Members Pete1111 Posted October 7 Members Posted October 7 I have a specific question about the meme below. This meme has been floating around since the MAGA crowd has voiced anger that Bad Bunny will perform during halftime of the Super Bowl, the championship game of American NFL football. It says, "if it hurts you that I will play at the Super Bowl, put Vicks on and that's it" or something like that. I have a hunch where it is the meme refers one might plop a dollop of Vicks. 😃 Does anyone else know? Any Vicks experts here? 😉 Quote
jimmie50 Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Not a clue, here, and I have no idea what all of the hullabaloo is about Bad Bunny performing at the halftime show. Anyone care to explain that to me??? PeterRS 1 Quote
Members Suckrates Posted October 7 Members Posted October 7 26 minutes ago, jimmie50 said: Not a clue, here, and I have no idea what all of the hullabaloo is about Bad Bunny performing at the halftime show. Anyone care to explain that to me??? All the hoopla is just pure racism, and HIS performing at the SB is contrary to the MAGA narrative of having a pure WHITE America. Pure and simple.... The meme suggests VICKS will take away your pain..... Quote
floridarob Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Vicks vaporub is a cure for all according to Hispanic moms Pete1111 1 Quote
xpaulo Posted October 7 Posted October 7 5 hours ago, Suckrates said: contrary to the MAGA A Fox news host said to a guest the big deal is not racist, it's because people just believe the half-time show performer should be American...... the guest replied he is American, Puerto Rico is an American territory, the host paused a short moment and started down a different track floridarob, neyger, khaolakguy and 1 other 1 1 2 Quote
Keithambrose Posted October 7 Posted October 7 1 hour ago, xpaulo said: A Fox news host said to a guest the big deal is not racist, it's because people just believe the half-time show performer should be American...... the guest replied he is American, Puerto Rico is an American territory, the host paused a short moment and started down a different track And they provide a lot of players to Major League Baseball! Quote
Members Suckrates Posted October 7 Members Posted October 7 3 hours ago, xpaulo said: A Fox news host said to a guest the big deal is not racist, it's because people just believe the half-time show performer should be American...... the guest replied he is American, Puerto Rico is an American territory, the host paused a short moment and started down a different track Excuse me..... but isnt THAT the epitome of RACISM ??? 🤔 We know that AMERICAN is their euphemism for WHITE ! xpaulo, jimmie50 and floridarob 2 1 Quote
PeterRS Posted October 8 Posted October 8 6 hours ago, Keithambrose said: And they provide a lot of players to Major League Baseball! Surely this illustrates the blatant hypocrisy with so much of the MAGA crowd. Basketball would be a third tier sport without all the black Americans and non-Americans playing in the sport. Remember all the hooplah about Linsanity, the Taiwanese Jeremy Lin who set New York alight for a season or two? And the much better Chinese Yao Ming who became a national figure? Baseball likewise where Japan has started to feature. I can remember all the razzmatazz when the ultra cute ichiro Suzuki left Japan and became one of the early Japanese players in the major league. He joined the Seatle Marriners in 2001. Known simply by his first name Ichiro, Suzuki featured on the cover of TIME. He is regarded as one of the sport's greatest ever ball hitters. Before Ichiro, the pitcher Hideo Nomo was also lured to America in 1995. He became the first ever no-hitter to play at Denver's Coors Park, an extremely difficult pitching field because of the city's elevation. And more recently Shohei Ohtani has lit up the Los Angeles Dodgers seasons since 2018 even though his first seasons were plagued by injury. For 2023, he was paid US$30 million, then a new record for a player in his third season. His present contract is for $700 million over 10 years. So much for white American MAGA ideals! And while on the subject of sport, why is it that the end of the baseball season is called the World Series? It has nothing to do with the world! It is exclusively American. What about the Canadians, Central and South American nations, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, all of whom have major national baseball leagues of their own? At least MAGA can't be blamed for that as it has been going for 102 years! Definitely time to change the name! Ruthrieston 1 Quote
xpaulo Posted October 8 Posted October 8 4 hours ago, PeterRS said: this illustrates the blatant hypocrisy with so much of the MAGA crowd And since then he's everywhere, TV and the net... and probably making a lot of money. Quote
xpaulo Posted October 8 Posted October 8 Just now, xpaulo said: he's everywhere He even caught a ball that went over the fence at a MLB game. Quote
xpaulo Posted October 8 Posted October 8 On 10/6/2025 at 10:59 PM, Pete1111 said: This meme I think it may have come from one of two skits on SNL... one where he played a Latina aunt/mother and a second where he played the same character with Pedro Pascal as a second Latina aunt/mother. Quote
