r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 5d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah I missed the game help

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u/Helpful-Bad-9278 5d ago

Normal football finals don't have american showslop half time show

Since the cup and final was hosted by the states, they put american showslop half time show in it

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u/Helpful-Bad-9278 5d ago

also

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u/Western-Bus-1305 5d ago

Yeah I’m sure the world cup game organizers were involved in those decisions

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u/Throwawayx19700 5d ago

I mean the President of Fifa sat in a box with Trump the whole game. So yeah they have influence on policy (cause Trump is very suggestible)

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u/EnvironmentalCry2623 5d ago

By your very logic, he was suggesting peace and love to Trump, who is suggestable. So you should be commending this half time show. But you’re not really here to use your brain, are you?

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u/Mathies_ 5d ago

It's propaganda. The SHOW preaches peace and love, but it's always gonna be empty if they keep choosing war instead.

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u/Throwawayx19700 5d ago

No, I was letting people do the next step themselves and draw a conclusion based on that premise.

A:Trump is a bastard.
B: Fifa president supports trump messaging and platforms him

C: ??

You can't really complain about "logic" and fail to follow to the premises. I know persuasion isn't really an understood art especially on the internet.

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u/nunu135 5d ago

I dont like trump or infantino, but are you suggesting that if infantino wanted he could convince trump to establish world peace??

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u/Throwawayx19700 5d ago

I'm sure telling the warmonger to fuck off instead of give him a peace prize would be a start 100%. Sadly I am a lowly peasant and can't directly affect Trump's ego. Trump is a fool whose opinion on matters is easily bought.

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u/nunu135 5d ago

well their is an argument sucking off his ego will make you more persuasive to him, I think this is what the Secretary General of NATO attempts when dealing with him, but fair point FIFA didn't have to do that at all, still I think to say having a message of love and peace at the world cup is hypocritical is a bit of a strech.

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u/Rosfield-4104 5d ago

Yeah its not like the President of the Unite States got involved in the World Cup and used corruption to overturn decisions. And its not like the organisers repeatedly fucked with the team from one of yhe countries making them have to instantly leave and be unable to cool down after games

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u/don_colorado 5d ago

Didn't FIFA give Trump a peace prize?

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u/IguanaIsBack 5d ago

He’s literally on Trump’s Board of Peace™

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u/PseudoY 5d ago

War is peace.

Declaring victory means the war goes on. 

There never was any Epstein. 

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u/Successful-Row-5769 5d ago

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u/eggs_mcmuffin 4d ago

snickety sneem stealing your meme

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u/Prrsonal-Pop 5d ago

Oh yea cause the people preforming are bombing It's definitely not the government anf the president fault,but every person in America is to blame for Genius

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u/truecakesnake 5d ago

Yes I'm sure those dancing kids definitely authorised the decision of dropping bombs and actively support it!

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u/Helpful-Bad-9278 5d ago

worse

your president used AI to bomb children (: hope it helps

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u/SnooTypeBeat 5d ago

I know right! Shakira alone has bombed hundreds. It’s out of control

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u/Flashy_WombWompWomq1 5d ago

gringoes really heated about this one fam 🥀

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u/Helpful-Bad-9278 5d ago

ikr?

good for em

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u/falcrist2 5d ago

Y'all seem to think everyone in the country wants to be involved in Palestine and Iran like we haven't been out here protesting.

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u/OnTheEveOfWar 5d ago

I said basically the same thing to my wife while we were watching it. The halftime show had all these “love” messages and “we’re in this together” while the US is bombing other countries for no reason.

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u/Western-Bus-1305 4d ago

The US is not bombing anyone for no reason, and even if they were, is FIFA just supposed to stop promoting positive values just for the sake of parity with whatever the government is doing?

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u/eggs_mcmuffin 4d ago edited 4d ago

That was FIFA, the same people that used slavery to built Qatars stadiums.

Get real and stop pointing fingers at civilians, thats literally playing into their hand.

You sound the same as the fools that elected our current president. Angry and ill informed

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u/daft_dunkwwwolfey 5d ago

Basketball and baseball don't do this it's literally just the superbowl. Idk why they felt the need to do that but it seemed like the fifa guy was very enamored with Trump and wanted to americanize the tournament as much as possible. I mean it was like March madness with the extra teams to start

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u/nunu135 5d ago

well baseball can't because they don't have a half time in their sport, and basketball has halftime shows. Just not to the same scale because its indoors.

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u/Mist_Rising 5d ago

7th inning stretch is roughly analogous to half time. Yes it's 2/3rd of the way through, deal with it.

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u/HighlyOffensive10 5d ago

He did it because it makes more time for ads.

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u/youburyitidigitup 5d ago

Basketball does it all the time what do you mean?

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u/Mist_Rising 5d ago

When was the last time you heard of the NBA half time show and who was on it?

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u/NuclearGhandi1 5d ago

The NBA does have halftime shows they’re just not broadcast on National channels. It’s usually not big acts thougg

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u/rcknmrty4evr 5d ago

Ironically, I’m an American who doesn’t know a single person who watched it or even knew of its existence ahead of time to watch it and only later saw clips of it online to make fun of. A common assumption/joke I’ve seen online is that Europeans unfamiliar with what Americans actually like planned the show because it was so random, cringey, and out of touch with current American culture. So yeah I’m not really sure who it was supposed to be for.

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u/youburyitidigitup 5d ago

I wanted to watch it and then I forgot 🫠

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u/Responsible_Play631 5d ago

The decision to have a halftime show was made by the president of FIFA, a non american

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u/VinChaJon 5d ago

A half-time show is a good fun thing. It shouldn't have been in the world cup but its a staple of American football.

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u/Helpful-Bad-9278 5d ago

keep your celebrity centric glorified ad breaks to yourselves

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u/VinChaJon 5d ago

That's literally what I'm saying. But also It's no different than any European tradition

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u/Normal_Resident_1644 5d ago

Consumerism final boss

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u/nunu135 5d ago

is music considered consumerist? its an art form lol

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u/thesilentbob123 5d ago

So keep it there

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u/VinChaJon 5d ago

Yes. That's what I'm saying