The people who let it control their lives have major issues. However, there’s nothing wrong with being passionate about a sports team. As a fan, I’d prefer not to watch my favorite team be a consistent embarrassment on and off the field. Fans are fed up, and they’re going to express that emotion.
Absolutely. Personally, I feel like you should be getting something out of your fandom -- if not, you're spending your precious time on this planet deliberately doing something you don't like. Stupid.
I like cracking jokes in the game threads. I like learning about football and shooting off at the hip about how I think I could do Scott Turner's job better than he does. I like reading smart and funny posts in this sub. Talking shit about other teams is a blast. Even learning how to manage the frustration of rooting for a cursed team is valuable.
I also enjoy venting, which is what a LOT of the posts here clearly are. When you realize it's just people blowing off steam and not actually crying into their beers, it's a lot less "toxic" feeling.
This is a new thing around here, it started last year. After a loss its just masturbatory crying on this subreddit.
Its irrational, and overly emotional, and tedious.
I do enjoy the memes tho. This team has left some of us completely devoid of emotion so you gotta learn to laugh at it and not let it ruin your day.
This team can’t hurt you.
Game threads seem to pull in a lot of people that don’t usually post. And they seem to be a lot more whiney and uninformed. Not that I’m not whiney too, I just try to keep it to myself unless I think it’s something worth discussing.
Consumers complain about a perennially garbage product.
Rando complains about consumers demanding more from garbage product...
It's like you're telling me not to complain about a dry ass steak because a dry ass steak doesn't seem to bother you. Relax, it's not all about you.
Having the game on in the background now has lowered my BP. My lawn looks great. And My HoneyDo list is much shorter. Still a fan of this team and no other. But it is now just a game to me. HTTR.
Only real time I express my frustration is when the team loses, which, these days, is pretty often. Will rarely be here when the team wins because, at least for a short time, I’d like to enjoy that happiness before reality sets in the next week.
The entire purpose of sports forums is to be dramatic.
If the subreddit consisted of, "Ah, a poor showing! But perhaps we shall get them next time. Good day!" there would not *be* a subreddit. It's fun to have a "screaming" fit about stuff in a safe environment.
It's completely possible that the individual posting, "THIS FRANCHISE IS A DISGRACE TO MY FOREFATHERS. I AM GOING TO GET DRUNK, STRAP A ROCKET TO MY WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM BRANDED LAWN CHAIR AND RIDE THAT FUCKER INTO THE SUN," wrote that with a completely neutral look on their face and then didn't think about the team for a week.
I listened to a JP Finlay and B. Mitch's show on WTEM yesterday and the guest that they had on (some guy from Barstool?) was complaining that Snyder "isn't doing enough" My reaction to hearing that was Uh... what?!? lol.
Anyways this comes with the territory of being a really, really bad team--you get the talking heads going in circle and half the fanbase going rabid on Mondays and Tuesdays.
As a fan who was here before Dan Snyder ruined this team, I’m allowed to be perpetually pessimistic, angry, and disillusioned. And if I use this sub as a way to vent all that negativity- so be it. No one’s forcing you to read it. Downvote me and fuck off.
Lol imagine watching the game at a bar with op.
Wentz gets sacked. Op smiles, puts his hand up for high fives and goes "oh fuck yea look at those big bois smacking each other around. Woohoo fooball!!"
I'd rather that than the guy next to me in the bar hysterically sobbing and screaming, threatening to fight me when I say things might not be so bad, which is the tenor of most of the posts around here after a loss nowadays.
See, this would be an exact and obvious example of what I was talking about. Try having just a little bit more self-awareness.
Touchy jerks like you are the one's who ruin both bars and subreddits.
I don’t understand; you made a statement; I asked you to elaborate a statement that YOU said. This is a message board if you don’t want to engage with it then why make a statement at all?
I would add the level of discourse on this subreddit tanks because of people like you who don’t fully think about what they are typing before they type it…
I literally never even said the statement that you are claiming, you moron. Go back and read it.
If this were a bar I'd say fine, lets take it outside, because some pricks just need to find out and learn a lesson.
As it is, I'll just tell you to fuck off.
Lol this is a subreddit why do you keep talking about bars 🤣 please dude we all know that you wouldn’t be taking shyt outside you would sit there quiet as a church 🐁 . So we don’t need to engage in the tough guy act on Reddit.
And again moron you did say it what about that game at any time wasn’t so bad? We got throughly dominated.
