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frosted wrote:Guys, I've been wrestling with this since those dirty Peckers beat Dallas yesterday afternoon. I HATE Green Bay - I truly do. Always have, and always will. But (and get ready, because what I'm about to say might be considered blasphemy), at this moment in time I HAAAAAAAATTTTTEEEE Seattle even more, and I do believe I'm going to be cheering for them to lose Sunday (note, I won't be cheering for Green Bay to win, just for Seattle to lose lol). It's got a little to do with their (admittedly incredible) players and that sneaky (but great) coach. But what really irks me about the Seahawks is their fanbase. They are the most insufferable fans I've come across in real life, and I happened upon a little illustration here on the world wide web of why I so strongly dislike them and will be rooting hard for them to fail on Sunday.
Just an example of the attitude I encounter at work everyday that has brought me to this sacrilegious point of view on the game Sunday. I hope you will all still accept me.

P.S - Obvs I would then hope for Green Bay to get washed out in the Super Bowl by the Colts :D

Lol, you would think that the Seahawks would have won more then one SB in their 30+ year history by the way they act.

Not that I'm one to talk but holy ####, a little humility after being a colossal failure for their entire history would be prudent.
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I think that's exactly how it's going to play out. The Packers are going to get beat down....severely. I won't be shocked if Rodgers can't finish the game.

I don't know if I've ever seen a defense this good....at least one playing this well at the right time.

And if any fans deserve to get condescended to in such passive aggressive fashion, well lets just say I've run into some really belligerent cheese heads since the Pack rose from their graves with the signing of Brent and subsequent drafting of AR.
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its bad karma but I am watching for injuries in this match up

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The Breeze wrote:I think that's exactly how it's going to play out. The Packers are going to get beat down....severely. I won't be shocked if Rodgers can't finish the game.

I don't know if I've ever seen a defense this good....at least one playing this well at the right time.

And if any fans deserve to get condescended to in such passive aggressive fashion, well lets just say I've run into some really belligerent cheese heads since the Pack rose from their graves with the signing of Brent and subsequent drafting of AR.
Seattle definitely is the favorite, no doubt. And rightfully so. If the Packers O-Line cam beat the Seahawks D-Line they have a chance, they also need Lacy at his best. And I've met bad Packers fans as well, but nothing like those obnoxious bandwagon douches I'm Seattle.
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The Breeze wrote:I think that's exactly how it's going to play out. The Packers are going to get beat down....severely. I won't be shocked if Rodgers can't finish the game.

I don't know if I've ever seen a defense this good....at least one playing this well at the right time.

And if any fans deserve to get condescended to in such passive aggressive fashion, well lets just say I've run into some really belligerent cheese heads since the Pack rose from their graves with the signing of Brent and subsequent drafting of AR.
Agreed.

I didn't actually find that post to be very offensive. Pretty standard issue trash talk--not even all that penetrating, intelligent, or vicious. Rodgers looked very shaky on Sunday. Seattle's D will make him look worse. I look forward to seeing it.

OTOH, Some folks from Seattle can be a bit full of themselves from time to time (I used to live up there... when Chris Cornell was singing "Looking California, Feeling MN," which illustrated some of the disdain for the midwest I perceived there), but that's true of lots of places... In general, I've found cheese heads to be much worse: really uncouth, obnoxious, passive-aggressive, hypocritical peeps.
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Winning the Super Bowl makes the chest pump out! As a Vikings fan, I cannot wait for the day I get to brag and become insufferable to my buddies, mostly cowboy fans.

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indianation65 wrote:Winning the Super Bowl makes the chest pump out! As a Vikings fan, I cannot wait for the day I get to brag and become insufferable to my buddies, mostly cowboy fans.

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I would hope that Vikings fans dont act like 1 SB makes us gods gift to football of we are to win won, I don't want to be anything like those classless, insufferable, band wagoners in Seattle.
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Texas Vike wrote:
Agreed.

I didn't actually find that post to be very offensive. Pretty standard issue trash talk--not even all that penetrating, intelligent, or vicious. Rodgers looked very shaky on Sunday. Seattle's D will make him look worse. I look forward to seeing it.

OTOH, Some folks from Seattle can be a bit full of themselves from time to time (I used to live up there... when Chris Cornell was singing "Looking California, Feeling MN," which illustrated some of the disdain for the midwest I perceived there), but that's true of lots of places... In general, I've found cheese heads to be much worse: really uncouth, obnoxious, passive-aggressive, hypocritical peeps.
The bolded part made me chuckle.

I actually heard some random interview with Cornell years ago about that exact lyric. He said it was a reference to some dark emotional state, where he's dressed for warm weather but feeling like he's bundled up for the Midwest winter on the inside. Perhaps something to do with the clouds up there?....Outshined was the songs title.

Anyhow, I've lived in the PNW for 20 years and I really don't even know any legit Seahawk fans. I find Washington to be weird in general and I haven't spent much time there. Oregon seems to be teeming with Niner and Cowboy fans...and when those teams are good they are unbearable.

In my experience, nothing compares to the 49er fan. I worked in a Tahoe casino during Montana's heyday and every Sunday the Niners people just absolutely ruined the place with their tone. It caused me to really hate one of the greatest teams ever and all of it's players...which I regret now cause teams like that are a thrill to see and don't happen all that often anymore. So, that's why I've been turning a deaf ear to the "idiot-fan-types" and really trying to enjoy what I see from Erin Rodgers :wink: and what the Seahawks are accomplishing on the field.

