“There’s no diversity in the half time show. DEI only goes one direction and this horrible halftime show perfectly represents why DEI needs to die,” a user wrote.

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    So it’s a report on the reactions to the show on X. Who would have thought they wouldn’t like an all-black half time show?

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      I’m actually thrilled that they’ve managed to ringfence themselves off into an increasingly toxic cesspool.

      Now we just need to get the people that write articles like this is correctly add that context and say “10 hilarious ways X users whine about Superbowl Halftime Show. Number 4 will make you piss yourself laughing.”

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    How about how many black people were on the field playing? Were they okay with that, or are they just waiting for The Orange One’s comments on the subject?

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    I’m sure these true warriors for diversity would complain equally vehemently if it was all white.

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        genuinely on some level they do. she doesn’t have a penis or testicles or present as male. they’ll tolerate female artists… for now

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    As a white person I couldn’t give one fuck whether performers at an overblown sporting event are white or not.

    People really have this kind of time? Also as someone who’s home constantly: get a life.

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      Agreed, Kendrick Lamar is of course going to have black stage dancers, his music is directly about and influenced by black culture after all.

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    Everyone knows musical performances without white people being involved is racism!

    This is why I refuse to go see a single performance by Stevie Wonder or even Ladysmith Black Mombaso.

    I won’t even listen The Black Keys or Black Sabbath. You know, just in case.

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    Look, I wasn’t a big fan of the half time show, either, but that’s because it was only one person and wasn’t a big spectacle. I think Kendrick absolutely crushed his performance, and the dancers and choreography were amazing; but it was like a really large music video and not a halftime show spectacle. If any other person had made a musical cameo besides the woman I didn’t know who sang two short lines, then it would have been better. The reason I say that is, in my unartistic opinion, Kendrick is a bit one-note; so adding another artist would have punched harder.

    I knew people would complain about the lack of diversity on stage, but I also think it was completely intentional to make a point. I loved that aspect of it.

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    When all the coaches for the Kansas City Chiefs were walking to the field, I thought someone opened the diabetic clinic.

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    I made the mistake of visiting this link on mobile with ad block disabled. Holy shit, have things gotten bad.

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      Lately when I send links to family and friends I use Apple’s .webarchive format because I know they don’t have any blockers. I can’t in good conscience link someone to content that will profile them.

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      I stopped watching the NFL in general several years ago when they went to split screen to show a commercial during gameplay. I can’t even imagine how much worse it has gotten.

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        I’ve never seen them do split screen during gameplay. Maybe if they timed it wrong, but not that I can remember. But thet do have split screen during short timeouts or ref reviews

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      The commercials are the only part I might be interested in. Last year’s were definitely a mixed bag.

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        I guess it’s been a while but it was just more commercials than game and every single commercial was just a celebrity fuck fest. I don’t see many ads.

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          The only Superbowl commercial I remember from recent years was the Tide one, where Hopper keeps showing up and says “nope. It’s a Tide ad.”

          That and puppybabymonkey

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            Puppymonkeybaby made a cameo in a new commercial last night. I had completely forgotten about puppymonkeybaby until I saw it.

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        This year’s commercials were unbelievably boring and/or bad. They were all somber and super serious, except for the Dodge Ram Fuck Yeah America ad.