Comments | banzai: There, I said it (fourteen in a series)

banzai

There, I said it (fourteen in a series)

Sep 08, 2007 18:48

Let's see if I have this straight: a bunch of people at a convention wearing Star Trek attire are derided as nerds, but a bunch of people in a stadium wearing team attire are revered for team spirit? That's just stupid.

(This message brought to you by my ill-advised trip to the U District on game day.)

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Comments 12

jeney September 9 2007, 03:14:36 UTC

The difference between them is that the trip to the ballpark isn't the first time in months that the team attired folk have seen daylight.

banzai September 9 2007, 03:50:06 UTC

I still think it's a load of crap.

jeney September 9 2007, 04:02:50 UTC

but they're both hilarious to watch!

creactivity September 9 2007, 04:27:35 UTC

Sports, in general, are a contrivance. Teams are more of a make-believe entity than casts of TV shows because they players change more constantly - it's not like you're rooting for an individual's personal achievements - the owner, manager, coaches and players are always in flux.

But we can't get rid of 'em because now they're a huge part of our economy and so many men can only show their intellectmemorization skills through reciting sports statistics.

And it hasn't been an insult to be called a "nerd" since the dawn of the computer.

banzai September 9 2007, 04:47:24 UTC

Yeah, I have no particular beef with sports fans (though you raise vaild points; as Jerry Seinfeld said, "You're rooting for clothes!")-it's just a weird and false dichotomy that similar behaviors get exalted or ridiculed depending on who's doing them. If it's OK for one group, then it should be OK for the other.

cow September 9 2007, 06:37:27 UTC

I was catching the 2 back from Madrona Park (an afternoon spent being surrounded by nature and staring out at the lake as I thought about stuff) when the announcement came over the bus radio--all U-District buses return to normal route after the Husky game.

This always gives me a little smile when I'm somewhere entirely different. I'm usually riding the 550 from Bellevue to Seattle over I-90, about to enter the downtown grid, when I hear an announcement like that for the Mariners and I know my commute just got an hour longer.

(Also, I think I live in the only city in America where more people are likely to smile at the convention-goers and sigh at the sports fans. But that hardly negates your point.)

islandboy September 9 2007, 15:57:42 UTC

I hear ya

mptphlosofer September 10 2007, 00:09:36 UTC

Gracias for that.