I Don't Fit In

I'll take a different tack, to be contrarian.

I honestly don't understand why people fixate on outfits or the lack thereof. I mean geez, it's a human body, we've all seen a few of those. So who cares which pieces are visible? This is one thing that constantly amuses my European friends... we 'muricans are totally fine with graphic violence and murder in casual entertainment... but oh my god a boob! 😁

But really, I just miss musical talent at these spectacles. Wear or don't wear whatever you like... but lip syncing simplistic tunes you didn't write and can't play anyway does NOT make you an artist. Even if you're twerking . The most painful part to me was watching what's-her-name try to pretend to play the drums for 10 seconds. Yikes.

But - and this is coming from someone who doesn't even really like the sportsball - that 4th quarter was fun to watch!

Okay, several have said it here and I have a dim clue of what it might mean but, before I assume anything
can someone please tell what is meant by Kneelers?

And I hope this is not referring to any religion or religious group.

I didn't see anybody doing anything out of line in the few minutes I saw.

I not only don't fit in, I don't keep up with new fangled phrases or watch the news.
No NEWS is good news!

It refers to Colin Kaepernick.

Football player made infamous for his Kneel during the Anthem routine. 

+1. I smoked my pipe outside at half time. 

I won't get involved here other than to say that I don't know why they're kneeling.

Loved watching Shikira, but felt the hip thrusting and crotch touching was wholly inappropriate for National day time television.

I agree in part. There is nothing new under the sun, in terms of humanities general behavior or proclivities. Humanity is still humanity. The super bowl halftime show was relatively benign, compared to what can be found freely online and elsewhere. People are also susceptible to exaggeration, distortions in feeling/thinking and experience changes throughout their lives, shifting some perspectives while maintaining others coloring their own past, person and environment. However, it is also known that cultures adjust, morals shift, laws change, position/character/will transform........ for better or worse.  Along these lines one might ask what would have happened had the 2020 Superbowl halftime show aired in the 1950s (I assume by magic as the 1952 Television Code would not have permitted stations to air any number of Superbowl halftime shows.) ? On reflection it is obvious that we have gone through systemic cultural changes many born from the 1960s (The gestation period can be traced back much further.), some for better others for worse. There are things that were underground, sub-cultural, a private affair , youthful expression, scandalous behavior etc. that have emerged into the larger culture overwhelming (or at least trying to), competing and/or attempting to compete with ideas and truths many hold dear. Some of these alterations do not appear to be passing phases or relatively brief occurrences but arise from deeper divides and philosophical differences that cannot so readily be dismissed.

Jane Mansfield, Anne Margret look tame now (Classic beauties). The rest had their moments. Personally, I would say compared to Madonna and the acts that followed, the Superbowl show was not surprising. However what you might have missed is the thread's original meaning. There are folks here, a number older than I, who have a sense of alienation. I believe with the ever troubling cultural , political climate and the like, this show is simply a trigger bringing about a bit of reflection and thought. I would not doubt that the thought/feeling has been with them for some time and has been acknowledged in the past; A seed planted years ago has been growing and has bloomed over such lush soil. As to the generational aspect, I believe this sense of alienation has grown in modern times as ideas , technology, communication etc. have accelerated change  not only effecting one's day to day activities but our overall culture and society among other things. In comparison,  I do not think that a man or woman living in the dark or middle ages would have made the statement ( @ ) that started this thread. One probably did not see much change at all over his or her  ~30s year life span let alone in the many years that encompasses those times.

Some people watch the Super Bowl today FOR the halftime show and the commercials, only because they know that particular airtime is the most expensive in the world. I do the same thing today I did twenty or thirty years ago. I disappear for a pee and a pipeful or a cigar. Half time shows are as meaningless to me now as they were then. I showed up for he game.

 spitting coffee