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We know about you Greeks Mono.
There's a certain kind of person, usually middle/ upper-middle class, usually white and (in this instance) typically male, who likes to be seen as "one of the good ones" by supporting whatever causes are fashionable in progressive circles at a given time. Maybe they already have some degree of interest in football (the old Stuff White People Like blog went into more detail of this phenomenon in their chapter titled 'The idea of soccer'.) If they're from the southern states they will have an AFL club because you absolutely must support an AFL team to engage socially in Melbourne society, if they're from NSW or Qld they don't really follow Rugby beyond their old private school team because it's no longer fashionable, and a game like League is low-rent, supported by the actual working class and therefore beneath them. Their main motive for following the Matildas (subconsciously, at least) is an exercise in image-crafting. They want to be visible as the kind of person who follows the Matilda's, rather than actually enjoying the game for its' own sake. Having it known they follow women's football/ bashing other men who are indifferent or demeaning towards women's football is another tick on their 'Good, socially conscious male ally' chart and gives them the dopamine hit of believing they stand on the right side of history.
oh in a shorter brief a inner city type EV more so tesla owner
I dont disagree with what you are saying however the opposite to this is a certain male, late 20s to early 40s, lives at home with mum, hasnt even smelled a women let alone been with one and would only watch a game of football (or any sport for that matter) if forced to at gunpoint, yet spends all their time on the internet "putting those pesky uppity moles in their place". The "enemy" is anyone who their online community tells them is left or woke or human.
I've never met a single person like that... but I only move in soccer circles. A few could exist I suppose.
The people Mono is suggesting are unlikely to meet you unless you frequent their mother's basement...
The ones that CH is referring to are what is termed the champagne socialists.
I'm worried Mono, I'm starting to agree with lots of your posts (not all, but).
Indeed. The people I describe and the people mono describe both definitely exist. In fact, there are a number or archetypes I could write about at length (pattern recognition is definitely a thing).
HAHAHAAH holy shit, the world is coming to an end if we start agreeing mate... lol
exactly right.... totally off track conversation but ideological disagreements were a lot easier to navigate before this whole "anonymity of the internet" bullshit started (he says while hiding behind a user name on a football forum
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The issue is in the last 20-30 years we've observed the worst aspects of American & British culture and adopted it as our own.exactly right.... totally off track conversation but ideological disagreements where a lot easier to navigate before this whole "anonymity of the internet" bullshit started (he says while hiding behind a user name on a football forum
What I feel this has brought about is a massive increase in POLAR opposite opinions.... 40 years ago for example, a bloke could have said "I dont like sheilas playing football, its crap" and the whole comment wouldn't turn into a 400 post diatribe on where you stand between Kamala and Trump... lol
... at least its not the culture of those pesky Croats and Greeks in the soccer though .... am I right
