Yeah I would make a similar argument about Dune.
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Relax 
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Being a biologist, I ask myself where the heck all those pics of person-handled owls or even indoor-owls come from.
I am a botanist, so my field work is during broad daylight. But I spent massive amounts of time outdoors, at night, on different continents - and the occasions when I met an owl face to face are quite rare.
Don’t get me wrong, from a meme-POV owls are superb indeed. But I really can’t turn of that nagging knowledge that a lot of the behaviour shown off in many GIFs and vids is just stress reactions… :.(
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I don’t GET IT!
Is there a real Superbowl thread here?
What’s the joke
that I’m obviously not
In On??
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Those who aren’t into Super Bowls sometimes enjoy Superb Owls instead (see the word joke there?).
BB and its bbs can be a weird, even silly place sometimes, with its own in jokes (usually silly ones). It builds community! Hang around awhile and you’ll catch on to the jokes. We like you!
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Hey, that last scene has no porgs. Flag on the play.
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Actually, that Star Wars porg video was better than the stinker of a Super Bowl I was subjected to last night. No amount of beer and salty snacks could improve it.
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So who won the American rugby match? How does it affect the Six Nations table?
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They’re the only Colony not to play. Splitters the lot of them.
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What @anon15383236 said. 
There are a couple other BBS memes over here:
It’s a little old, but it covers some of the basics.
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It appears they do, but they have only been professional for a couple of years.
I thought we could replace Italy with them, it’s not like the US could do any worse.
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Not surprising that Italy does fashion better than sport, the whole country is shaped like a high-heeled boot.
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On the other hand, New Zealand is good at rugby union but looks like a very painful broken leg.
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Good-natured ribbing?
There are lots of varied sports in this world, hopefully enough for everyone to get their fix of sportsball excitement and camaraderie, and/or tribal hatred.
The ways football/rugby divided into US, Canadian and Australian rules is interesting anyway. In the US the evolution owes a lot to poured concrete and the alma mater of several US presidents.
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“Bill Belichick is happy this morning, which is probably unbearable for him.”
OK, that’s pretty funny.
Being a lifelong New Englander, am I supposed to root against my home team because Trump and Kraft/Brady are pals? If you are from Dallas should you root against the Cowboys because Jerry Jones is an ass, or against the Rangers because they were owned by Bush? Doesn’t leave much in the way of sports if you have to do that for every team. I’m sure there are guys on the team who don’t like Trump, and Trump isn’t exactly liked in most of the northeast, including his home town.
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For better or worse, this is it. The football fans were all watching the game or chatting on other sites anyway.
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Since you ask, why not?
Unless the question is rethorical, of course.
I know I’m a little late, but this offering from a local brewery fits:
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The joke going around:
These teams are playing like they know whoever wins goes to the White House
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) February 4, 2019
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