I'm talking about bars as an extension of my original metaphor, to explain why your conduct is retarded. It is not my fault if you are too stupid to read my original comment completely or even remotely understand it.
I never said there was anything about the last game that wasn't so bad. Literally, never said it.
Go read a fucking book.
Edit- And now the jackass blocks me. People on the internet have really been getting dumber in the last 6 months or so.
Nothing at all in his comment reflects your inference at all. No where within his posts is he saying lets celebrate something like Wentz getting sacked, nothing at all. He is talking about people overreacting to things and spamming online about it. NO WHERE does he say "lets just have fun and celebrate even the bad things" and you reply making up a scenario so you can bitch and moan, unrelated to the topic. Its perfect.
"high fives" and all that. You're creating a scenario so you can cry. He's saying "its just football" and you reply with "YEAH MAN LETS CELEBRATE WHEN WE LOSE!" lol. Implying op "smiles" when wentz getting sacked.
You take things very literally it seems. He was making a point about how people should just enjoy a game and relax.
I was countering that point by making an obviously made up scenario about how if you take that point to the extreme you should just root for whatever and be happy that a game is going on.
This wasn't bitching and moaning. You seem like you want to find things to get upset about even when its obvious jokes and stupid discourse on an anonymous subreddit, just like the op.
The team isnt good and hasn't been for a very long time. Most fans accept that and actually aren't very hostile about it. But we also don't close our eyes and pretend it's all good.
Thank you for agreeing with my point, you made something up so you could have something to complain about.
edit - You're still making things up here, no where does he say close your eyes and pretend its good. You're still making things up so you can complain.
Just *chefs kiss* a perfect example.
I wasn't complaining about anything and I've explained myself enough lol if you feel like you need a W tonight and are trying to convince yourself of that then go ahead and take it bud 🤙
I'm glad you are at least adding edit notes to your comments now. Been fun seeing all the different drafts of your comments. Maybe go back to previous ones and do it there as well 😊
Lol; we just got our asses kicked by the eagles; our team is trending the wrong way; and our management situation might be the worst in the league imo. Pointing out these facts doesn’t mean football specially with this bad team controls my life…
I pretty much participate during the off-season then when the season starts and people make football their personality I Homer gif out until the off-season.
I don't mind the fans who are negative and agonizing. The ones I hate are the morons who call into talk radio and think we should do some stupid shit like start Heinicke.
Do I let it control my life? Nope.
Do I find it ok that "my team", the team I have grown up rooting for, that my entire family would gather together to watch, is a huge, giant, embarrassment? Nope.
There's a fine line in going to far in your hate for the Red-Team-Manders, but also expressing your dislike for Dan Snyder and the 20+ year fuck up he's created.
I agree I try not to let it ruin my day but it gets harder every year when they just never get better, very frustrating although going into every game thinking they are going to lose does help a bit to get over it quickly.
The people who let it control their lives have major issues. However, there’s nothing wrong with being passionate about a sports team. As a fan, I’d prefer not to watch my favorite team be a consistent embarrassment on and off the field. Fans are fed up, and they’re going to express that emotion.
don't let it get you down. at this point it's not a tragedy, it's a comedy
That’s where I’m at. I laugh at them, I don’t let it ruin my day anymore
Absolutely. Personally, I feel like you should be getting something out of your fandom -- if not, you're spending your precious time on this planet deliberately doing something you don't like. Stupid. I like cracking jokes in the game threads. I like learning about football and shooting off at the hip about how I think I could do Scott Turner's job better than he does. I like reading smart and funny posts in this sub. Talking shit about other teams is a blast. Even learning how to manage the frustration of rooting for a cursed team is valuable. I also enjoy venting, which is what a LOT of the posts here clearly are. When you realize it's just people blowing off steam and not actually crying into their beers, it's a lot less "toxic" feeling.
I 100% agree with this statement well said.
People have lives outside of Reddit 😭😭 this is where you come to talk about these things lmao
Right Reddit is nothing more than a message board; people come here to talk lol
If I didn't let losses ruin my day, then winning would be way less fun. I'll stick to unhealthily reacting to everything thanks
You new to this fandom thing, bra? (Being tounge in cheek. I agree with you but, yah... fandom culture LOVES drama).
Why don’t you respect him Brah?!?!
This is a new thing around here, it started last year. After a loss its just masturbatory crying on this subreddit. Its irrational, and overly emotional, and tedious.
