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When you say you "hate" a sports team, it's time to do some self-evaluation.

by e40 10y ago

forgetsusername 10y ago
Don't forget the "I liked them before they were cool": "most of whom I suspect had not called themselves a Golden State fan until 2013" What are the rules on when you are allowed to become a fan?
- brogrammernot 10y ago
  If you simply like a team while they're winning and then don't when they lose. You're not a fan. You're just someone who likes to be part of a winning team. (Echoes Silicon Valley quite a bit eh)
jmduke 10y ago
I don't think I've ever met a sports fan who hasn't hated at least one team. Rivalries are fun; teams that you relish rooting against are fun. Emotional investment in the outcome is one of the biggest reasons folks watch sports; rooting for the underdog to win is rooting for the overdog to lose (and I can't remember a larger overdog in quite some time than the Warriors.) It's also eminently clear from my comment that I don't have some all-consuming blind rage for the team, given that I just complimented the head coach, so I'm not really sure what you're getting at.
- e40 10y ago
  Words matter. The word used was "hate" but it's possible that was not the correct word. I live a few miles from where GSW play. The team we lost to in the finals last year is a good team and there is no way I would ever use the word "hate" to describe how I feel about them. In fact, I like a lot of players on their team. I just want my team to win, of course. I've witnessed a lot of strange and awful things in r/nba (toward my team and others). It does appear there is a lot of hate. There is strong evidence that people from r/nba spend significant time making fake accounts and downvoting posts in r/warriors. As I said above, if that's what you're into, then it's time to turn your gaze inwardm because you have a problem. EDIT: any it looks like this thread is fairly polarized. Lots of downvotes, which don't seem warranted. Kinda proves my point.
  - jmduke 10y ago
    I agree that that's strange and awful behavior, and that if the only joy you get from sports comes from the suffering of opposing fans then you likely have some greater issue at play!
- AznHisoka 10y ago
  It's weird in another sense because you're only hating the uniform, since players changed teams so often these days.
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  - lambdasquirrel 10y ago
    Team culture can be a thing. Maybe there's something in the team's shadow that irks him, like Draymond's temper. I personally find it fascinating, all the emotions stirred up and that people aren't ashamed to talk about them.
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bardworx 10y ago
It's part of the "fun" of being a fan and the "hate" is in perspective, for most folks. I'm a Yankee fan; I hate Boston Red Sox...in most cases, I dislike people from Boston for no good reason. However, when the Boston experienced a tragedy during their marathon, I couldn't care less about baseball and only wanted to support friend and co-workers who were from Boston. During the next Red Sox game, I cheered for them because inside I made the decision to distinguish what I feel as a fan vs. the person that I am and the humanity inside of me. Do I wish Red Sox luck? No...I still dislike their team, fans, etc. but with a very conscious effort to separate fandom vs. humanity. On a side note: I travel to Chicago a lot, for work. When I wear my Yankee hat, I catch a lot of flank and in most cases, I partake in some general banter. If the situation seems a bit too intense, I'll leave them alone since it's not worth the argument + getting in a scuffle while on a work trip is frowned upon. There are differences, we (fans) understand limits and are okay with the dichotomy of using the word "hate" with no real intention of harm. Clearly, there are outliners in every case.
cafard 10y ago
There's hate, as in "beat, possibly fatally, a guy who wore the other team's jersey into your team's stadium". And there's hate as in "seldom miss a chance to speak badly of". Fortunately, the overwhelming number of those who would say they hate the Cowboys/Raiders/Patriots/Lakers fall into the second category.
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When you say you "hate" a sports team, it's time to do some self-evaluation.

by e40 10y ago

When you say you "hate" a sports team, it's time to do some self-evaluation.

Don't forget the "I liked them before they were cool": "most of whom I suspect had not called themselves a Golden State fan until 2013" What are the rules on when you are allowed to become a fan?

brogrammernot 10y ago
If you simply like a team while they're winning and then don't when they lose. You're not a fan. You're just someone who likes to be part of a winning team. (Echoes Silicon Valley quite a bit eh)

jmduke 10y ago

I don't think I've ever met a sports fan who hasn't hated at least one team. Rivalries are fun; teams that you relish rooting against are fun. Emotional investment in the outcome is one of the biggest reasons folks watch sports; rooting for the underdog to win is rooting for the overdog to lose (and I can't remember a larger overdog in quite some time than the Warriors.) It's also eminently clear from my comment that I don't have some all-consuming blind rage for the team, given that I just complimented the head coach, so I'm not really sure what you're getting at.

e40 10y ago
Words matter. The word used was "hate" but it's possible that was not the correct word. I live a few miles from where GSW play. The team we lost to in the finals last year is a good team and there is no way I would ever use the word "hate" to describe how I feel about them. In fact, I like a lot of players on their team. I just want my team to win, of course. I've witnessed a lot of strange and awful things in r/nba (toward my team and others). It does appear there is a lot of hate. There is strong evidence that people from r/nba spend significant time making fake accounts and downvoting posts in r/warriors. As I said above, if that's what you're into, then it's time to turn your gaze inwardm because you have a problem. EDIT: any it looks like this thread is fairly polarized. Lots of downvotes, which don't seem warranted. Kinda proves my point.
- jmduke 10y ago
  I agree that that's strange and awful behavior, and that if the only joy you get from sports comes from the suffering of opposing fans then you likely have some greater issue at play!
AznHisoka 10y ago
It's weird in another sense because you're only hating the uniform, since players changed teams so often these days.
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- lambdasquirrel 10y ago
  Team culture can be a thing. Maybe there's something in the team's shadow that irks him, like Draymond's temper. I personally find it fascinating, all the emotions stirred up and that people aren't ashamed to talk about them.

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bardworx 10y ago

It's part of the "fun" of being a fan and the "hate" is in perspective, for most folks. I'm a Yankee fan; I hate Boston Red Sox...in most cases, I dislike people from Boston for no good reason. However, when the Boston experienced a tragedy during their marathon, I couldn't care less about baseball and only wanted to support friend and co-workers who were from Boston. During the next Red Sox game, I cheered for them because inside I made the decision to distinguish what I feel as a fan vs. the person that I am and the humanity inside of me. Do I wish Red Sox luck? No...I still dislike their team, fans, etc. but with a very conscious effort to separate fandom vs. humanity. On a side note: I travel to Chicago a lot, for work. When I wear my Yankee hat, I catch a lot of flank and in most cases, I partake in some general banter. If the situation seems a bit too intense, I'll leave them alone since it's not worth the argument + getting in a scuffle while on a work trip is frowned upon. There are differences, we (fans) understand limits and are okay with the dichotomy of using the word "hate" with no real intention of harm. Clearly, there are outliners in every case.

cafard 10y ago

There's hate, as in "beat, possibly fatally, a guy who wore the other team's jersey into your team's stadium". And there's hate as in "seldom miss a chance to speak badly of". Fortunately, the overwhelming number of those who would say they hate the Cowboys/Raiders/Patriots/Lakers fall into the second category.

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