The plot is always the same. Except it does change ever so slightly every year, making it even more difficult to follow for people who don’t normally watch.
Ironically enough, the excess of concussions nowadays are due to overly protective gear. It gives them a sence of protection that leads to more violent tackles, which then leads to more violent headshakes.
It's like when they introduced gloves in boxing. Pre-gloves, it hurt like a motherfucker to hit someone in the face. You'd have just as big of a chance to break your hand as the opponents jaw. So they had to make the gloves 'hurt' again by making them thinner.
remember that time they couldnt think of an opponent for the NFC for 4 years in a row so they just had the bills there to lose them all? THAT was shoddy writing
OH! This is why it was busier than usual this morning. I wondered why. I usually shop Sunday morning because people are in church, and the grocery store is empty.
The "Go Team Go Sports Broccoli Girl" is a viral meme character ffom a video where a young girl, while being interviewed about a sports game, excitedly shouts "Go team! Go sports!" while eating broccoli. The video, often captioned with her enthusiastic, slightly chaotic energy, gained popularity on social media.
Thanks for enlightening the unenlightened, mate! This meme seems to have escaped me. I guess the casual non-mention of the upside-down sunglasses on both her and her mother is part of the fun.
I used to watch a lot of football. It would consume so much of my time. I’m not sure if it’s getting older, having kids, manufactured drama, folks tying their identity to something they have no control over, or the ‘kneeling’ bullshit but it was kind of eye opening when a buddy of mine called me today to ask who I was rooting for and I genuinely had no idea what he was talking about. I don’t think he believed me when I told him I didn’t know what he was talking about. I haven’t seen a single game all year and I don’t think I’ve missed anything. Happy that folks find enjoyment in it but I just don’t think it’s my bag anymore.
I was slightly interested in getting into it. Youtube had some 15 minute sample of Sunday Ticket. So I figured I'd catch the end of the Bears game. Why not.
13 of the 15 minutes were ads and the demo ran out. Iirc it was exorbitantly priced to continue, and you wouldn't get everything.
So instead I watch pro League of Legends. Not as relatable, but a hell of a lot cheaper to watch, and I enjoy it.
There's a site I use where you can download sports videos. Often you can find the "compressed" version of a gridiron football game. An NFL game on TV typically lasts 3 hours from the kickoff to the final whistle. The game clock runs for 4 15-minute quarters, but they stop that clock all the time. Any time there's a point scored, the ball is turned over, or the clock hits a special value (end of quarter, 2 minute warning to the end of a half, etc.) they stop the clock and while things happen there's a commercial break. They also have commercial breaks every time either team calls a timeout. But, what's extra ridiculous is that there are "TV Timeouts" when the network itself calls a timeout so they can show some commercials. Anyhow, that's how a 1 hour game expands to fill a 3 hour slot.
So, these compressed games, you'd think they could shorten it to just 1 hour, right? What's amazing is that they actually manage to compress it to about 30 minutes. Not only do they cut out everything happening while the clock is stopped, they even cut out stuff when the clock is running but nothing much is happening -- the players are getting up to the line, the quarterback is calling out before the snap, etc.
So, gridiron football is about 83% filler, and 17% actual action.
I only know because tv shows that normally air episodes on Sundays shift their schedules to earlier in the week. Also, NBA games which I actually follow are moved the day before and the ones are left start earlier in the day.
I came across something about it this morning, and thought, 'Oh, is that today?' Then I forgot about it again until this post.
I've never cared about sportsball, but I've learned enough about football to follow a game. I couldn't avoid it. Same for other sports, like baseball, golf, tennis, and even bowling.
I'm old and mostly alone now, I feel no desire to pretend to be interested anymore. Y'all have fun.
I never cared for it, but it felt like such an event that I've been to a lot of superb parties over the years. But now I barely knew it was happening.
Same goes for the Olympics. I remember watching it for hours and hours back in the day, but I didn't even know it was happening until I heard Vance got booed.
I personally couldn't care less about the Superbowl or American Football, I am just not a fucking douche and I let people enjoy things even if I don't enjoy them.
Yes that is something that's not right and you are entirely justified in being upset about it.
However it's kind of unrelated as here you are being kind of a douchenozzle and shitting on people for liking different things than what you like. Which is kind of ironic give how much supposedly a lemming should be different from others and liking other things, like Linux over "Normie" windows.
It's slow, has a ton of advertising ( probably more than actual play time), causes CTE, wastes money at colleges that would be better spent elsewhere, covers up sex crimes etc.
There are a ton of more interesting / exciting sports than American football.
I'll still attend a gathering today but only because I like food and socializing whether the game is on isn't really relevant to me .