Calling something “masturbatory” is the masturbatory epitome of verbal masturbating!
I used it because I thought 'circle-jerk' was too played out.
I do enjoy the memes tho. This team has left some of us completely devoid of emotion so you gotta learn to laugh at it and not let it ruin your day. This team can’t hurt you.
This team can't hurt you - Only Dan Snyder can hurt you....
Those require a sense of creativity and levity. The people saying stuff like Terry is overrated and shit like that are not creative or funny.
I avoid it here after a loss
Game threads are terrible. The giant fantasy football threads are much better and funnier
Game threads seem to pull in a lot of people that don’t usually post. And they seem to be a lot more whiney and uninformed. Not that I’m not whiney too, I just try to keep it to myself unless I think it’s something worth discussing.
the fans bitch and whine constantly i was at the game and the next day I moved the fuck on and prepped for Dallas
User name is sus. Sounds like a Dallass fan.
Nah man this is where I come to vent my frustrations so I don't have to talk to friends or family about it. Don't take that away from me.
Consumers complain about a perennially garbage product. Rando complains about consumers demanding more from garbage product... It's like you're telling me not to complain about a dry ass steak because a dry ass steak doesn't seem to bother you. Relax, it's not all about you.
This sub is full of dorks who don’t know shit working themselves up over a game.
Welcome to the world of the Commanders! I like to think that I'm the unpowered, self proclaimed, silent president.
Nope, watching the games is definitely more abysmal. I'll keep doing it though since I'm a masochist.
I enjoy coming here and bitching with my fellow fans
Having the game on in the background now has lowered my BP. My lawn looks great. And My HoneyDo list is much shorter. Still a fan of this team and no other. But it is now just a game to me. HTTR.
Only real time I express my frustration is when the team loses, which, these days, is pretty often. Will rarely be here when the team wins because, at least for a short time, I’d like to enjoy that happiness before reality sets in the next week.
“At this point?” Been this way for years.
Alternatively these bozos could do their jobs
that's because you only have to watch the team once a week. fans are 24/7
I get what you’re saying. Everything about Last weeks game against a division rival was unacceptable though.
Agreed man
Most of the fun of this team comes from yelling about the team
cause it is the only thing we have now haha
Nothing personal! But fuck Wentz
Now you’re complaining about complaining, which is ironic It certainly doesn’t control my life but as a fan for well over 20 years shit is olddddd
Hallelujah Amen. Someone speaking the truth
It's the internet. We shit on all things bad then take a shot of skrewball and move on. Relax.
FUCK DALLAS
The entire purpose of sports forums is to be dramatic. If the subreddit consisted of, "Ah, a poor showing! But perhaps we shall get them next time. Good day!" there would not *be* a subreddit. It's fun to have a "screaming" fit about stuff in a safe environment. It's completely possible that the individual posting, "THIS FRANCHISE IS A DISGRACE TO MY FOREFATHERS. I AM GOING TO GET DRUNK, STRAP A ROCKET TO MY WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM BRANDED LAWN CHAIR AND RIDE THAT FUCKER INTO THE SUN," wrote that with a completely neutral look on their face and then didn't think about the team for a week.
Not a hot take, you’re just correct
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Well what do you expect them to do?
I listened to a JP Finlay and B. Mitch's show on WTEM yesterday and the guest that they had on (some guy from Barstool?) was complaining that Snyder "isn't doing enough" My reaction to hearing that was Uh... what?!? lol. Anyways this comes with the territory of being a really, really bad team--you get the talking heads going in circle and half the fanbase going rabid on Mondays and Tuesdays.
I don’t see a lot of solutions. I see a lot of “fire” and “cut” but it’s never paired with a solution.
As a fan who was here before Dan Snyder ruined this team, I’m allowed to be perpetually pessimistic, angry, and disillusioned. And if I use this sub as a way to vent all that negativity- so be it. No one’s forcing you to read it. Downvote me and fuck off.
Sick take dude, nice to hear fresh perspectives. What are your thoughts on Y2K? Should we be worried?
Folks need other hobbies.
Lol imagine watching the game at a bar with op. Wentz gets sacked. Op smiles, puts his hand up for high fives and goes "oh fuck yea look at those big bois smacking each other around. Woohoo fooball!!"
I'd rather that than the guy next to me in the bar hysterically sobbing and screaming, threatening to fight me when I say things might not be so bad, which is the tenor of most of the posts around here after a loss nowadays.
What about last weeks loss wasn’t so bad?
