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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties
In a weird way the Chiefs are almost too popular now.
The Chiefs were OUR thing, and now they have to be everybody's thing. Which maybe means our thing gets a little less real and more manufactured.
But if the alternative is what happened to Brees and Rodgers, slap some more 15s on a plastic lunchbox.
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As an out-of-area fan, people used to be really interested when I'd say I'm a Chiefs fan. They'd want to know the story. They would try to empathize when I shared my misery and frustration. At worst, I was inoffensive. At best, I was a wise soul who commanded respect.
Now? I get dirty looks. I have to explain, "No, see, I was a fan long before Mahomes got there" and that just makes it worse because people don't want to hear from a former pauper about how great their life is compared to what it was. I don't get to share anything about who I am as a fan. All I'm allowed to do is smile and admit that I'm lucky.
And then I have to come home to my man cave full of two years' worth of Super Bowl shit and stare at it and ponder the human connection that is now gone from my life and feel bad that I really actually don't ****ing give a shit, and that I'd gladly be completely ostracized by all future strangers I meet for another handful of Super Bowls and more Super Bowl shit to stare at and appreciate.
The Chief fan's burden, I tell ya...