Chef Jim Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 Northern california here. Mostly I get the "why do you like the bills?" and the pity follows. And that's why as I've mentioned before since I move here to SF last year after spending 27 in soCal I now tell people I'm from LA instead of Buffalo. Now they hate me instead of pity me. The hate I can take, you can stick the pity up your ass.
greenmohawk Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 Lots of raider and niner fans here in las vegas, they are just as bad. So we can relate and wish each other well. Other people want betting info bc/ real fans know more then the national media to beat the book. ..i hang my flag outside my house and wear my jersey on game day. We used to go to a local casino that would put it on every week, but we got the package and have a family football party every sunday. The teams record doesn't matter, we will watch every week. "IN BAD YEARS YOU JUST DRINK MORE BEER". . I bet Maybin would be great at coverring pass catching tight ends with his speed and size. And blitz him from outside like Lawrence Taylor or the Freak. Just put him in the game and build for the future. He only plays two or three snaps a game. Thats nothing.
Cory Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I'm in Maine and for the most part my friends are pretty mild. I get a lot of condolences...
flopagamo Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I live in the mid-atlantic area and people think the Bills are just the dregs of the NFL. For the first time ever, I'm a bit embarrassed. I took the 2010 "Billieve" sticker off my car. I'm not encouraging my kids to wear their Bills stuff to school, because why should they endure other kids laughing about it. If they go 0-16, it's gonna be real tough on us out of town Bills fans. I'm also in the mid-atlantic area, and I work with folks from all over the country... and I find that most of my coworkers genuinely feel bad for me. No ribbing, no hard time, just genuine sympathy (except for the lone Jets fan who went to school in Buffalo in the early 90s, who delights in our misery). A Giants fan I work with told me recently, "It's really not funny. It's awful to see a team that bad. It's not fun for anyone." I also happen to pull for the Washington Nationals... when Strasburg went down with his injury this summer, this same guy said to me, "Please do not start rooting for the Giants or Yankees." I still sport my throwback Bills hat. I will not stop doing that, especially because it looks sooo good. It's tough to watch a few of my sons root for other teams though. The only condition I place on them is this: if you root for the Dolphins, you sleep outside.
BuffaloBillsSD Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 Out here in San Diego I don't really get my balls busted too bad. I usually watch at home since I have a fryer and Sunday Ticket, I wear my jersey every Sunday and if I happen to go out no one really says anything unless they are a fellow Bills fan. The guys I hang out with are all Charger fans and have tried to convert me but to no avail, I am a Bills fan for life, for better and 0-16. If the Chargers won it all I would enjoy the party but nothing like when the Bills win it all. I also have every intention of having my kids be Bills fan, they will share the family curse.
Meathead Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 i like to inject myself with propofol and mescaline, enter a zombie-like state, and pretend im a pretty, pretty pony
BuffaloBillsMagic1 Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 In Central NJ Jets and Giants fans don't even bother busting me on the Bills anymore. It's like we are a non-entity. They justt don't understand how we got so bad.
Chris Hodge Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I live in Central Jersey, right in Jets and Giants country. I wear my Bills stuff all the time. I've actually been called names and told that I suck because I like the Bills. One day a Jets fan came up to me and just out of the blue told me how awful my team was. I think this was about 2 years ago at the point when the Bills were 5-1 or 5-2. I may be wrong about this, but I never saw Bills fans being that disrespectful to other fans in my time in Buffalo. It just makes me hate all other teams that much more that I can't even think of rooting for another team, no matter how bad mine is.
srtoady Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I live in NH and drive to Boston daily for work. I have a bills tire cover and on each door, I have the Bills logo. I get flipped off by passing drivers, laughed at by others. To watch the bills, I go to a local bar that is suppose to the Bills Backer bar for NH and most times I am the sole person there. It is also the same place the steelers backers meet, so I have to put with them. However the thing I notice most is no matter where I go, I always can find a bills fan. As I tell the locals, Bills fans are born, not bread, we don't cheer for the bills because they win, we cheer because it is in our blood. Even though the pats are still a top team, many fans have gone back in the closet, because they have not won a super bowl in recent enough years. And of course I always remind the locals, we didn't cheat!
Beach Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 here in virginia beach is mostly redskins fans who are pretty pesimistic themselves. they are usually sympathetic towards me and say "well it's a rebuilding year" i reply we havent been to the playoffs in 10 years. "oh sorry." i tell them at least the skins dish out money and try to make themselves better each year.
