I’m on level 4 here but hurtling toward 6

I say this as someone who spent decades in athletics and has heard thousands of different renditions of the national anthem: Fergie’s is the worst I’ve ever heard. And it’s not even close.

“We asked this famous bass guitar player to perform a song, and he performed it on the bass guitar! What the hell!”

This is an unpopular opinion, but: I actually respect Fergie a ton for this. She’s a woman who pissed herself on stage at an awards show and finished the damn set. Despite constant criticism of her voice, she basically always sings live. I kinda feel like she kicked meth and then was was just like “How bad could it…

It wasn’t so much that she was off-key or anything, but it seemed like she was trying to seduce America by singing the anthem “sexily”, which came off creepy and weird. Halfway though it reminded me of Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to JFK, and that is not the way to sing the Star Spangled Banner!

I watched it live. My entire family cringed with horror. The problem is that Fergie can never just sing a song. She always has to inject it with strange inflections, a growly sexy baby voice, or weird vocal gymnastics. Did you see how she walked up to the mic?!!!

Why would anyone try to “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” the national anthem?

It was American Idol bad audition montage bad.

I do feel for her, though. You know when people try to encourage you to do something you’re scared of by saying, “What’s the worst that could happen?” - Well, a lot of shitty things actually.

She ain’t got no friends man! Somebody who heard her rehearsals should have told her STOP!

Additionally - in things like yoga, you need to see the body better to make sure you’re doing the positions well. I’m taking an adult beginner ballet class and the instructor told us to wear leotards or tight workout pants because she needs to see how our body looks in the positions. Is the knee extending more than it…

She’s got it all wrong: Sweatpants are awesome for regular life, but terrible for working out. There’s too much fabric, so increased friction. Plus, when you sweat, they take forever to dry. Sport tights/leggings are the far superior choice for working out, from a practical POV.

I know the meaning of the words “incorrect” and “offensive generalization”.

I imagine it’s a million or so variations of “well I actually took the time to read what he wrote and found it to be well researched and thought it had a lot of good points. He never ACTUALLY said men were better than women.”

More like a bucket of salad oil.

Did someone dump a bucket of water over him just before this photo was taken?

Women on average know how to comb their hair and take their laundry out of the dryer on time so it doesn’t wrinkle.

“Women on average look for more work-life balance while men have a higher drive for status on average”