I’ll forgive it if we can give Rattata a Mario hat.

I read at least 35 books yesterday. Each book probably has like 5 words total, so combined it’s like reading one “real” book. A real book that reads like this:

Right, and I see your point about the focus, although sometimes I find myself blankly scrolling thru words on a page and need to re-start from the top, similar to how I’d have to rewind 30 seconds because I was busy changing lanes.

What about listening to books? Ain’t nobody got time (except for Chozo and Zukka) to sit and read. I am driving kids hither and yon so I listen to a book instead of them yelling at each other. I have finished five or six books so far this year doing that.

I think I remember Kirk Cousins performing a similar protest in the middle of the Eagles game last year.

Of all of the bizarre political twists and turns this country has taken, the strangest one is this: the fetishizing, and elevating, of symbolic gestures, while actual words and actions have become almost irrelevant.

My Country ‘tis of Thee repurposed the melody of God Save the King/Queen, which absolutely predates the Americanized version of the song.

THANK YOU.

As far as I can tell, God Save the Queen is just a copy of My Country Tis of Thee. I care about my country (America) and standing in her honor more than whether or not England sings a copycat song when they “sport”.

I c an live with the anthem if we can just get baseball teams to stop with fucking “God Bless America”

Patriotism in America, and the symbolism of the flag often get conflated with jingoism. That is, a patriot, to the minds of some, is someone who joins the service, it is therefore patriotic to support them and by extension patriotic to stand for the flag, to pledge allegiance. Doing otherwise is therefore considered…

Someone still needs to explain to me why sports contests can’t start without the national anthem.

On the list of First World Problems, this has to be near the top, right? The NFL, a league which produces billions of dollars each year, has created a stage for a lot of people to get paid to play a game, a few of whom get paid millions. Things must be good if this is how we fill our days. Launching hot takes about…

buddy, the only roids I am into is good old fashioned steroids. Also Android phones too I guess.

Hemorrhoids?

to make up for all the protestors, I have been standing for the past four days. Going without sleep was hard at first but when all these pandas joined me in solidarity I felt like I could go on forever you know

AKA plenty of tickets to give way because they “care.” Not because no one else will buy them.

Don’t ask Rodney Harrison...

The NFL? Disingenuous?! HOW DARE YOU!

I can't get the video to work, and I don't know these guys by their names. Will someone tell me what color they are so I can form my opinion?