 pts · 309d (7 replies)

Trump should shoot him tbh

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 309d (5 replies)

He would be following Hitler in doing the only good thing either one of them ever did.

boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 309d (4 replies)

Hey - Hitler also had the autobahn built (granted, it started before him, but it was a vital part of the nazis plans, and they carried on with it) and the nazis had grand plans for infrastructure - most of which never realized because they were also fucking idiots who took on pretty much the entire rest of the world in war.

Trump hasn't even done THAT. Where are America's big infrastructure investments? The nazis started a war that fucked them so they couldn't really do anything they planned, but they at least had plans to improve one aspect of the country and its economy. Trump on the other hand is doing the whole genocide part, but you can't really find any upside in his governance.

I'm not trying to praise Hitler here either, I'm just saying... the current US president has done less for his people than Adolf Fucking Hitler did for his.

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 309d

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Believe it or not, Hitler also had plans for a holocaust museum.

boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 309d

Now that's a morbid thought

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 4 pts · 309d

The Nazis also did modern art exhibits! To show everyone how bad this "entartete Kunst" was, but it seems they didn't know about the Streisand effect.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d

Krasnov could shoot the President of Puerto Rico on 5th avenue and it wouldn't lose him any votes.

you know, i'm actually fairly sure this boast of krasnov's may be true

mechoman444@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d

I completely agree with the statement 100%!

Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 14 pts · 309d

Puerto Rico is only American when it's convenient to America!

shalafi@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 309d (1 reply)

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.

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 3 pts · 309d

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".

mechoman444@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Or the US Virgin Islands or Guam!

Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 309d

Oh, Guam, the island in danger of tipping over, according to Hank Johnson.

jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 44 pts · 310d (3 replies)

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"?

blah3166@piefed.social · 14 pts · 309d (2 replies)

Nature has a way of warning others, just look for a red hat or American flag

Soulg@ani.social · 7 pts · 309d

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.

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 309d

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.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 35 pts · 309d (1 reply)

I remember being amazed to learn Puerto Rico is part of the US... In 4th grade.

PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 309d

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.

DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 32 pts · 309d (6 replies)

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.

Pacattack57@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 309d (5 replies)

They receive a lot of benefits as a territory. And whether the Hispanic media portrays it or not, they are a very impoverished community. Them declaring independence is never gonna happen.

IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 309d (4 replies)

What's the point on those "benefits" is they are very impoverished.

AA5B@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 309d

Arguably we should remove the quotes so they get actual benefits. PR deserves better from us

purplestar@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 309d (1 reply)

You can see how thriving its neighbors are without receiving those "benefits".

0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 309d

Ikr? Cuba is thriving so much despite all the embargo on it and countries that do business with it. US never bullies or destabilize region and countries for their benefits, especially their neighbors.

If someone receives US "benefits", it must thrive at all cost, like Afghanistan.

yarr@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 309d

There's at least two possible outcomes when someone(s) receives aid:

  1. They use it as a stepping stone towards becoming independent, and it's temporary
  2. They feel entitled to it and become habituated towards receiving aid and it cements their dependence

Same problem with food stamps, etc. some people use it as a hand-out, some people use it as a hand-up. You can't really help one group without helping the other, unfortunately.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 310d

I wonder if the FCC will come down harder on this than the Janet Jackson nipple slip

return2ozma@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 309d (1 reply)

They are insane...

HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 308d

All religions are a delusional psychiatric disorder.

brown567@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 310d (2 replies)

"Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny appearing in the Superbowl"

Honestly, "Puerto Rican" is the most appealing part of that sentence for me XD

Bgugi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 309d (1 reply)

If the puppy bowl doesn't feature a poorly-behaved bun I'll be quite mad

brown567@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 309d

You are a genius!

CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 309d (1 reply)

"But he's not one of the right citizens."

- that guy's reply, probably

merc@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 309d

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.

Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 17 pts · 309d (5 replies)

I knew Rhianna is from Barbados, and that British rock bands are generally British. But I had no idea Shakira was Colombian!

ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 18 pts · 309d (2 replies)

She is Colombian and half Lebanese, too.

ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 309d (1 reply)

And that is how she gives 150% at her shows!

(Sorry. Bad dad joke.)

Strobelt@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 309d

This joke was really a stretch

(More dad jokes)

BunScientist@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 309d (1 reply)

"¡Mira en Barranquilla se baila así!"

Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 308d

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 😁

REDACTED@infosec.pub · 15 pts · 309d (1 reply)

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

UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 309d

We keep bbno$ but we are willing to trade Bieber.

Geodad@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 308d (5 replies)
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BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 308d (2 replies)

You may have cause and effect the wrong way round.

Geodad@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 308d
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pornpornporn@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 308d

It goes both ways

Racists are racist because they're dumb

And racism makes them dumber because they'd rather reject reality instead of reconsidering their racist views

minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 308d (1 reply)

It's recursive.

CPMSP@midwest.social · 5 pts · 308d

Hahaha

The stupe-loop!

dumbass@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Even my dumb fucking rural Australian ass knows that Puerto Rico is part of the US.

mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 308d

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.

DandomRude@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 309d (3 replies)

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.

davidagain@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d

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.

zueski@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 309d

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.

hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 309d

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

Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 309d (4 replies)

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.

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d (2 replies)

I have liked maybe 1 super bowl halftime ever

The one where we saw Janet Jackson's alleged nipple?

Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 309d

Heh, I guess 2 now that you mention it

Cort@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d

Quite the show, wasn't it

okmko@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d

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.

yarr@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 309d

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.

SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Where do these idiots even come from

DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 309d

The intentionally underfunded US school system, at a guess

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 309d

Wonder what he thought when it was Kendrick last year?

Kendrick Lamar was sick though.

zululove@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 309d

I’m fatigued by the constant racism and racist media which works both ways anything to keep the workers divided !!

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 309d

Cue.

someguy3@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 310d (7 replies)

Coldplay isn't American? Huh.

Flying_Dutch_Rudder@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 310d (5 replies)

The British accent didn’t give it away?

cdf12345@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 309d

COLOURS

someguy3@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Singing kinda hides it y'know.

blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 309d

Maybe I'm biased because I've actually sung Coldplay at karaoke, but I definitely throw on a british accent when I do them. It would sound very strange not to

Seleni@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 309d

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.

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 309d

"And I discovered that my castles stand..."

I would have expected "cossles." I guess Chris Martin's accent is more American-sounding.

SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 309d
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01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 309d

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...

ryedaft@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 310d

Quite the ratio. Famous or main character of the day?

davidagain@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 309d

Stupid stupid racists.

LordCrom@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d

I'm still waiting for Iron Maiden or Judas Priest to do the halftime show.

IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d
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danc4498@lemmy.world · -12 pts · 310d (6 replies)
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danekrae@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 310d

I've never been, but I would guess it's max as much garbage as the rest of the shit hole country, that is america.

ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 310d (4 replies)

No, you're thinking of Long Island

danc4498@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d (3 replies)

Oof…

Also, mods didn’t like my post. Should have include /s :(

ramble81@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 309d

Yeah the /s really changes the tone.

needanke@feddit.org MOD · 2 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Please add it :)

danc4498@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 309d

I like to raw dog sarcasm sometimes. Just to test the waters. It rarely pays off.