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I think Pittsburgh can make a good case for runner-up "most insufferable" this week what with all the media, players, and fans saying crap like "See? Spygate  I think you can retroactively award two of those Super Bowls to the Steelers"
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I still think the second-most insufferable fans is a tie between NY fans and Chicago Cubs fans. Boston always wins now and forever.
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To scale, the hierarchy is absolutely something like: Philadelphia Boston Cubs fans New York fans. Boston undoubtedly has the worst sportswriters and radio stations, however.
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Feb 7, 2012 07:47
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Philly booed Sarah Palin, therefore can do no wrong 
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nature6pk posted:Philly booed Sarah Palin, therefore can do no wrong They boo everyone
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Feb 7, 2012 07:52
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Yeah, Jesus Christ himself could be resurrected in Lincoln Financial Field and Philly fans would boo and throw batteries at him.
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nature6pk posted:Philly booed Sarah Palin, therefore can do no wrong Oh hey, they didn't cheer for an abhorrent politician. Do they get a second lifetime pass if they don't boo after the national anthem on MLB Opening Day?
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hcreight posted:Oh hey, they didn't cheer for an abhorrent politician. If Philly ever boos the national anthem I might just up and throw in my chips with the Phillies, Flyers, and Eagles
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Feb 7, 2012 09:07
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Crion posted:If Philly ever boos the national anthem I might just up and throw in my chips with the Phillies, Flyers, and Eagles I like to think this country can still fix itself. I want to believe. 
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Feb 7, 2012 09:11
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hcreight posted:I like to think this country can still fix itself. If it helps any I was mostly concerned with the national anthem being a breathtakingly terrible piece of music, let alone an "anthem"
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I think there was some booing during the superbowl, but that was more because there's like some law to prevent people from just singing the drat thing just the way it is.
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seiferguy posted:I still think the second-most insufferable fans is a tie between NY fans and Chicago Cubs fans. Boston always wins now and forever. Cubs fans aren't bad at all. They have zero to brag about and their wining is easily understood by a Cleveland fan like myself. My order of annoyance 1. Boston fans of any sport 2. Steelers fans 3. Yankees fans 4. Generic bandwagon "whoever is good" fan
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hcreight posted:Oh hey, they didn't cheer for an abhorrent politician. Before the Winter Classic in Philly, the Canadian National Anthem was sung for some reason. That got booed
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Bigass Moth posted:Cubs fans aren't bad at all. They have zero to brag about and their wining is easily understood by a Cleveland fan like myself. Did you see that the Cubs almost made the World Series nearly a decade ago
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Bigass Moth posted:Cubs fans aren't bad at all. They have zero to brag about and their wining is easily understood by a Cleveland fan like myself. You can avail yourself of this incorrect opinion by going to Wrigley Field and interacting with masses of douchey Cubs fans. Cub fans by and large* are terrible and if the Cubs ever win the world series, it is possible that we will make Boston fans look sober and rational in celebration. *SAS Cubs fans, of course, are awesome.
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Bigass Moth posted:Cubs fans aren't bad at all. They have zero to brag about and their wining is easily understood by a Cleveland fan like myself. I would add, "Girls who like an entire team just because one of the players 'is a hottie'."
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Crion posted:If it helps any I was mostly concerned with the national anthem being a breathtakingly terrible piece of music, let alone an "anthem" America The Beautiful for life
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peepoogenderparts posted:I would add, "Girls who like an entire team just because one of the players 'is a hottie'." Uh huh. How do you feel about the US Women's Curling Team, out of curiosity
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Crion posted:Uh huh. How do you feel about the US Women's Curling Team, out of curiosity The what?
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Crion posted:Uh huh. How do you feel about the US Women's Curling Team, out of curiosity Im sure it was Sewden or Canada that had the hottie but curling is mesmerizing for reasons untirely unrelated to that. You could naked rosie o'donnel's or mila kunis and either way that sport would still be captivating for unexplainable reasons.
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Okposolypse posted:Im sure it was Sewden or Canada that had the hottie but curling is mesmerizing for reasons untirely unrelated to that. You could naked rosie o'donnel's or mila kunis and either way that sport would still be captivating for unexplainable reasons. Cassie now and forever! USA curling rules
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Speaking of US Curling gently caress JOHN SHUSTER
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Crion posted:Uh huh. How do you feel about the US Women's Curling Team, out of curiosity Gonna have to go with, "Is there a US Women's Curling Team?" Let me go check it out. Eh. Wouldn't convince me to watch curling.
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Crion posted:Uh huh. How do you feel about the US Women's Curling Team, out of curiosity A good team that really underperformed in Vancouver, unfortunately. Deb is really a sweetheart. Oh, you mean the 2006 team.
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R.D. Mangles posted:You can avail yourself of this incorrect opinion by going to Wrigley Field and interacting with masses of douchey Cubs fans. Cub fans by and large* are terrible and if the Cubs ever win the world series, it is possible that we will make Boston fans look sober and rational in celebration. Yeah maybe but they don't have any KISS DA RINGZ stuff to cram in your face like Boston or Steelers fans. It's been nearly 50 years since any Cleveland team won a title and when (if?) it happens in my lifetime I will be the most insufferably smug person on the planet.