I think it does get regional after awhile. I would probably be rooting for GB on some level if I grew up Midwest. I also think the lack of NCAA accolades earned by the PAC12 and the feelings of disrespect that seems rampant in the PNW football fan, fuels a lot of animosity that is bubbling over. The Seahawks are the only team Seattle has doing anything and I spose GB is the same thing.


I think it's all pretty funny....as long as no one gets punched or shanked.
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The Breeze wrote: The bolded part made me chuckle.

I actually heard some random interview with Cornell years ago about that exact lyric. He said it was a reference to some dark emotional state, where he's dressed for warm weather but feeling like he's bundled up for the Midwest winter on the inside. Perhaps something to do with the clouds up there?....Outshined was the songs title.
I've read articles in the City Pages (Minnapolis's alternative weekly) or elsewhere and he seemed sort of unapologetic about the line, saying that he had been in MN in the winter and found it miserable. The funny thing is, he's right! We just don't like hearing it from an outsider! And furthermore, as horrible as it is in January, it's amazing in July.

My beef with folks up there often came with the great Seattle music explosion that was going on (this was 95). They failed to realize that Nirvana was building on bands from Minneapolis (Husker Du, Replacements, etc.) and Boston (Pixies), among others... as if their whole scene was some sui generis miracle that sprung forth without influence. My other beef was the general geographical ignorance--yeah, the PNW is gorgeous, but it's not the only pretty /culturally interesting spot in the world!
The Breeze wrote: Anyhow, I've lived in the PNW for 20 years and I really don't even know any legit Seahawk fans. I find Washington to be weird in general and I haven't spent much time there. Oregon seems to be teeming with Niner and Cowboy fans...and when those teams are good they are unbearable.

In my experience, nothing compares to the 49er fan. I worked in a Tahoe casino during Montana's heyday and every Sunday the Niners people just absolutely ruined the place with their tone. It caused me to really hate one of the greatest teams ever and all of it's players...which I regret now cause teams like that are a thrill to see and don't happen all that often anymore. So, that's why I've been turning a deaf ear to the "idiot-fan-types" and really trying to enjoy what I see from Erin Rodgers :wink: and what the Seahawks are accomplishing on the field.
Honestly, I think hordes of people united by just about anything is almost immediately onerous. You get that mob mentality and we humans descend to lower primate level, it seems.
The Breeze wrote: I think it does get regional after awhile. I would probably be rooting for GB on some level if I grew up Midwest. I also think the lack of NCAA accolades earned by the PAC12 and the feelings of disrespect that seems rampant in the PNW football fan, fuels a lot of animosity that is bubbling over. The Seahawks are the only team Seattle has doing anything and I spose GB is the same thing.


I think it's all pretty funny....as long as no one gets punched or shanked.
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Agreed. There's nothing stupider than the type of stuff that's gone down between baseball fans in Cali. That's just ridiculous.
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Texas Vike wrote:
I've read articles in the City Pages (Minnapolis's alternative weekly) or elsewhere and he seemed sort of unapologetic about the line, saying that he had been in MN in the winter and found it miserable. The funny thing is, he's right! We just don't like hearing it from an outsider! And furthermore, as horrible as it is in January, it's amazing in July.

My beef with folks up there often came with the great Seattle music explosion that was going on (this was 95). They failed to realize that Nirvana was building on bands from Minneapolis (Husker Du, Replacements, etc.) and Boston (Pixies), among others... as if their whole scene was some sui generis miracle that sprung forth without influence. My other beef was the general geographical ignorance--yeah, the PNW is gorgeous, but it's not the only pretty /culturally interesting spot in the world!




I've seen this a lot up there all the way up to BC. The PNW is a trip in the sense that aside from the Seattle area, Portland, Eugene and Ashland, it's very rural and conservative. Those city areas are like islands of diverse culture and the end all as far as everything cool or hip for lots of people.

I'm really grateful I've had plenty of opportunities to see plenty of places and cultures. You'd think that would be a good use for the internet, and I'm sure it happens, but often all I see is that it reinforces peoples' bubble mentalities and precludes them from having to be fully responsible for some of the crap they spew. Especially fanatical sports fans! :rock:

We do seem to be stuck at the larval stage as a species in many ways. If only Mars had a football team we could unite and stomp their sorry @$$es.
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Purpnation wrote:
I would hope that Vikings fans dont act like 1 SB makes us gods gift to football of we are to win won, I don't want to be anything like those classless, insufferable, band wagoners in Seattle.
Or New Orleans.

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Try living here.

The fanbase, to put it mildy, is incredibly annoying. Never seen a bandwagon like it. I would appreciate my hometown team more if it wasn't for their fans. Having said that...F*** Green Bay and their weasel quarterback.
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PacificNorseWest wrote:Try living here.

The fanbase, to put it mildy, is incredibly annoying. Never seen a bandwagon like it. I would appreciate my hometown team more if it wasn't for their fans. Having said that...F*** Green Bay and their weasel quarterback.
I like the cut of your jib, sir.
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dead_poet wrote: I like the cut of your jib, sir.
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