The Germans, of course, have a word for “really bad second -hand embarrassment”: fremdschamen, or “shame on behalf of another”. It’s like the flip side of schadenfreude’s coin.

And, honestly, fuck JT for getting to make cute winky jokes about the wardrobe malfunction.

I think initially the honoring the troops stuff was in good faith, sort of a “we fucked up during Vietnam when we spit on guys who had no choice but to go fight” realization. But over the years it has morphed into full on hero worship. The idea that every former member of the military is a hero simply by virtue of…

Seriously I was so bothered by how visually unappealing the performance was, especially compared with any recent shows. Even Coldplay’s spinning umbrellas were more visually interesting.

But they could have just played Prince performances for 20m, and it would have been miles better.

Re: Selfie Kid

It seems like a desperate compromise between racist America and hipster America.

I don’t think that most people in the stands were Minnesotans. Then there’s also the fact that Prince himself didn’t even like JT.

The Prince bit was obviously for the local connection Prince had to Minnesota. But don’t let context get in the way of your narrative.

We never did get our one testicle.

Something that can’t get lost in the discussion of this ho-hum performance is just how bad the wardrobe choices were. Timberlake looks so good in a (regular, non-camo) suit - why would you do this to him?!? Why would you do this to all of us??? The color pallet with the back-up dancers didn’t help anything, either.

The half time show was almost as bad and awkward as the “honoring” of the vets at the coin toss. I never understood why the NFL feels they are the purveyors of patriotism, if not an actual wing of the military.

I’m so excited for this - I could listen to these two banter with each other for hours 🤣🤣 #YQY!

Elon Musk and Amber Heard’s Relationship Has Run Out of Juice, Yet Again

Service animals and emotional support animals are not the same.

lol have you ever tried to train a cat?

Seriously, as much emotional support as my cats provide, I would never fly with them because it would actually be a lot of added stress. Most cats hate confinement - mine certainly do - so they would yowl the whole time and quite possibly shit and piss themselves in fear. No…

Comfort turkeys?! Come ON. Turkeys are nowhere near comforting.

AMEN!

I’m okay with this. And I hope his arrest led to identifying and helping the victims.