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The problem with Cubs fans is that most of them have a persecution complex and proclaim their team to be historically unlucky. This is not the case- they have had all the opportunities in the world to succeed and historically bad management has squandered each and every one of them. But, like the blithering morons they are, most* Cubs fans do not recognize this and continue to go to games and wear their merch and scream about their awful luck. They take a sick pride in it, and to hear 20 year olds bitch and moan about how it's been ONE HUNDRED AND THREE YEARS MAAAAN is just pathetic. There are ten franchises that have had worse luck than the Cubs in an average fan's lifetime. The difference is that Cubs fans, like sheep, do not recognize the real problem and continue to reward a bad ownership group and bad management with historically increasing ticket and television revenue while ignoring the fact that the people being given the money have been causing the problem in the first place. *SAS Cubs fans rule and seem to agree with my assessment, this argument is not directed at them and should hold no truck with them. Pat Clements fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Feb 7, 2012 |
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Honestly, I think that sports fans as a whole are just awful (I'm talking about in groups, not individuals). With a few notable exceptions going either way, rankings of worst sports fans are essentially rankings of how much exposure a team/fandom gets. Given that ESPN is The Boston Channel and NYC is generally treated as the center of the universe, it's no surprise that everyone hates them. Steelers fans get poo poo on because they visibly root for a marquee team, but Pirates fans--90+% of whom also root for the Steelers, I imagine--don't get any hate because nobody pays attention to them at all. It's the reverse in St. Louis, where Rams fans get no visibility but Cards fans are given a stage as "the best fans in baseball". I propose this because I don't mind Cubs fans at all, because I've never actually met one.
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Mornacale posted:Honestly, I think that sports fans as a whole are just awful (I'm talking about in groups, not individuals). With a few notable exceptions going either way, rankings of worst sports fans are essentially rankings of how much exposure a team/fandom gets. Given that ESPN is The Boston Channel and NYC is generally treated as the center of the universe, it's no surprise that everyone hates them. Steelers fans get poo poo on because they visibly root for a marquee team, but Pirates fans--90+% of whom also root for the Steelers, I imagine--don't get any hate because nobody pays attention to them at all. It's the reverse in St. Louis, where Rams fans get no visibility but Cards fans are given a stage as "the best fans in baseball". Steelers fans get poo poo on because they cheer for a rapist, actually
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Steelers fans get poo poo on because they cheer for a rapist, actually Steelers fans get poo poo about cheering for a rapist, not because of it. Everyone already hated us.
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Mornacale posted:Honestly, I think that sports fans as a whole are just awful (I'm talking about in groups, not individuals). With a few notable exceptions going either way, rankings of worst sports fans are essentially rankings of how much exposure a team/fandom gets. Given that ESPN is The Boston Channel and NYC is generally treated as the center of the universe, it's no surprise that everyone hates them. Steelers fans get poo poo on because they visibly root for a marquee team, but Pirates fans--90+% of whom also root for the Steelers, I imagine--don't get any hate because nobody pays attention to them at all. It's the reverse in St. Louis, where Rams fans get no visibility but Cards fans are given a stage as "the best fans in baseball". Also because of poo poo like Steelers fans I know in 2008 saying "All our sports teams won a championship this year " Which is lovely on a lot of levels.The Rams aren't that far removed from being a marquee team, but the MEDIA didn't anoint them the best fans in the sport.
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Badfinger posted:The Rams aren't that far removed from being a marquee team, but the MEDIA didn't anoint them the best fans in the sport. The Rams were godawful both before and after the Greatest Show on Turf, though. Those five years* were really the only time the team had been good since they moved to St. Louis. *Four years really, they weren't even good in 2002.
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Steelers fans get poo poo on because they cheer for a rapist, actually Steelers fans are pretty insane in general. My uncle moved to Pittsburgh recently and hearing about Steeler days in public schools and stuff like that was pretty nutty. It did put my neighbor who's cars and yard is decked out in Steeler stuff during the season into perspective. Maybe this is common knowledge but living in CT (and now MA) for my entire life kept me in blissful ignorance.
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Steelers fans get poo poo on because they cheer for a rapist, actually I look forward to seeing every Tampa Bay Rays fan get shat on this year
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PS gently caress Josh Lueke, gently caress Big Ben, gently caress All Rapists Every Day, Everywhere
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MassRayPer posted:Steelers fans are pretty insane in general. My uncle moved to Pittsburgh recently and hearing about Steeler days in public schools and stuff like that was pretty nutty. Wait, this isn't normal? 
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What the gently caress is a Steelers day I think I can guess the general gist but I want to hear it
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Crion posted:What the gently caress is a Steelers day Every Friday (or maybe just certain Fridays) at her elementary school during the football season is Steelers Day and everyone wears Steelers stuff or black and yellow. Granted during elementary school every day was Don Mattingly day, but that wasn't official policy, Don Mattingly was just awesome and we all knew it. At least, I wish every day was Don Mattingly day...
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My school had two types of "Steelers days". One was when we were allowed to break the dress code (I went to Catholic school, so that included stuff like no jeans or t-shirts) to wear black and gold; you'd usually see an unfortunate kid or two whose family came from Ohio wearing Browns or Bengals gear, too. Those were usually on a couple Fridays every year, before big games. The other, made possible because our priest's brother (and later nephew) was an NFL ref, was when we'd have a present or former Steelers player or coach visit the school. Which loving ruled. I should also note that the city of Pittsburgh at large has Steelers days before big games, where literally every inhabitant is encouraged to wear team colors. e: Another fun anecdote: for Xmas last year my mom bought me a Steelers tie. She did not understand why I thought it wouldn't be fashionable. My mom isn't even from Pittsburgh. Mornacale fucked around with this message at 10:58 on Feb 8, 2012 |
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When I was flying back from Pittsburgh they had a statue of Franco Harris next to a statue of George Washington in the terminal. That sums up the way the city feels about the Steelers, I think.
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This begs the question: Did any Pittsbuirgh sports beat guys try to defend Big Ben after the allegations?
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