Keithambrose Posted October 8 Posted October 8 12 hours ago, PeterRS said: Surely this illustrates the blatant hypocrisy with so much of the MAGA crowd. Basketball would be a third tier sport without all the black Americans and non-Americans playing in the sport. Remember all the hooplah about Linsanity, the Taiwanese Jeremy Lin who set New York alight for a season or two? And the much better Chinese Yao Ming who became a national figure? Baseball likewise where Japan has started to feature. I can remember all the razzmatazz when the ultra cute ichiro Suzuki left Japan and became one of the early Japanese players in the major league. He joined the Seatle Marriners in 2001. Known simply by his first name Ichiro, Suzuki featured on the cover of TIME. He is regarded as one of the sport's greatest ever ball hitters. Before Ichiro, the pitcher Hideo Nomo was also lured to America in 1995. He became the first ever no-hitter to play at Denver's Coors Park, an extremely difficult pitching field because of the city's elevation. And more recently Shohei Ohtani has lit up the Los Angeles Dodgers seasons since 2018 even though his first seasons were plagued by injury. For 2023, he was paid US$30 million, then a new record for a player in his third season. His present contract is for $700 million over 10 years. So much for white American MAGA ideals! And while on the subject of sport, why is it that the end of the baseball season is called the World Series? It has nothing to do with the world! It is exclusively American. What about the Canadians, Central and South American nations, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, all of whom have major national baseball leagues of their own? At least MAGA can't be blamed for that as it has been going for 102 years! Definitely time to change the name! The MLB have let in the Toronto Blue Jays, who are doing well this year! Quote
PeterRS Posted October 9 Posted October 9 The Toronto team has been part of MLB since the mid-1970s. Originally the San Francisco Giants planned to move to Toronto but were stopped from doing so by a court order. Since the League has 15 teams in the east and 15 in the west, when Seatlle was awarded a team, there was a need to balance this with a team in the east. No idea why but the Toronto team got the franchise. Presumably no other team was available! Expediency! Quote
Keithambrose Posted October 9 Posted October 9 8 hours ago, PeterRS said: The Toronto team has been part of MLB since the mid-1970s. Originally the San Francisco Giants planned to move to Toronto but were stopped from doing so by a court order. Since the League has 15 teams in the east and 15 in the west, when Seatlle was awarded a team, there was a need to balance this with a team in the east. No idea why but the Toronto team got the franchise. Presumably no other team was available! Expediency! And they beat the Yankees last night to advance to the National League Championship Series! Very pleasing, as I can't stand the Yankees! jimmie50 1 Quote
PeterRS Posted October 9 Posted October 9 I know precious little about US baseball. Before True Visions quit Star Sports and instead linked up with the cheaper Bein Sports from somewhere in the Gulf Region, we used to get regular mens baseball programmes from Japan. Some of those players were so cute. Same is true of the teams in Taiwan. Not sure about South Korea, but as True Visions is an Asian company you'd think they'd be happy to show Asian baseball. Same is true of many mens sports - like Asian volleyball. Star Sports regularly had mens volleyball from Japan. Bein clearly can not afford the mens licence fees and so we have women's volleyball instead. In my book True Visions programming has gone way downhill ever since it dropped the excellent HBO1 programme years ago. Quote
Members Pete1111 Posted October 10 Author Members Posted October 10 On 10/7/2025 at 6:42 AM, jimmie50 said: Not a clue, here, and I have no idea what all of the hullabaloo is about Bad Bunny performing at the halftime show. Anyone care to explain that to me??? He dared speak about Trump policy. 😉 e.g. ICE As far as Americans performing at the Super Bowl, yes Bad Bunny is, but there have been several non Americans. 🤣 Speaking of baseball, I had not heard Bad Bunny caught a fly ball that dropped over the fence. He's gold! Did anyone watch the Dodgers win last night, advancing to the NL championship. Guess how many Dodgers don't speak English? MAGA may not like. 🤣🤠 Will be awesome if Toronto and the Dodgers eventually meet in the World Series. Quote
Keithambrose Posted October 10 Posted October 10 1 hour ago, Pete1111 said: He dared speak about Trump policy. 😉 e.g. ICE As far as Americans performing at the Super Bowl, yes Bad Bunny is, but there have been several non Americans. 🤣 Speaking of baseball, I had not heard Bad Bunny caught a fly ball that dropped over the fence. He's gold! Did anyone watch the Dodgers win last night, advancing to the NL championship. Guess how many Dodgers don't speak English? MAGA may not like. 🤣🤠 Will be awesome if Toronto and the Dodgers eventually meet in the World Series. I watched last night. Ohtani still uses an interpreter, though he's been in the US for 10 years. Quote
floridarob Posted October 11 Posted October 11 9 hours ago, Keithambrose said: I watched last night. Ohtani still uses an interpreter, though he's been in the US for 10 years. Trump should think about using one 🤷♂️ Keithambrose, jimmie50 and Ruthrieston 3 Quote
PeterRS Posted October 11 Posted October 11 10 hours ago, Keithambrose said: Ohtani still uses an interpreter, though he's been in the US for 10 years. Ichiro Suzuki was the same, even after an even longer period in the US. Quote
xpaulo Posted October 11 Posted October 11 15 hours ago, Pete1111 said: Bad Bunny caught a fly ball But now video has surfaced of him not standing for the playing of God Bless America. It's not their national anthem, but I guess most people do stand. There will be calls for his arrest. Quote
PeterRS Posted October 11 Posted October 11 1 hour ago, xpaulo said: There will be calls for his arrest. Faint hope - alas! xpaulo 1 Quote
Keithambrose Posted October 11 Posted October 11 5 hours ago, PeterRS said: Ichiro Suzuki was the same, even after an even longer period in the US. Also, Matsuyama, golfer, has played on PGA Tour for years, won the Masters, still uses an interpreter. You will recall that Ohtani's interpreter stole US$ 17m! From Ohtani, who didn't notice for some time! PeterRS 1 Quote
Members Pete1111 Posted October 11 Author Members Posted October 11 37 minutes ago, Keithambrose said: Also, Matsuyama, golfer, has played on PGA Tour for years, won the Masters, still uses an interpreter. You will recall that Ohtani's interpreter stole US$ 17m! From Ohtani, who didn't notice for some time! The Dodgers have a Cuban, 2 Japanese and a Korean on the team. That's LA!! Yeah, Ohtani trusted a gambler. 😦 Quote
