Friday, February 14, 2025

A small point in re whether you liked who won the championship

When, exactly, did we need to start caring about what people in other cities thought about a team that wins the championship?

Please, I beg of you, do not become Boston Fan, who needs other people to be happy for them when they are happy, because of Oh How They Have Suffered or Oh We Are The Only Real Fans, or any other bucket of nonsense that gets trotted out whenever the chattering classes have to talk about Not Game, which is all they can ever really talk about.

(But... but... but... What Does It Mean To So And So's Legacy? How dare you watch sports for the simple joy of watching sports, or seeing who won, when you could also be a crap screenwriter pitching a movie no one asked for?)

This week, my Eagles won. I get that a lot of people are happy that the Chiefs lost, and are less OK with the Eagles winning, even though many individual Eagles seem like Fine Enough Humans. 

As an Eagles fan, I can tell you that your opinion of my team did not matter last week, does not matter this week, and will not matter next week. I don't watch them because of your like, or dislike, or any other logical reasons. 

I watch them because when I was 8, I was told they were Our Team, and that was enough. (Likely the same reason you watch Your Team, of course. There's nothing logical about this, which is why we can still enjoy it occasionally, in a world where anything you enjoy is likely suspect.)

Also, side note: if you did not like the halftime show, who forced you to watch it, and have you pressed charges against them yet?

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