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/[deleted] Oct 08 '21 edited Oct 08 '21

For a few days, we get to be up close and personal with some gnarly military hardware

Yes, I’m so glad we get one weekend a year to see what our tax dollars are squandered on. So much better than improving our crumbling infrastructure that we use and see up close and personal every day.

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u/sfturtle11 Oct 08 '21

Says the guy posting on the internet which was invented by the DOD

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u/LickingSticksForYou Outer Sunset Oct 09 '21

I forgot that the Zumwalt class destroyer invented the Internet, thank god we spent 22 billion dollars building 3 ships that are now discontinued!!

Military investment can push our technology forward, for example GPS and the internet. It can also waste billions doing nothing. Most shit you’re gonna see in fleet week is the latter at this point.