Try again bucko, I am from Europe, there is only one Football and that's where you actually kick the ball...
Doesn't mean you can just shit on what someone else likes, or I mean you can and you can act like a dick about it, but all it does is reveals what an asshole you are.
Going by the downvotes there is a few of you around here having an issue facing this fact. 🤷♂️
Have you considered that you are the one being defensive about rightly being called out on your asshole behavior?
And again, two bands of brawlers beat themselves up over a ball, and they call this uncivilized bar fight "football" despite carrying the ball in the hands most of the time.
I'm near 45 and have a 5 year old. Even I can stay up to 930, have a drink or two, and wake up to get the kid to school. It's not exactly clubbing until 3am.
It was weird when American food franchises started advertising that they would show "the big game this weekend" in Canada and no one knew what they were talking about.
Then it started defaulting to that it must be that American game. Now I imagine most people hear about it from the internet before those signs go up.
the superbowl is the great american holiday of spectacle. the people who watch it for the game are frustrated the best games happened in the playoffs, not the superbowl and that it's bloated with ads. the people who watch for the commercials are frustrated that they're less inventive and that they get pre-released before the super bowl. the people who watch for the halftime show are stuck for 2+ hours waiting for the part they like. the people who watch for the bloodsport don't like that the rules have been adjusted to reduce the harm players experience for their entertainment. the only thing that's holding all these groups together are a mutual desire to eat tortilla chips, dips, and sausages.
and nearly 50% of all americans watch. more people watch than vote. and none of them are happy with it. and we don't even get a day off for it. it's our most bizarre national ritual.
It's called football because it's played on foot, as opposed to polo or other sports that were popular at the time when the rules for football were first being written down.
I'm surprised I didn't see anything like this yet.. Years ago, I heard the superbowl was one of the most important events to... traffic children. It makes sense because a lot of people are traveling internationally to one city. No one is going to question big families traveling together or an uncle traveling with many young ladies. Hotels can be reserved by entire entities who can trade/sell people floor by floor. The cover is that it's a party. It's terrible and terribly easy...
Yeah. Like the post is fine but people really lay on in the comments and have all the condescending energy of any other asshole ripping on someone's hobby.
I at least have a valid reason for being grumpy. Trying to get sleep was almost impossible with neighbors lighting off fireworks throughout the whole game, and even slightly before it too.
121 Comments
Generica@lemmy.world · 69 pts · 177d
The only 'Super Bowl' I'll be enjoying this Sunday
ickplant@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 177d
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 177d
til the lore behind psycho sam
iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org · 61 pts · 177d
I just wish they would get to the series finale sometime soon.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net · 27 pts · 177d
This one looks like a long runner. It feels a bit repetitive though
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 177d
The cast shifts as often as a soap opera, it's how they keep it fresh.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 177d
Also the brain damage takes its toll
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 177d
The plot is always the same. Except it does change ever so slightly every year, making it even more difficult to follow for people who don’t normally watch.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 177d
happy cake day!!
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 177d
Give it another 15,000 years, it'll get more interesting
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 177d
Another 3k after that and we can finally find out what happens with SDSU!
merc@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 177d
The foreshadowing of the effects of concussions on players seems like they're setting up the finale, but it might take a while to get there.
teslasaur@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 177d
Ironically enough, the excess of concussions nowadays are due to overly protective gear. It gives them a sence of protection that leads to more violent tackles, which then leads to more violent headshakes.
It's like when they introduced gloves in boxing. Pre-gloves, it hurt like a motherfucker to hit someone in the face. You'd have just as big of a chance to break your hand as the opponents jaw. So they had to make the gloves 'hurt' again by making them thinner.
lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 29 pts · 177d
My folks' fav characters got killed off a few episodes ago but for some reason everyone is still hyped for the finale
danc4498@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 177d
They took that one guy out with an ankle injury. Shoddy writing IMO.
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 177d
remember that time they couldnt think of an opponent for the NFC for 4 years in a row so they just had the bills there to lose them all? THAT was shoddy writing
danc4498@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 177d
Come on, that was hilarious. Big fan of those 4 seasons.
melfie@lemy.lol · 25 pts · 177d
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 176d
Best we can do is Puppy Bowl
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 177d
There was a pretty sweet jet flyover if you’re into aviation..
