June Useless Observations
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I can’t believe it, but today is the first day of July. That means we’ve officially had six consecutive months of 2021. Beyond this year flying by, we’ve finally made it to summer and we still don’t have an official “song of the summer” yet. My vote is for Blxst’s “Chosen”, but regardless, that means we’ve made it to another Useless Observations newsletter. This is the June installment of Useless Observations and the previous installment can be found here. Shall we?
UO #1: Paul George has been an NBA player for over a decade, and was known as PG-13 for the majority of his career. In the last 12 months, he’s grown out cornrows and has now adopted the moniker of “Playoff P” despite never appearing in a single NBA Finals. I love that someone can completely rebrand and create their narrative despite it not making any sense, similar to how Kobe Bryant rebranded himself as “The Black Mamba” following his rape scandal.
UO #2: I’ve never seen an interracial couple or same-sex couple on a sporting event’s Kiss Cam, yet every sport goes above and beyond for Pride Month.
UO #3: Only Americans eat duck sauce.
UO #4: B-Rush, the Home Depot Tools’ paint brush, has never won the Tool Race at Truist Park.
UO #5: Cookie dough tastes so delicious it makes me wonder why anyone bothers to actually make cookies.
UO #6: I was watching the Tokyo Olympic trials the other day, and I saw humans running Steeplechase races. Yes, the same Steeplechase that horses run. I have no idea why this exists. How does someone end up running this particular race? Is it for people that are mediocre at both hurdles and distance running so they combine the two? Is it for people into animal roleplay?
UO #7: When you get tattoos on your arm they’re called sleeves. Tattoos on your legs aren’t called pants though.
UO #8: This is the Year of our Lord 2021 and I still need socks for the vast majority of the shoes that I own. I have no idea what actual benefit socks provide other than making my shoes not smell as bad. How has no company addressed this issue so you can go sans socks?
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