― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:27 (twenty years ago) link
It comes off pretty much the same to me -- it's all part of the silly "hate the other team" crap that comes along as baggage.
but tep, surely you understand the yankees-red sox rivalry yes?
Obviously, but what's that to do with anything? I don't hate the Yankees for winning.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally-zay, Friday, 17 October 2003 17:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:31 (twenty years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:34 (twenty years ago) link
― half jack, Friday, 17 October 2003 17:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:37 (twenty years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:37 (twenty years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:39 (twenty years ago) link
― NA (Nick A.), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:40 (twenty years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:40 (twenty years ago) link
It's not like the entirety of every sports thread annoys me, for Heaven's sake. I'm talking about one specific type of thing, which is generally a minority of posts. (At least on the baseball threads, those're usually the only ones I read.)
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:40 (twenty years ago) link
It is acknowledged from the MLB Playoff thread that you dislike baseball fans and that you don't care to explain why, all right! We got it the first time, no need to repeat yourself. Yes I know you a writer/artist from New Orleans with a tatoo or whatever, I've been reading these boards a while, it's not a wholesale indictment of you.
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:47 (twenty years ago) link
Not all baseball fans -- baseball fans as a group. Like Ally said on one of the threads, that one or this one, fans tend to be dicks in specific ways. It isn't limited to Yankees fans, or Red Sox fans, or etc. And those ways are aggravating.
I haven't been seeing the good-naturedness people are now mentioning. Maybe it's there and I'm missing it. Mr Noodles or Diamond's post? If that's good-natured, I just don't speak Fan very well, then.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:51 (twenty years ago) link
That's okay, it's a unique culture, I think. It's just like a role the sports fan plays. "The curmudgeon" is a popular role, as is "the asshole", the "sore loser", and the "person who takes it all too seriously." It's like you can criticize your own family but no one else is allowed to.
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 17 October 2003 17:55 (twenty years ago) link
yeah, this is oozing with good natured feelings, sure.
― half jack, Friday, 17 October 2003 18:08 (twenty years ago) link
If it's just some culture thing I can't get, maybe it's best to leave it at that, provided no one uses it as an excuse to post "Tep is a strategically-placed doodyhead!" and then claim it's part of Tigers fandom.
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 17 October 2003 18:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned at Martin's place (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 18 October 2003 10:38 (twenty years ago) link
― kephm, Saturday, 18 October 2003 13:28 (twenty years ago) link
Usually I would say Boston is full of pretentious, racist assholes and Fenway is an overrated dump.
So, avoid Boston unless I was wearing a Haz-mat suit. Gotcha.
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Saturday, 18 October 2003 16:27 (twenty years ago) link
― adaml (adaml), Saturday, 18 October 2003 16:49 (twenty years ago) link
1. The roads in Boston are put together much worse than even DC or suburban Maryland.
2. Nashville has more fun stuff to do than Boston even if you HATE country music, and better food.
3. The only thing I like about Boston, in fact, is Newbury Comics or whatever that place is, which is like a bigger, nicer Kim's.
4. Unfortunately, Kim's St. Marks is surrounded by similar shops full of cool shit whereas Newbury is more like a single shining light in the pitch blackness of bad cafés and hahvud yahd crappity crap crap.
5. Don't EVEN call that thing a subway system. Dear LORD. What is this? An IDM album cover? ARRGGGH.
6. actually, if this thing can wait till December ... 'cause the bills play the patriots on 12/27.
ahem WHO IN THE JESUSFUCKERS would want to spend even PART of their holiday season in BOSTON? Seriously though if you're that much of a Bills fan you deserve whatever you get I suppose. URGHK.
― TOMBOT, Saturday, 18 October 2003 17:21 (twenty years ago) link
i don't wanna know what tom thinks of philly's subway system, then.
and the jets already played the patriots in NE so that trip's out.
― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Saturday, 18 October 2003 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Saturday, 18 October 2003 18:17 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.carbuyingtips.com/pics/crash8.jpg
Felicity should come!!
― Ally-zay, Saturday, 18 October 2003 18:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally-zay, Saturday, 18 October 2003 18:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Saturday, 18 October 2003 18:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 18 October 2003 19:02 (twenty years ago) link
I didn't think such a thing possible til I got lost driving in Boston.. in 90-degree weather.. no air conditioning.. no SIGNS for the goddamn detours and is there NO END to the big dig or what? ARGH. And I LIKE driving in DC.
Also, why does everyone in Boston wear ribbed sweaters at all times? Explain!
I guess I don't mind Red Sox fans though (especially in RI). I grew up liking the Orioles but they don't lose in an epic way, so it's less fun. Camden Yards is a nice ballpark but seems oddly yuppified for Baltimore. I kinda liked the old Memorial Stadium..
― daria g (daria g), Sunday, 19 October 2003 16:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Allyzay, Monday, 20 October 2003 18:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Monday, 20 October 2003 21:51 (twenty years ago) link
I just sent my mother her Christmas present early: a copy of the New York Post misprint where the Red Sox won game 7 :)
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 00:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 00:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 00:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 00:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 00:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 00:58 (twenty years ago) link
(no it isn't)
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 00:59 (twenty years ago) link
It does sound like a lot of fun, maybe it will work.
― felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 01:08 (twenty years ago) link
this is why i don't normally go to these things ... 'cause ILX has so many homos!
― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 01:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 01:15 (twenty years ago) link
I'm kinda trying to figure that out myself.
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 21 October 2003 01:32 (twenty years ago) link
Felicity, we are going to try to invade and force Boston to unsuck, this is why you should be in on this.
― Allyzay, Tuesday, 21 October 2003 01:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 01:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Allyzay, Tuesday, 21 October 2003 02:22 (twenty years ago) link
EAT DICK FAGTOGS
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 21 October 2003 02:52 (twenty years ago) link