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SeattleUte · 09-07-2006, 03:18 AM

I'm finding fellow fans almost intolerable. I know that there are many who don't fit the following description, but too many of them do. When the team wins, they think they did it, they think they're gods, preening and strutting around like they belong to a master race. All the while their personal success is just a figment of their imagination. Dungeons and dragons. For some reason spectator sports attracts many on whom the virtues of humility, reflection, gratitude, and memory are simply lost. Then as soon as adversity sets in, there is no place for the virtues of perseverence, optimism, and patience. If I were stuck in a fox hole with any of these whiners I'd take my chances fleeing across the open field strafed by machine gun fire. Inconceivable to them are the truisms that the reward is in the journey, that defeat is what makes victory all the sweeter, the fact of opposition in all things is what makes sport interesting. Most of these people shlep through life in a fog of mediocrity and sloth, spending obscene numbers of hours glued to the boob tube, often drinking themselves stupid, but when it comes to the coaches and players associated with their favorite teams, they demand standards of perfection attainable only by Greek gods. I used to think this was BYU fans. Not so. Ute fans are just as horrid. I despise most fans as a class. They're harder to tolerate now with the Internet. It used to be you only had to hear from the asses occupying the seats around you for three hours once a week. Now they're everywhere.

Jeff Lebowski · 09-07-2006, 03:49 AM

Amen, brother. Amen.

The Borg · 09-07-2006, 04:31 AM

Classic! Good one.

jay santos · 09-07-2006, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

For some reason spectator sports attracts many on whom the virtues of humility, reflection, gratitude, and memory are simply lost.

Of the thousands of internet personalities I've read over the years, you are the #1 most ironic person to write that. Boy that's funny. Thanks Seattle. I was having a hard day and that laugh really lightened my load.

il Padrino Ute · 09-07-2006, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Ute fans are just as horrid.

What you're witnessing on uf.n is Goatnapper's Theorum; however, I believe that it's been proven, therefore it's now Goatnapper's 1st Law of fandom.

Archaea · 09-07-2006, 11:37 AM

Internet personalities belittling other internet personalities for lack of sophistication can be just as banal and insufferable.

SeattleUte · 09-07-2006, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

Internet personalities belittling other internet personalities for lack of sophistication can be just as banal and insufferable.

That's no excuse.

MikeWaters · 09-07-2006, 02:43 PM

what are you saying about Dungeons and Dragons? I dare you to say it to my face!

Goatnapper'96 · 09-07-2006, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I'm finding fellow fans almost intolerable. I know that there are many who don't fit the following description, but too many of them do. When the team wins, they think they did it, they think they're gods, preening and strutting around like they belong to a master race. All the while their personal success is just a figment of their imagination. Dungeons and dragons. For some reason spectator sports attracts many on whom the virtues of humility, reflection, gratitude, and memory are simply lost. Then as soon as adversity sets in, there is no place for the virtues of perseverence, optimism, and patience. If I were stuck in a fox hole with any of these whiners I'd take my chances fleeing across the open field strafed by machine gun fire. Inconceivable to them are the truisms that the reward is in the journey, that defeat is what makes victory all the sweeter, the fact of opposition in all things is what makes sport interesting. Most of these people shlep through life in a fog of mediocrity and sloth, spending obscene numbers of hours glued to the boob tube, often drinking themselves stupid, but when it comes to the coaches and players associated with their favorite teams, they demand standards of perfection attainable only by Greek gods. I used to think this was BYU fans. Not so. Ute fans are just as horrid. I despise most fans as a class. They're harder to tolerate now with the Internet. It used to be you only had to hear from the asses occupying the seats around you for three hours once a week. Now they're everywhere.

It is not often that I agree with you. The only question is for such a sophisticated fellow how you could possibly conclude this phenomnon was organic to BYU? Does that not display a wee bit provincialism on your part?

Sports fans suck.

All-American · 09-07-2006, 03:00 PM

The reason he thought it was confined to BYU fans was because, for many years, BYU fans were the only ones whose team won games. Now that Utah won a few games, they act just the same.

09-07-2006, 03:49 AM	#2
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	Amen, brother. Amen. __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

09-07-2006, 04:31 AM	#3
The Borg Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 533	Classic! Good one. __________________ Hello......helloo.......HELLLOOO!

09-07-2006, 11:37 AM	#6
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	Internet personalities belittling other internet personalities for lack of sophistication can be just as banal and insufferable. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

09-07-2006, 03:00 PM	#10
All-American Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,420	The reason he thought it was confined to BYU fans was because, for many years, BYU fans were the only ones whose team won games. Now that Utah won a few games, they act just the same. __________________ εν αρχη ην ο λογος

09-07-2006, 03:18 AM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	What's hard for me to stomach about speactator sports. I'm finding fellow fans almost intolerable. I know that there are many who don't fit the following description, but too many of them do. When the team wins, they think they did it, they think they're gods, preening and strutting around like they belong to a master race. All the while their personal success is just a figment of their imagination. Dungeons and dragons. For some reason spectator sports attracts many on whom the virtues of humility, reflection, gratitude, and memory are simply lost. Then as soon as adversity sets in, there is no place for the virtues of perseverence, optimism, and patience. If I were stuck in a fox hole with any of these whiners I'd take my chances fleeing across the open field strafed by machine gun fire. Inconceivable to them are the truisms that the reward is in the journey, that defeat is what makes victory all the sweeter, the fact of opposition in all things is what makes sport interesting. Most of these people shlep through life in a fog of mediocrity and sloth, spending obscene numbers of hours glued to the boob tube, often drinking themselves stupid, but when it comes to the coaches and players associated with their favorite teams, they demand standards of perfection attainable only by Greek gods. I used to think this was BYU fans. Not so. Ute fans are just as horrid. I despise most fans as a class. They're harder to tolerate now with the Internet. It used to be you only had to hear from the asses occupying the seats around you for three hours once a week. Now they're everywhere. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

09-07-2006, 02:43 PM	#8
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	what are you saying about Dungeons and Dragons? I dare you to say it to my face!