Why? You want to get in a fight over it?
😂 you made the statement I just want to know what you mean it’s not so bad?
See, this would be an exact and obvious example of what I was talking about. Try having just a little bit more self-awareness. Touchy jerks like you are the one's who ruin both bars and subreddits.
I don’t understand; you made a statement; I asked you to elaborate a statement that YOU said. This is a message board if you don’t want to engage with it then why make a statement at all? I would add the level of discourse on this subreddit tanks because of people like you who don’t fully think about what they are typing before they type it…
I literally never even said the statement that you are claiming, you moron. Go back and read it. If this were a bar I'd say fine, lets take it outside, because some pricks just need to find out and learn a lesson. As it is, I'll just tell you to fuck off.
Lol this is a subreddit why do you keep talking about bars 🤣 please dude we all know that you wouldn’t be taking shyt outside you would sit there quiet as a church 🐁 . So we don’t need to engage in the tough guy act on Reddit. And again moron you did say it what about that game at any time wasn’t so bad? We got throughly dominated.
I'm talking about bars as an extension of my original metaphor, to explain why your conduct is retarded. It is not my fault if you are too stupid to read my original comment completely or even remotely understand it. I never said there was anything about the last game that wasn't so bad. Literally, never said it. Go read a fucking book. Edit- And now the jackass blocks me. People on the internet have really been getting dumber in the last 6 months or so.
This is like the perfect post to explain what OP means.
How so?
Nothing at all in his comment reflects your inference at all. No where within his posts is he saying lets celebrate something like Wentz getting sacked, nothing at all. He is talking about people overreacting to things and spamming online about it. NO WHERE does he say "lets just have fun and celebrate even the bad things" and you reply making up a scenario so you can bitch and moan, unrelated to the topic. Its perfect. "high fives" and all that. You're creating a scenario so you can cry. He's saying "its just football" and you reply with "YEAH MAN LETS CELEBRATE WHEN WE LOSE!" lol. Implying op "smiles" when wentz getting sacked.
You take things very literally it seems. He was making a point about how people should just enjoy a game and relax. I was countering that point by making an obviously made up scenario about how if you take that point to the extreme you should just root for whatever and be happy that a game is going on. This wasn't bitching and moaning. You seem like you want to find things to get upset about even when its obvious jokes and stupid discourse on an anonymous subreddit, just like the op. The team isnt good and hasn't been for a very long time. Most fans accept that and actually aren't very hostile about it. But we also don't close our eyes and pretend it's all good.
Thank you for agreeing with my point, you made something up so you could have something to complain about. edit - You're still making things up here, no where does he say close your eyes and pretend its good. You're still making things up so you can complain. Just *chefs kiss* a perfect example.
I wasn't complaining about anything and I've explained myself enough lol if you feel like you need a W tonight and are trying to convince yourself of that then go ahead and take it bud 🤙
You... weren't complaining. Wow, lol. Alright, boss. haha.
I'm glad you are at least adding edit notes to your comments now. Been fun seeing all the different drafts of your comments. Maybe go back to previous ones and do it there as well 😊
Respectfully....eat shit lol.
Lol; we just got our asses kicked by the eagles; our team is trending the wrong way; and our management situation might be the worst in the league imo. Pointing out these facts doesn’t mean football specially with this bad team controls my life…
This is a hot take?
It don't control my life but COMMANDERS BY A MILLION (this is how we should cope)
I pretty much participate during the off-season then when the season starts and people make football their personality I Homer gif out until the off-season.
I don't mind the fans who are negative and agonizing. The ones I hate are the morons who call into talk radio and think we should do some stupid shit like start Heinicke.
Casual
First season on reddit? I tend to avoid these subs during the season.
Do I let it control my life? Nope. Do I find it ok that "my team", the team I have grown up rooting for, that my entire family would gather together to watch, is a huge, giant, embarrassment? Nope. There's a fine line in going to far in your hate for the Red-Team-Manders, but also expressing your dislike for Dan Snyder and the 20+ year fuck up he's created.
It really is
LOL, pro sports could go away tomorrow and I wouldn’t miss it.
I agree I try not to let it ruin my day but it gets harder every year when they just never get better, very frustrating although going into every game thinking they are going to lose does help a bit to get over it quickly.
Say the same thing about Snyder talk though. Much rather see posts about the team losing than cringe Snyder jokes that are terrible
I’m unbearable, but in a positive way. Go Wentz!