I was rooting for the Pats, and if we’re gonna start shooting at the stormtroopers then Boston is a good place to start, again
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 177d
Best time to go grocery shopping, stores are empty
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 177d
Psionicsickness@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 177d
Maybe after it starts. The grocery was a zoo this morning with people getting ready for it.
sploder@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 177d
Also a great day to fly. Last year I flew home on a flight with 20 people (including staff) Super Bowl night. I felt like a billionaire lmfao
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 176d
I forgot yesterday that it was going on and went to Trader Joe’s after work. It was heavenly. Those stores are always so cramped.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 177d
OH! This is why it was busier than usual this morning. I wondered why. I usually shop Sunday morning because people are in church, and the grocery store is empty.
miked@piefed.social · 2 pts · 177d
Just got back from CVS. Traffic is light and the store was empty
francois@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 177d
I can't see the point of going to an empty store, parks are way better for a stroll
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 177d
No crowds whatsoever in the way of what you need, little to no lines to wait in.
hydroptic@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 177d
francois@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 177d
Buy stuff, but there is nothing to buy in an empty store
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 23 pts · 177d
I had no idea it was today, until my dad mentioned it lol no idea whos even playing.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 177d
New England Hawks vs Sea Patriots.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 177d
I am from Seattle and I didn't even know the Seahawks made it to 'the big game' until literally yesterday.
Sportsball!
ickplant@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 177d
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 176d
her sunglasses are upside down?
ickplant@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 176d
Yup, I think she is just trying to be random. Spork!
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 176d
The woman who leans into the frame also seems to be wearing hers like that too.
Truly a bunch of epic penguins of doom.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 176d
That’s her mom! If you watch the video, she talks about how she supports her daughter and then eats some broccoli, I think.
IratePirate@feddit.org · 1 pts · 177d
t'fuck's goin' on there?
ickplant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 177d
https://youtu.be/5-hS2r7v3Iw
The "Go Team Go Sports Broccoli Girl" is a viral meme character ffom a video where a young girl, while being interviewed about a sports game, excitedly shouts "Go team! Go sports!" while eating broccoli. The video, often captioned with her enthusiastic, slightly chaotic energy, gained popularity on social media.
IratePirate@feddit.org · 2 pts · 176d
Thanks for enlightening the unenlightened, mate! This meme seems to have escaped me. I guess the casual non-mention of the upside-down sunglasses on both her and her mother is part of the fun.
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 177d
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 177d
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 177d
merc@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 177d
What was Wenger doing putting Walcott on that early?
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 177d
merc@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 177d
I have good news for you...
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 177d
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 7 pts · 177d
It's also a very valid answer to a football fan. There's two camps, Patriots fans and literally every other fanbase going for the Seahawks.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 177d
Cmon man the Sox Bruins Celtics or Pats haven’t brought home a trophy in like 10 years, can you imagine what that drought feels like?!
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 177d
Seattle lost the world series it's only fair they won the super bowl
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 177d
My team hasn't gone to the Superbowl in its 25 year history so like, nah Pats fans deserve more suffering.
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 177d
I used to watch a lot of football. It would consume so much of my time. I’m not sure if it’s getting older, having kids, manufactured drama, folks tying their identity to something they have no control over, or the ‘kneeling’ bullshit but it was kind of eye opening when a buddy of mine called me today to ask who I was rooting for and I genuinely had no idea what he was talking about. I don’t think he believed me when I told him I didn’t know what he was talking about. I haven’t seen a single game all year and I don’t think I’ve missed anything. Happy that folks find enjoyment in it but I just don’t think it’s my bag anymore.
Serinus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 177d
I was slightly interested in getting into it. Youtube had some 15 minute sample of Sunday Ticket. So I figured I'd catch the end of the Bears game. Why not.
13 of the 15 minutes were ads and the demo ran out. Iirc it was exorbitantly priced to continue, and you wouldn't get everything.
So instead I watch pro League of Legends. Not as relatable, but a hell of a lot cheaper to watch, and I enjoy it.
merc@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 177d
There's a site I use where you can download sports videos. Often you can find the "compressed" version of a gridiron football game. An NFL game on TV typically lasts 3 hours from the kickoff to the final whistle. The game clock runs for 4 15-minute quarters, but they stop that clock all the time. Any time there's a point scored, the ball is turned over, or the clock hits a special value (end of quarter, 2 minute warning to the end of a half, etc.) they stop the clock and while things happen there's a commercial break. They also have commercial breaks every time either team calls a timeout. But, what's extra ridiculous is that there are "TV Timeouts" when the network itself calls a timeout so they can show some commercials. Anyhow, that's how a 1 hour game expands to fill a 3 hour slot.
So, these compressed games, you'd think they could shorten it to just 1 hour, right? What's amazing is that they actually manage to compress it to about 30 minutes. Not only do they cut out everything happening while the clock is stopped, they even cut out stuff when the clock is running but nothing much is happening -- the players are getting up to the line, the quarterback is calling out before the snap, etc.
