Thoughts on the AFCCG

[swifty32661]

I hear you. It's just a foreign concept for me to want to "hang out" with other teams fans on their fan boards, win/lose/tie/whatever.

That's all I'm trying to understand...

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Amnorix is one of us. He's been here for eons, so I don't have any issue with him at all. And having seen the knuckledragging Patriots pseudofans who showed up to drool on my screen last week, I completely understand why a literate and thoughtful Patriots fan would choose to hang out with us.

[2112]

Originally Posted by swifty32661

I hear you. It's just a foreign concept for me to want to "hang out" with other teams fans on their fan boards, win/lose/tie/whatever.

That's all I'm trying to understand...

I’m not a Chiefs fan. I came here after Herm got hired just for shits and giggles. And as listopencil told me after I was here a while “now you’re trapped here like the rest of us”.

This place is very unique. I don’t even post on any other boards. And it’s docile now compared to when I came here or when amnorix came here. Lol you got hazed by skip towne and some others. And if you didn’t have thick skin you wouldn’t last long.

Just my 2 cents as a non Chiefs fan

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by swifty32661

I hear you. It's just a foreign concept for me to want to "hang out" with other teams fans on their fan boards, win/lose/tie/whatever.

That's all I'm trying to understand...

So why are you here? You’ve been registered less than 25 days and on your 13th post you’re calling out decade + members?

That’s what I don’t understand.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by swifty32661

I hear you. It's just a foreign concept for me to want to "hang out" with other teams fans on their fan boards, win/lose/tie/whatever.

That's all I'm trying to understand...

I think the key difference is that we're so interesting and well-rounded around here. We know football, of course, but we know cooking and cars and pornography and pets and antifreeze and music and politics and conspiracy theories and pretty much everything else.

[2112]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I think the key difference is that we're so interesting and well-rounded around here. We know football, of course, but we know cooking and cars and pornography and pets and antifreeze and music and politics and conspiracy theories and pretty much everything else.

[MahiMike]

Originally Posted by swifty32661

I hear you. It's just a foreign concept for me to want to "hang out" with other teams fans on their fan boards, win/lose/tie/whatever.

That's all I'm trying to understand...

I've never understood it either. Guess he likes hanging out with non-Bostonians.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by MahiMike

I've never understood it either. Guess he likes hanging out with non-Bostonians.

Mainly I prefer the different perspectives. Fan boards tend to become circle jerks of everyone thinking lockstep, or arguing over ridiculous crap that I could not care less about. Unfortunately, due to the ridiculous run of success, this board is now largely a circle jerk of "Cheatriots" and such, rather than some degree of objective/unbiased viewpoints. I didn't join some other AFC East team board to avoid that, because obviously that is what I would've gotten there.



I also originally joined mainly for political talk, and it was far more active here than on Patriots boards, and more conservative. This was before the creation of the DC subforum. I preferred to cross swords with conservatives rather than have -- yet again -- a liberal circle jerk. Over the years I've gotten somewhat less liberal, but the level of intelligence in the DC forum has fallen as guys like KC Wolfman, KC Titus, Logical and others have left or greatly reduced their post rate, with few/no replacements of similar quality. Now, reflecting broader trends in American politics, it's become something of a battle of extremists at the far ends of the spectrum. As a result I post there far less than I used to.