oldmanfan Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 1 minute ago, PlayoffsPlease said: Riddle me this. What part of you calling out other peoples fanhood makes you a good fan of the team? I think fans support their team and provide criticism when deserved. There are folks on this board who take every single thing this team does and spin it negatively. You know it. I know it. My question is why. I really am am interested in ananswer. What pleasure dosuch individuals get from that. More a question of psychology than about the team per se. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Beebe Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 50 minutes ago, vorpma said: Man, if they only knew - I know where you are coming from oldmanfan! I remember 2 and 14 and cheering for a first down like it was a touchdown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Diver Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Love the Bills, dislike most of the fan base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, Don Beebe said: I remember 2 and 14 and cheering for a first down like it was a touchdown. Right there with you. I think it was the 68 season; I'd watch every game thinking there was no chance we'd win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayoffsPlease Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 15 minutes ago, oldmanfan said: I think fans support their team and provide criticism when deserved. There are folks on this board who take every single thing this team does and spin it negatively. You know it. I know it. My question is why. I really am am interested in ananswer. What pleasure dosuch individuals get from that. More a question of psychology than about the team per se. The psychological drama, is why do you think your superior to other posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 Just now, PlayoffsPlease said: The psychological drama, is why do you think your superior to other posters. I don't. I just don't understand why, if all you can say about a team is negative, one feels motivated to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Beebe Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, oldmanfan said: Right there with you. I think it was the 68 season; I'd watch every game thinking there was no chance we'd win. Do you remember when we finally beat Miami and the crowd tore the goalposts down ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 1 minute ago, Don Beebe said: Do you remember when we finally beat Miami and the crowd tore the goalposts down ? I am proud to say I was one of those people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpleman Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 There are different types of people. Different personality traits. There are lemmings There are sheep There are those who find comfort in blindly calming their fears and doubts by letting someone else telling them don’t worry, be happy There are those who prefer to have others think for them and tell them what to think There are people who prefer to analyze, to think, and decide for themselves There are leaders and doers, and there are followers There are those that just prefer to drift through life accepting what happens and what they are told There are those that believe *&%$ just happens There are those that believe we can change and affect what happens There are those that prefer to go through life wearing rose colored glasses There are those that want you to prove yourself and show them the money There are those who prefer to believe in the mystical process that is not fully spelled out There are those that believe trust and faith must be earned by actions, and not just unquestionably granted There are those who see the world in only black and white There are those who see the world in infinite shades of grey. Those on TBD are many variations of the above. Everyone is not the same as you. What you view, and how you view it affects your judgment, as it does theirs. One man’s weed may be another man’s flower. That is life. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Beebe Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 1 minute ago, oldmanfan said: I am proud to say I was one of those people. I cheered for you while you did. It's been an up and down ride hasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 1 minute ago, simpleman said: There are different types of people. Different personality traits. There are lemmings There are sheep There are those who find comfort in blindly calming their fears and doubts by letting someone else telling them don’t worry, be happy There are those who prefer to have others think for them and tell them what to think There are people who prefer to analyze, to think, and decide for themselves There are leaders and doers, and there are followers There are those that just prefer to drift through life accepting what happens and what they are told There are those that believe *&%$ just happens There are those that believe we can change and affect what happens There are those that prefer to go through life wearing rose colored glasses There are those that want you to prove yourself and show them the money There are those who prefer to believe in the mystical process that is not fully spelled out There are those that believe trust and faith must be earned by actions, and not just unquestionably granted There are those who see the world in only black and white There are those who see the world in infinite shades of grey. Those on TBD are many variations of the above. Everyone is not the same as you. What you view, and how you view it affects your judgment, as it does theirs. One man’s weed may be another man’s flower. That is life. Well stated Just now, Don Beebe said: I cheered for you while you did. It's been an up and down ride hasn't it? One of my best times ever at the Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transient Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Happy Gilmore said: I get what you're saying, OP, but I think most of it is just BBFS - Battered Bills Fan Syndrome. Nothing good will happen for us, so even a hint of something bad gets blown over into full travesty. Note that this is the opposite of PFS- Pats Fan Syndrome - obnoxious, ignorant, entitled band wagon fans. Pats Fan Syndrome is a misnomer. Its true medical terminology is “Frontrunner Syndrome,” it just so happens that it’s highest incidence is in New England, though not limited to football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26TrapDraw Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 2 hours ago, oldmanfan said: So you can't answer the question. I'm not terribly optimistic this year but some of the stuff around here is just bizarre Each Sado Masochist Bills fan on tbd has their own way of dealing with the warped twisted burden of being a fan. We know that the offensive line is a tire fire and it frustrates us. You've been here forever like me and should understand how crazy this team makes people. It's like that crazy redhead chick you banged when you were young. You knew she was nuttier than a squirrel turd but you couldn't help yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 2 hours ago, oldmanfan said: So this morning there's all this talk about how the GM is horrible because he didn't trade for Mack, how we'll stink this year, about how a rookie WB who has yet to play an actual game is a bust. And on and on. So my simple question is whay are you here if you hate this team so much? Do you take some kind of weird pleasure in trying to bring others down? Is it some kind of bizarre self-defense mechanism? What? Same kind of talk this time last year, and they made the playoffs. ...ingrained because New York is a blue state??.....just askin'......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 Just now, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...ingrained because New York is a blue state??.....just askin'......... A theory worth investigation..... You and I can remember some truly dark days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 If you don’t love every move the Bills make, GET OUT!!! if you don’t praise everything this country does, THEN MOVE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 2 hours ago, LABillzFan said: Seems we have this discussion every year. It's not that they hate the Bills. It's that they love saying "I told you so." Their vehicle is to predict failure, the single easiest thing to predict in the NFL. They then cheer for the failure so they can walk around saying "I told you that was a bid pick! I told you we should have fill-in-the-blank-with-something-another-team-did-successfully-that-is-completely-irrelevant-to-what-the-Bills-did." And then when you call them out on the complete laziness of their position, they call you a fascist. Okay name the regular posters you think do this. I don't know who they are. I think most like some things the Bills do and don't like others and they give their opinions on which move is which. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: If you don’t love every move the Bills make, GET OUT!!! if you don’t praise everything this country does, THEN MOVE!!! Not saying they have to get out. Just asking about their motivation. 2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Okay name the regular posters you think do this. I don't know who they are. I think most like some things the Bills do and don't like others and they give their opinions on which move is which. Ittakestime comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, oldmanfan said: Not saying they have to get out. Just asking about their motivation. Ittakestime comes to mind. I used to be a giant homer. Found many ways to defend guys like Jauron and Trent. But it’s also k to be skeptical. The Bills mean so much to be because they represent Buffalo. But you don’t have to blindly trust everything which some do with the “process.” Personally, I think their offensive player evalutiion has been terrible. Still feel like a kid on Christmas when the season starts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Diver Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 14 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: If you don’t love every move the Bills make, GET OUT!!! if you don’t praise everything this country does, THEN MOVE!!! Love it or leave it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts