Superbowl acedia

Superbowl acedia February 2, 2009

I didn’t watch the Superbowl. Nothing against the teams, but I hadn’t followed either of them and a wave of apathy overtook me. The thought of seeing new commercials also filled me with a strange malaise. I know I missed out on our great new national holiday, a time of everyone coming together regardless of politics or religion, but I couldn’t make myself care. I know this makes me a bad American. I see that I missed a really good game. Did anything culturally significant happen this year?

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