Nervous Guy Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 My question for the community is what kind of experiences have any of the other out of town Bills fans had with fans of other NFL teams and how do you feel it is best to deal with them? I live in Pats country...if anyone says anything about the Bills, I just glare and walk away without saying anything. Pretty soon they stop talking to you.
SKRAAPY Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 North New Jersey over here. About 20 minutes from New York City. I get it all the time from Jets fans. Its ok, I remind them that they are the Giants retarded little brother that gets praise whenever they do something not so retarded. By the way, how funny is this shirt!?
Jerry Jabber Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I grew up in South Buffalo for 21 years until I joined the Marines in 1996. I get busted on for the Bills losing four straight superbowls. "BILLS stands for: 'Boy I love losing Superbowls'. "The Bills are moving to LA", "The Bills are moving to Toronto". After a while, I get sick of hearing it. Even recently, people saying that I have a lot of guts for wearing my Bills hat.
yall Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I grew up in South Buffalo for 21 years until I joined the Marines in 1996. I get busted on for the Bills losing four straight superbowls. "BILLS stands for: 'Boy I love losing Superbowls'. "The Bills are moving to LA", "The Bills are moving to Toronto". After a while, I get sick of hearing it. Even recently, people saying that I have a lot of guts for wearing my Bills hat. I was enlisted for most of the Superbowl years. Took a lot of **** for that.
janick Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I wear my sabres gear. Most people in Phx don't know hockey
Jerry Jabber Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 (edited) I was enlisted for most of the Superbowl years. Took a lot of **** for that. Damn!! I had to hear it from Dallas Stars fans in 1999 when I was enlisted. Also, I has some A-hole Capitals fan try and run me & my girlfriend (now wife) off the road after Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals in DC. This piece of sh@t had his daughter in the front seat of his Chevy SUV (she looked like she was 5 years old). Edited October 14, 2010 by Jerry Jabber
FreeBird Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 Being in Oregon, it's not like the Seahawks fans have anything they can say... It's usually just sympathetic pats on the back and actually sometimes get praise for sticking with a bad team for so long. As an adult, it's in my DNA already, but I have to admit it's tough to want to try to get my 6 year old son bought in to the Bills I saw one other Bills hat in our small remote town over the years..Once a BILLS fan always a BILLS fan..... I'm one of the 50 year fools.... people understand the loyalty aspect and just laugh, and they don't talk smack about em because there is no smack to talk!
Catholic Guilt Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 My neighbor is a former NFL running back who loves to give me a hard time about the Bills. He does respect me for sticking with my team.
tennesseeboy Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I'm in East Tenn. I usually stop off at the local Beef O'Brady's to watch the game on my way home from church. For the first game I got there and there were eight games on..no bills. I asked and they said there were only eight tvs and nine games so they cut the bills because they sucked and no one was interested. I have been back twice and both times the bills were the team cut until I made a stink. Now I don't make a stink..in fact..if they DID show the bills I'd ask to see another game.
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I have been out of the Buffalo are for almost 6 years now but until then grew up a Bills fan and have it deeply ingrained into who I am. Over that time I always would get a lot of grief from everyone about how crappy the team was and the typical 4 superbowl losses or wide right nonsense, but this year so far it seems to be getting a lot worse. I understand the team has hit a low it hasn't seen in a long time but now a lot of the usual 5hit talk is turning into pity and it is kind of annoying. I have had multiple people in the last three weeks ask me why I even bother anymore and that I should probably consider choosing a new team. I don't know how it works for most NFL fans but from what I know about growing up in the Buffalo area switching teams is not an option. I will admit a little bit of shame is creeping in and I don't like wearing my Bills stuff to work as much anymore, especially with tons of Jets and Giants fans around here, but there is no way I could ever have the same passion for another team. It isn't something you can just turn on and off and for some reason a lot of people don't seem to understand. My question for the community is what kind of experiences have any of the other out of town Bills fans had with fans of other NFL teams and how do you feel it is best to deal with them? Non-violent solutions only, a punch in the face to a junk talkin' Jets fan would feel great but just isn't practical. I have a co-worker that is a Browns fan, we see eye to eye. I have lost a lunch bet with him twice now and each time we agree the win only hurt draft position. I mostly am surrounded by Redskins fans who are too busy trying to figure out if they should be optomistic about what is happening in DC to worry about anyone else. The steelers fans seem willing to take a shot or two, but they are quickly brushed off with a rapelesburger jab. Jets fans are just tough to deal with, especially this year. They just need to be reminded how good the Ravens look this year. I'd give them credit for loyally sticking with the NY team that hasn't gone too far into the post season in 3 or 4 decades.
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