I listen to an American podcast five days a week, enjoy it with my breakfast. Today talk was of all the cultural and political nonsense around a game of football, so I had to switch off. It must be exhausting being American. - ThreadSky

kentparkskeet.bsky.social • 17 days ago

I listen to an American podcast five days a week, enjoy it with my breakfast.

Today talk was of all the cultural and political nonsense around a game of football, so I had to switch off.

It must be exhausting being American.

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vincentsworkisdone.bsky.social•17 days ago

I had an American tell me before the 2020 election. He hates going back home for 4th July. As he's the only democrat in the family.

kentparkskeet.bsky.social•17 days ago

This was drawing all these long bows about who attended and what ads were saying and the feud in the half time show and all sorts. It’s a game of football and a pop star doing a lame show. And not even a very good type of football.

vincentsworkisdone.bsky.social•17 days ago

I know. I've had other Americans tell me. They despise the nfl. Our football isn't even real football. nrl, union and afl uses hands as well. It's a misnomer. And it pisses me off some what.

mac-202.bsky.social•17 days ago

Big sport has become commercialized tribalism.

Big turn off.

kentparkskeet.bsky.social•17 days ago

And what some pop stars said about each other. And all that.

paulbr4.bsky.social•17 days ago

Guessing that means you're not from Melbourne :)

vincentsworkisdone.bsky.social•17 days ago

Victorians arent the only ones.

kentparkskeet.bsky.social•17 days ago

Not nearly the same thing.

knittwist.bsky.social•17 days ago

It's traumatizing

kentparkskeet.bsky.social•17 days ago

The hype over some rap kiddies squabbling and who danced how and which team represented what and booing people and not booing people and all the alleged political and cultural inferences, it’s all too much.

You folks need to calm down.

The rest of the world are worried about you.

sbalfour.bsky.social•17 days ago

I found a lot of those UK and US podcasts to be echo chamber with very little to contribute

kentparkskeet.bsky.social•17 days ago

This one is light hearted, more an old fashioned radio show, just today it was too much.

But yes, the political shows out of the US are too much. Everyone being so bloody clever and not really saying anything.

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