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      Also doesn’t help that they apparently gave a bunch of half-truths to every other artist on the card (like Shinedown), and potentially just added some names they thought they could dial last-minute (Ludacris).

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          Both dropped out.

          Luda said it was a mixup and never intended to play

          Shinedown was worried it’ll cost them fans

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            Different show. I assume the “Rock the Country” thing happened because of bad press related to the Super Bowl stunt.

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          I hear snoop might take them up on the offer if they paid him well, he went maga. Dre too someone said but idk, don’t know and don’t care all that much I’m not much into the raps anymore. I do like ludicrous still though. Word of Mouf was great.

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    Can we not post this ragebait shit here?

    Some maga chud said something idiotic now let’s all fume about it has 0 worth.

    It’s know it’s shitpost but it doesn’t have to be this bullshit.

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      That’s what gets upvotes on Lemmy, sadly.

      This is how Voat (another Reddit clone) died. Political shitposts and clickbait tabloids crowded out every niche, so all the interesting content left.

      As it turns out, doomscrolling twitter troll reposts with the same few comments in each one is quite depressing.

      I don’t know a good solution, either. Clickbait works. Maybe some structural changes could help, though?

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      What ever happened to the corn? I’m a very political person, but can we keep it out of shitposting?

      I just want one community where it isn’t infected with it.

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      That is all this user posts if you want to block them to help your feed

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    Who is Nick Adams and was he born stupid or does he have to keep in practice?

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      That’s “Rock the Country,” aka “MAGA Fest.” It was a different show held in South Carolina, where all the other artists started dropping out when they realized it was promoting MAGA.

      Kid Rock was headlining that show, but it’s separate from Turning Point USA’s halftime show starring Kid Rock. As far as I know, that one is still happening.

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    Every Super Bowl there is a competing halftime show from other channels or websites. This year we have right wing lunatics acting like they’re the first and only ones to do so. Maybe year they’re do a puppy killing bowl to rival the regular one since we all know how much they love doing that.

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      No, there are probably about 5-10M fans out there. I have a coworker who loves him.

      Nobody with an IQ above 90 likes Kid Rock. Nobody with any actual musical taste likes Kid Rock. Nobody worth having a conversation with likes Kid Rock.

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        Conservatives are very protective of their rock stars too. You should see them act like the fairy godfathers for ted nugent too, it’s pathetic.

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    i dont even think kid rock bothered to write any new songs he’s just playing the “hits” from his 26 year old album and he doesn’t even have twisted brown trucker anymore

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        joe c was in twisted brown trucker; twisted brown trucker was the backing band. i sadly liked kid rock back in 2000 >_>

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          Nah dont be revisionist, Bawitaba was a hell of a jam when it came out, pretty much that whole album went hard.

          I’ll listen to it still, but only through a medium where he doesnt get paid royalties because NOW he is a piece of shit.

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      I mean we can be sure the Super Bowl staff are very good at choosing people that are culturally relevant and will make people spend on ads. Not into Bad Bunny myself, although not really tried yet, but I believe he’s massive.

      They said the same last year about Kendrick Lamar, someone I do love, and it was a great show.

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    why is the halftime show the most watched part of your grand final?

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        Some people watch just for the commercials. And every year, they say “meh, they used to be better.”

        You can just wait a day and watch a top ten Superbowl commercials 2026 YouTube video while eating wings.

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          when i was like 14, i found that kind of fun.

          the idea of willingly watching advertisements now nauseates me to my core.

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          There’s 300 million+ people in the US. While Football is extremely popular, and having a Super Bowl watching party is almost a holiday style event, not every one appreciates the sport.

          As the day became more holiday like, they added a show at half-time which usually is a mega-music production in and of itself that many people want to watch.

          Capitalism being capitalism, commercial spots during that time are expensive and in high demand, so companies started making hilarious commercials because of the extreme amount of viewers during that time. What this ends up being is kind of a day that has something for everyone, music, sports, comedy, companionship etc.

          It’s weird if you just look at from top down view but in context and with a little history it’s actually a pretty nice not holiday

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        Sorry we send all the bad matchups to Europe every year. If that was my primary way to watch American Football I would think the sport sucked too.

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          So it isnt usually 20 seconds of play followed by ten minutes of elderly men with clipboards shouting at each other?

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    Hears the opening riff to “Sweet Home Alabama”

    Awww yisss

    It WaS 1984 mY ThOUgHtS wERe ShORt My HaIr WaS LoNg

    Fuck you Kid Rock you waste of skin

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      I mean, the original’s not great either, it’s a bunch of guys wrapped in Confederate flags singing about how Watergate wasn’t even a big deal actually, and guys who criticize racism like Neil Young should just shut up

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    These people are so used to talking in their echo chamber and responding to things they lied about us saying that we are lost if we just wander into their posts.

    They are freaking out because kid rock. What? Nobody gives a shit about kid rock, how old is that asshole now? Him and ted nugent can front a half time show about fucking children all they want, no one in reality cares.

    And no one cares about the half time show, tv executives don’t particularly care either, it’s a bit piece, something for the people that don’t watch football normally. None of the fans give a shit about the half time show particularly.

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    it’s it illegal to say I hope someone hacks the show and makes them watch the bad bunny stream instead?