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Old 02-05-2014, 08:54 PM
 
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Today, I had the pleasure of leaving for work an hour early, only to still be late after walking from the Space Needle all the way to Spring Street. And why? Because a few hundred thousand mindless lemmings on the band wagon had to stand out in the blistering cold to cheer on as the local crew of overpaid steroid addicts who probably beat their wives drove past, making it impossible for me to get to my job without walking all the way around.

Really people, WHAT BARING DOES ANY OF THIS HAVE ON YOUR DAY TO DAY LIVES? Answer: NONE!

So a bunch of fat guys in tight pants, none of whom give a damn whether you live or die, managed to defeat another group of fat guys in tight pants. How is that going to effect you in anyway? Why don't you just admit it: sports are just another form of entertainment. Simple as that. Why make such a MASSIVE DEAL out of entertainment?

And do you REALLY think that all these people actually watch football on a regular basis? No way! 80% of them had to be just drones jumping on the bandwagon.

I can respect people who like football, but the band wagon idiots? I have nothing but contempt for those poor excuses for humans and would have very little objection to seeing them sterilized so that they can't pass their mindless follower genes onto the next generation.

Really, would you watch the season finale of a show you NEVER watch all season? Probably not. But so many people watch to superbowl. If a show you never watched had a series finale and the cast had a parade, would you stand there in the cold, dragging your kids to see it too? Probably not.

But replace "show" with "football" and there you have the buffoonery I was forced to witness today.

I may well be one of the few heterosexual men who have no real interest in sports. Sorry, but the idea of watching sweaty men playing with balls just doesn't appeal to me. There are so many more things I could invest my time in than following the career of a jock, whom, I might add, where the exact kind of people I hated growing up.

Let me put it this way: what if they made a "Call of Cthulhu" movie and filmed a part of it in Seattle. What if you couldn't walk ten feet in any direction for a month without hearing "Dagon" this and "Azathoth" that and "Necronomicon" and blah blah? What if in celebration of the film being released, everyone hit the streets, blocking traffic and making it hard for you to get to work and making a huge mess, and everyone was screaming "Cthulhu fhtagn!" and dressing up like cultists, and you KNEW that 80% of them weren't even fans of H.P Lovecraft before the movie came out?

Could you imagine, being surrounded by people so obsessed with something you never did care for (assuming you aren't Lovecraft nerds) screaming at the top of their idiot lungs about something you don't know about and don't care about and that was all everyone was talking about?

Welcome to the world of someone in Seattle who doesn't give a damn about football.

Just happy it's over and hopefully next year some other team will do more steroids and beat them earlier to this doesn't happen again.
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Old 02-05-2014, 09:04 PM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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I didn't like the Seahawks but now I sure do. Go Seahawks!!!!
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Old 02-05-2014, 09:05 PM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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I read about one fourth of your babble, then stopped. What you experienced is not specific to Seattle, it would have, and does, happen in any city that has something to celebrate about their city's sports team, whether it be football, baseball, hockey, soccer, at the professional and collegiate level. Whether you like it or not, sports is a religion. Don't believe me? Go to a foreign country whose soccer team is in the World Cup.

Sorry you were late to work, maybe you will plan better next time.
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Old 02-05-2014, 09:09 PM
 
Location: Near Graham WA
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For someone who "doesn't give a damn", you sure put a lot of time and effort into explaining why in your post!!!
I would wager that the 700,000 or so "band wagon idiots" you refer to don't give a rat's behind about your antipathy towards them and the Seahawks...
And BTW-
If you "don't give a damn about football", you're not alone, and you are entitled to feel that way!
But how does that make those who feel otherwise "poor excuses for humans"?
And why on earth would you have "very little objection to seeing them sterilized so that they can't pass their mindless follower genes onto the next generation"???
These are not 700,000 criminals, for heaven's sake!
LIGHTEN UP!!!
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Old 02-05-2014, 09:10 PM
 
Location: The Cascade Foothills
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So you were a little inconvenienced today; it's not the end of the world. The parade was a one time event; tomorrow, everything in your world will be back to normal - until you find something else to **** and moan about.

I'm not a football fan, either, but there are an awful lot of happy campers around the Pacific Northwest right now and I'm happy for them. I'm about 120 miles from Seattle and today I went to a small town to the east of me to run an errand and I can't tell you the number of Seahawks sweatshirts I saw, as well as the flags on the cars.

Rather than be annoyed, to be honest, it made me happy to see other people have something to be so excited about. I actually found it to be a little contagious.
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Old 02-05-2014, 09:12 PM
 
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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As it turns out, it was actually a million people. I dislike both crowds and sub-freezing weather so I just watched the live streaming on Q13 from my office computer. I did drive in early and leave at 1:30, taking 35 minutes to get from Alaskan Way to I5 was a little inconvenience but well worth it to know the hawks were getting the appreciation they deserve. My compliments to those million people for behaving so well!
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Old 02-05-2014, 09:13 PM
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Location: NC/SC Border Patrol
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Or football. Did anything in that game make a difference in your life? Nothing wrong with partying with friends and having mindless time watching; but if there was never another football game, would it really matter? Not to me.
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Old 02-05-2014, 09:19 PM
 
Location: PNW
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You sound bitter. The Seahawks are great for the people of the region. Brings out civic pride in the community, brings happiness to millions. The fact that it made you late to work doesn't matter. You're a self described nerd who doesn't like sports, OK why should we care? I played football for 9 years growing up helping my team go to the wiaa semis. I love football and the Seahawks, been a season ticket holder since I was little. That crowd today though inconvient made me proud of my team and the region, it showed me how great this city is as the city for rallying around them through thick and thin.
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Old 02-05-2014, 09:23 PM
 
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I read about one fourth of your babble, then stopped. What you experienced is not specific to Seattle, it would have, and does, happen in any city that has something to celebrate about their city's sports team, whether it be football, baseball, hockey, soccer, at the professional and collegiate level. Whether you like it or not, sports is a religion. Don't believe me? Go to a foreign country whose soccer team is in the World Cup.
Yes, and that's equally stupid. But at least European soccer nuts actually like soccer. Most of the Seahawks "fans" are just jumping on the bandwagon.

I think the issue is that unlike other forms of fandom, sports don't call people out for being fake fans. When I saw the Avengers and Thanos popped up at the end, you could hear people calling out their fake-Marvel fan friends who didn't even know who he is...well, I barely heard it over the roar of real fans screaming and cheering and gasping.

But sports nerds never call out fake fans so they feel welcome.

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Sorry you were late to work, maybe you will plan better next time.
I left AN HOUR EARLIER THAN USUAL. All for something I can't stand. Like I said, what if 700,000 Lovecraft fans descended on Seattle and made a huge mess and made it impossible to hear about anything else but Cthulhu for a month? How would you feel?
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Old 02-05-2014, 09:26 PM
 
Location: Portal to the Pacific
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No, not the only one. However there are a LOT of cultural values and worldview beliefs that I don't buy into besides American sports fanaticism. Oh well. These institutions existed before I got here and they certainly will exist after I leave. The way I see it you gotta just do a better job of planning your day next time. Maybe stay an hour later and get some extra work done... go to a nearby coffee shop and just chill... something besides getting frustrated at something that certainly isn't going to change without an entire shift in the American paradigm (good luck with that).
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