A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
Matthias Krämer@JuliusGoat Yes, sports metaphoric in American politics is a problem.
Woozle Hypertwin@JuliusGoat I mean, like, that's kinda the basic problem here, innit -- people who base their understanding of politics on their understanding of team sports: you pick a team, and you cheer every time they do something that seems cheerable. The whole point of it is the enjoyment of being part of a large crowd cheering (or booing the other team).
Meanwhile, the other team is always trying to talk about boring things like policy and social benefit -- that's why they're stupid and deserve to be booed, and our team is best because it's entertaining and happy-go-lucky and talks about positive things like making America great again and motherhood and apple pie and hard work and self-reliance and being tough on terror and anarchists. What's not to like?
("To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem." -- The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
chris overcash
Flaming Cheeto@JuliusGoat I watched the game last night and didn't notice this....wait, is this one of them thar metty4s I heard about on the teevee?
My camera shoots fascistsSo, I see, the newsletter business wasn't paying enough so you took a job as a strategist with the DNC?
Scott the F is implicit Baxter@JuliusGoat Don't hate the player. Hate the game.
Nathan A. Stine@JuliusGoat a classic.
Frank Bennett 🇯🇵@JuliusGoat The point of the game is for the maximum possible number of points to be scored. Everyone should know that, and I'm sure our fans will understand when the totals are announced.