So, gridiron football is about 83% filler, and 17% actual action.
scytale@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 177d
I only know because tv shows that normally air episodes on Sundays shift their schedules to earlier in the week. Also, NBA games which I actually follow are moved the day before and the ones are left start earlier in the day.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 177d
I came across something about it this morning, and thought, 'Oh, is that today?' Then I forgot about it again until this post.
I've never cared about sportsball, but I've learned enough about football to follow a game. I couldn't avoid it. Same for other sports, like baseball, golf, tennis, and even bowling.
I'm old and mostly alone now, I feel no desire to pretend to be interested anymore. Y'all have fun.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 177d
I never cared for it, but it felt like such an event that I've been to a lot of superb parties over the years. But now I barely knew it was happening.
Same goes for the Olympics. I remember watching it for hours and hours back in the day, but I didn't even know it was happening until I heard Vance got booed.
Culture is shattering.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 177d
remember back when michael jackson would drop a music video after the superbowl? those were the days
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 177d
Yep, and the commercials were actually things you'd only see once, with huge production values.
Really ties an onion to your belt, doesn't it?
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 177d
i... uh... no???
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 177d
i spent dickity two years on that terlet
merc@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 177d
The most fun take I heard about this: "Why are they playing a football game at the Bad Bunny concert?"
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 177d
Everytime one of my frienda where's a scarf of our local soccer club, I'm gonna tell them their cosplay looks fabulous.
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 177d
merc@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 177d
Where's a scarf?
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 177d
Lol, I even have a CAE (Cambridge Advanced English) certificate. I swear XD
kameecoding@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 177d
Is there a /r/ihatesportsball equivalent for douchey people like you who think they are above liking sports?
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 177d
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 177d
We don't just think it. It's 100% true and you are annoyed by us because you know it is too!
kameecoding@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 177d
How do your farts smell? Lmao.
I personally couldn't care less about the Superbowl or American Football, I am just not a fucking douche and I let people enjoy things even if I don't enjoy them.
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 177d
If I would let my friends simply enjoy their hobbies without making a joke or two about it, i wouldn't be much of a friend, would I?!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 177d
yeah those people think of you as an acquaintance and this might be why
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 177d
Except when that thing someone enjoys doing is some harmless ribbing.
kameecoding@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 177d
Where is /c/ihatesportsball when you need it, some pompous ass energy in this thread
ickplant@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 177d
Meh, I’d like sportsball better if they didn’t spend my taxpayer funds on stadium construction.
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 177d
kameecoding@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 177d
Yes that is something that's not right and you are entirely justified in being upset about it.
However it's kind of unrelated as here you are being kind of a douchenozzle and shitting on people for liking different things than what you like. Which is kind of ironic give how much supposedly a lemming should be different from others and liking other things, like Linux over "Normie" windows.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 10 pts · 177d
Just because people don't like the same game you do it doesn't mean they are shitting on it.
That's you being overly defensive for no reason.
tempest@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 177d
I'm shitting on it.
It's slow, has a ton of advertising ( probably more than actual play time), causes CTE, wastes money at colleges that would be better spent elsewhere, covers up sex crimes etc.
There are a ton of more interesting / exciting sports than American football.
I'll still attend a gathering today but only because I like food and socializing whether the game is on isn't really relevant to me .
CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 177d
kameecoding@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 177d
Try again bucko, I am from Europe, there is only one Football and that's where you actually kick the ball...
Doesn't mean you can just shit on what someone else likes, or I mean you can and you can act like a dick about it, but all it does is reveals what an asshole you are.
Going by the downvotes there is a few of you around here having an issue facing this fact. 🤷♂️
Have you considered that you are the one being defensive about rightly being called out on your asshole behavior?
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 177d
What exactly was my asshole behavior? I'm interested in what you think I've said.
Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 177d
ok bucko, lol
kameecoding@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 177d
K
Velypso@sh.itjust.works · -12 pts · 177d
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ickplant@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 177d
So angy.
Retail4068@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 177d
Let's have realistic about the demographic here in fediverse 🤣
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 177d
I'm making pizza, and we will be watching the Puppy Bowl.
bajabound@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 177d
::: spoiler hidden The right answer. :::
obinice@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 177d
United won 1-0 I think
ickplant@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 177d
That’s not a lot of touchgoals but good for them!
Inucune@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 177d
They picked the wrong driver. Should have gone with the wedge.
TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 177d
The thing about Arsenal is, they always try to walk it in.
obinice@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 177d
What was Wenger thinking, sending Walcott on that early?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 177d
that's a great way to get your niblick mashied
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 177d
And again, two bands of brawlers beat themselves up over a ball, and they call this uncivilized bar fight "football" despite carrying the ball in the hands most of the time.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 177d
The competitive oral fanfic is what really gets me.
BigDiction@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 177d
Still adapting to EST. It’s inhumane and outrageous this shit goes down at 630pm every year. How do people work on Monday??
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 177d
Am in the UK. Will be having buffalo wings for breakfast.
zikzak025@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 177d
Tired, often hungover.
Retail4068@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 177d
I'm near 45 and have a 5 year old. Even I can stay up to 930, have a drink or two, and wake up to get the kid to school. It's not exactly clubbing until 3am.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 176d
It has a massive impact on productivity. Something like 25 million people are calling in sick today.
I’m not a big football fan but I love seeing people not working.
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 177d
Is anyone watching the Super Bowl this year? The Olympics are going on!
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 177d
I'm currently watching family guy. i like meg
SSETranquility@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 176d
USA! I had a feeling America was going to bring home Gold from the Superbowl! Yay
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 177d
It was weird when American food franchises started advertising that they would show "the big game this weekend" in Canada and no one knew what they were talking about.
Then it started defaulting to that it must be that American game. Now I imagine most people hear about it from the internet before those signs go up.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 176d
If Canadian food companies were smart they’d put a big hockey game on the same night as the Super Bowl
totesmygoat@piefed.ca · 6 pts · 177d
You see how much money is being made on sports betting.... Hmmm. I wonder if that will have an effect on the outcome?
villainy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 177d
I got $500 on "will have an effect"
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 177d
Why should it. Betting is a licence to print money. It’s like owning a casino.
totesmygoat@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 177d
And the house never loses. What is better than making even more. Not like it has any actual consequences. What's a Trump pardon worth nowadays?
laranis@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 177d
ITT: my people.
I love this community.
m3t00@piefed.world · 5 pts · 177d
football was an excuse to drink beer. i quit
shirro@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 177d
Football? But it's still cricket season.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 2 pts · 177d
Cricket!? No one understands that game.
rbos@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 177d
I've learned about cricket mostly from Bluey.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 2 pts · 177d
I only know it from the 1991 Ninja Turtles movie
cdf12345@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 177d
And it ended up being like the finale of game of thrones, so disappointing.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 14 pts · 177d
the superbowl is the great american holiday of spectacle. the people who watch it for the game are frustrated the best games happened in the playoffs, not the superbowl and that it's bloated with ads. the people who watch for the commercials are frustrated that they're less inventive and that they get pre-released before the super bowl. the people who watch for the halftime show are stuck for 2+ hours waiting for the part they like. the people who watch for the bloodsport don't like that the rules have been adjusted to reduce the harm players experience for their entertainment. the only thing that's holding all these groups together are a mutual desire to eat tortilla chips, dips, and sausages.
and nearly 50% of all americans watch. more people watch than vote. and none of them are happy with it. and we don't even get a day off for it. it's our most bizarre national ritual.
Speiser0@feddit.org · 4 pts · 177d
Still find it weird that they called the show "football" when it's not about football. Imagine Haikyu!! being called Tennis!!.
YellaLeber@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 177d
One sport is called association football, the other is called American or gridiron football. Both sports typically drop the first word.
ptu@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 177d
Then there’s rugby from which american football originated
merc@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 177d
It's called football because it's played on foot, as opposed to polo or other sports that were popular at the time when the rules for football were first being written down.
SSETranquility@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 176d
I'm surprised I didn't see anything like this yet.. Years ago, I heard the superbowl was one of the most important events to... traffic children. It makes sense because a lot of people are traveling internationally to one city. No one is going to question big families traveling together or an uncle traveling with many young ladies. Hotels can be reserved by entire entities who can trade/sell people floor by floor. The cover is that it's a party. It's terrible and terribly easy...
darkmogool@feddit.org · 3 pts · 177d
they say something about football and then it's a bad bunny concert, a massive ad show and some handegg things
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 177d
A game already described as "On this Sunday"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MusyO7J2inM
Wander@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 177d
People are so sad and edgy on this site.
Community, fun, drinks, going out of the house and doing something. That sounds awful.
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 177d
Yeah. Like the post is fine but people really lay on in the comments and have all the condescending energy of any other asshole ripping on someone's hobby.
Wander@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 177d
Yea agree.
I personally don't even like the NFL because the games so bloody slow and commercialised. But it still seems like a good crack.
DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 177d
I at least have a valid reason for being grumpy. Trying to get sleep was almost impossible with neighbors lighting off fireworks throughout the whole game, and even slightly before it too.