Shame Yourself

[Rob_Cassidy]

i think it's okay to root for a team of the place you live if you're a transplant.  especially if the place you moved from doesn't have a team in that particular league.

Let me get a ruling on this:

I've never really been a hockey fan. Never had a team or anything like that, but the sport looks rad. All my other sports allegiances were formed as a New York resident (Knicks, Mets). Now I sorta want to get into hockey, but it seems silly to root for the Islanders just because I'm from there. Especially when my current city has a team of its own. Can I take up Florida Panthers fandom as a transplant this late in life?

I can see both sides here. 

[Asteriskhead]

i think it's okay to root for a team of the place you live if you're a transplant.  especially if the place you moved from doesn't have a team in that particular league.

Let me get a ruling on this:

I've never really been a hockey fan. Never had a team or anything like that, but the sport looks rad. All my other sports allegiances were formed as a New York resident (Knicks, Mets). Now I sorta want to get into hockey, but it seems silly to root for the Islanders just because I'm from there. Especially when my current city has a team of its own. Can I take up Florida Panthers fandom as a transplant this late in life?

I can see both sides here.

Doing whatever you want is acceptable in this instance.

[star seed 7]

The answer is lightning

[dmartin]

i think it's okay to root for a team of the place you live if you're a transplant.  especially if the place you moved from doesn't have a team in that particular league.

Let me get a ruling on this:

I've never really been a hockey fan. Never had a team or anything like that, but the sport looks rad. All my other sports allegiances were formed as a New York resident (Knicks, Mets). Now I sorta want to get into hockey, but it seems silly to root for the Islanders just because I'm from there. Especially when my current city has a team of its own. Can I take up Florida Panthers fandom as a transplant this late in life?

I can see both sides here.

Can't you be a fan of both, one based on where you grew up, and one based on where you live?  Maybe a 60/40 split so the Islanders get the tie breaker in the head to heads? They only play twice this year, and one has already passed.

Unless you're a 100% devoted kind of guy. In which case I would go with the local team, because that was "your team" when you got interested in the sport.

['taterblast]

i think it's okay to root for a team of the place you live if you're a transplant.  especially if the place you moved from doesn't have a team in that particular league.

Let me get a ruling on this:

I've never really been a hockey fan. Never had a team or anything like that, but the sport looks rad. All my other sports allegiances were formed as a New York resident (Knicks, Mets). Now I sorta want to get into hockey, but it seems silly to root for the Islanders just because I'm from there. Especially when my current city has a team of its own. Can I take up Florida Panthers fandom as a transplant this late in life?

I can see both sides here.

i think adopting the team where you live at the time you start caring about the sport is acceptable in this case.

HOWEVER i reserve the right to PI someone if for example they grew up in let's say Houston and magically started caring about baseball when they moved to Boston and started cheering for the Red Sox.

[michigancat]

It is most fun to be a big time obnoxious Islanders fan when they come to town and casual Lightning/Panthers fan the rest of the time.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

rob, the Florida Panthers are probably the least lovable sports team in pro sports. dont root for them.

[8manpick]

It is most fun to be a big time obnoxious Islanders fan when they come to town and casual Lightning/Panthers fan the rest of the time.

In Sunrise, FL, half the people at Panthers games are going to be Islanders or Rangers fans anyway...

['taterblast]

for a majority of my life, i thought the Golden State Warriors were in like, New Jersey or somewhere northeast.

[AppleJack]

 

[420seriouscat69]

Someone left an extra QT breakfast pizza in the kitchen for someone to have. I was like "Man, i've been really good this week, I don't need that". I then walked away. I went back into the kitchen 5 minutes (coffee) later and it was still there and I decided to take it this time.  It had a gravy base, cheese, eggs, sausage, bacon, etc. I'm a monster! 

[The Big Train]

Someone left an extra QT breakfast pizza in the kitchen for someone to have. I was like "Man, i've been really good this week, I don't need that". I then walked away. I went back into the kitchen 5 minutes (coffee) later and it was still there and I decided to take it this time.  It had a gravy base, cheese, eggs, sausage, bacon, etc. I'm a monster! 

What time did this happen?

[star seed 7]

You drank a cup of coffee in 5 minutes? 

[420seriouscat69]

Someone left an extra QT breakfast pizza in the kitchen for someone to have. I was like "Man, i've been really good this week, I don't need that". I then walked away. I went back into the kitchen 5 minutes (coffee) later and it was still there and I decided to take it this time.  It had a gravy base, cheese, eggs, sausage, bacon, etc. I'm a monster! 

What time did this happen?

9:30 am

[420seriouscat69]

You drank a cup of coffee in 5 minutes? 

I went to the kitchen to get water initially.

[The Big Train]

So it was less than 5 minutes?

[mocat]

there is no way in pluperfect hell that i would eat the discarded remains of someone's gas station breakfast pizza

[420seriouscat69]

It was a full pizza. It hadn't been touched.

[star seed 7]

Someone just laid down a full pizza and didn't even take a slice for themselves?

[420seriouscat69]

Someone just laid down a full pizza and didn't even take a slice for themselves?

It was a slice of pizza in a box by itself. Idk why they changed their mind on eating it, but they put it where the charity food pile goes at work.

[mocat]

Someone just laid down a full pizza and didn't even take a slice for themselves?

It was a slice of pizza in a box by itself. Idk why they changed their mind on eating it, but they put it where the charity food pile goes at work.

  this needs its own thread

[Tobias]

what, like for the crippled children?

[Mrs. Gooch]

WTF is a charity food pile? How is it piled up? Like just boxes on top of boxes? Or just like a cookie on top of a sandwich on top of a pizza on top of some bagels?

[star seed 7]

You stole from charity? 

[420seriouscat69]

Guys, it wasn't for charity. Ppl bring in snacks, bake stuff, chips and salsa, etc. and place in on a table it our kitchen for everyone to have. They treat us very well here. Anything on that table is free game.