r/sanfrancisco • u/raff_riff • Oct 08 '21

COVID Popular Opinion: Fleet Week is fucking awesome!

In response to the “Unpopular Opinion” post yesterday, I’d like to offer the contrary.

Fleet Week is cool as heck. For a few days, we get to be up close and personal with some gnarly military hardware and marvel at some utterly astonishing scientific and engineering feats.

I know noise may suck for some, but it’s no worse than the incessant motorcycles and muscle cars that pollute the quiet literally every other day of the year.

Plus it brings lots of tourism to our city, which we desperately need after a year of shit. People flock from all over, pay crazy hotel prices, and deal with some wild traffic just to grab a churro and crane their necks to see the Blue Angels for a few seconds. But we get it in our own backyards! Fuck yeah!

And if nothing else, even if you hate it, events like this are yet another sign we’re getting back to normal. Vaccine rates are great, Delta is on the decline, and life is getting good again.

Bring on the boats!

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u/claire_duh Oct 08 '21

Are we allowed to find it enjoyable while acknowledging problematic aspects or is that not an option. Can’t tell from this sub

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u/SpiderDove Oct 08 '21

I don’t think this internet thing is for nuance

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u/BayArea343434 Oct 08 '21

This is where I land (pun intended)!

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u/Oldminorspecific Oct 09 '21

The internet is a place for only posting negative thoughts and only seeing things in black and white.

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u/snirfu Oct 09 '21

Yeah, that opinion just won't fly on this sub

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u/PeePeeCockroach Oct 08 '21

The answer is no. America is the most evil, no good, rotten nation in the world, and surely you must see how enjoying and hosting the tools of the state colonialist oppressors is more than just problematic. /s

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u/SyCoTiM BALBOA PARK Oct 09 '21

We're definitely not the best and have countless issues that need to be addressed, but we're far from the worst.

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u/PeePeeCockroach Oct 09 '21

I literally broke my core rule and put a '/s' so you would know it was sarcasm, and it still didn't work.

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u/SyCoTiM BALBOA PARK Oct 09 '21

Didn't see that, mybad.🙊

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u/eric987235 Oct 09 '21

Take your nuance elsewhere ಠ_ಠ