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What makes a fan?
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:45 pm
I see the word "fan" - quotation marks included - thrown around on this board a lot as an insult, implying that the person in question is not a "true" fan of the team they claim to follow. So, my question is, what makes a person a "true" fan?
Oh, and in before "offseason thread." This insult has been used and overused this week since it's rivalry week and all, so I feel the question is germane.
Oh, and in before "offseason thread." This insult has been used and overused this week since it's rivalry week and all, so I feel the question is germane.
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Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:48 pm to TheTideMustRoll
Downvote for offseason thread
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:48 pm to craigbiggio
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Downvote for offseason thread
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:48 pm to TheTideMustRoll
Someone who likes and follows a team.
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:50 pm to TheTideMustRoll
It's that feeling of wanting to give up on everything, and hating the opposing team more than anything else on the planet, when you lose. You can identify your fandom after a loss, everyone is happy after a win.
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:54 pm to TheTideMustRoll
To actually be a fan of a team, you have to:
1. Attend the school and obtain bachelors and masters degree from said school.
2. Attend every home game and away game from said school.
3. Tailgate for every game that said school has for at least 6 hours.
4. You must know someone that plays or has played for said team.
5. Go on message boards and post about how other people aren't fans because they don't qualify as a fan due to 1-4.
Am I missing anything?
1. Attend the school and obtain bachelors and masters degree from said school.
2. Attend every home game and away game from said school.
3. Tailgate for every game that said school has for at least 6 hours.
4. You must know someone that plays or has played for said team.
5. Go on message boards and post about how other people aren't fans because they don't qualify as a fan due to 1-4.
Am I missing anything?
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:56 pm to skirpnasty
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It's that feeling of wanting to give up on everything, and hating the opposing team more than anything else on the planet, when you lose. You can identify your fandom after a loss, everyone is happy after a win.
well put.
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:56 pm to ACL11190
Yea your a dick wadd
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:57 pm to skirpnasty
A person who loves his team and supports them through all things. My teams are terrible for the most part. Gators are by far and away the most successful. Combined seven titles in the three major sports for all my teams lol.
Bucs, Rays, Lightning, Magic, Gators...wouldn't turn on them ever. Will die a fan of all of them...unless they move. Then freak them for leaving me
Bucs, Rays, Lightning, Magic, Gators...wouldn't turn on them ever. Will die a fan of all of them...unless they move. Then freak them for leaving me
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:58 pm to TheTideMustRoll
Fan is short for fanatic.
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filled with or expressing excessive zeal.
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:59 pm to TheTideMustRoll
Anyone can be a fan.
But it doesn't make sense for everyone to be a fan of certain teams, and certain teams don't represent every potential "fan".
For example, if you have never been a student or faculty member of a school, that school doesn't represent you, like it or not.
But it doesn't make sense for everyone to be a fan of certain teams, and certain teams don't represent every potential "fan".
For example, if you have never been a student or faculty member of a school, that school doesn't represent you, like it or not.
Posted on 11/26/15 at 7:59 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
Exactly. So a fan can be grumpy if they feel like it.
Posted on 11/26/15 at 8:02 pm to ThatMakesSense
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So a fan can be grumpy if they feel like it.
true
these folk qualify as fans...
Posted on 11/26/15 at 8:03 pm to TheTideMustRoll
Well it's not like you can call them Bama alums?
Posted on 11/26/15 at 8:03 pm to TheTideMustRoll
When your team loses and its eats at you on the inside and you feel it in your gut
Only way to know you are a true fan
Claiming a random team and be uppity when things are good and ignoring and moving on when things are bad is not a fan
Only way to know you are a true fan
Claiming a random team and be uppity when things are good and ignoring and moving on when things are bad is not a fan
Posted on 11/26/15 at 8:05 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
Exactly. So does ISIS.
Posted on 11/26/15 at 8:06 pm to ThatMakesSense
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So does ISIS.
Serious fans.
Posted on 11/26/15 at 8:07 pm to TheTideMustRoll
People take themselves way too seriously on this issue.
Posted on 11/26/15 at 8:08 pm to TeLeFaWx
No shite
It's 18-23 yr old kids tossing a football around.
It's 18-23 yr old kids tossing a football around.
Posted on 11/26/15 at 8:10 pm to BallstotheWesleyWall
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Well it's not like you can call them Bama alums?
Based on population numbers Florida has a frick ton of sidewalkers. As a resident of the 352 I see them everywhere, daily.
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