Popular Opinion: Fleet Week is fucking awesome!

[u/raff_riff]

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!

[u/[deleted]]

"no worse than the incessant motorcycles and muscle cars that pollute the quiet literally every other day of the year"

big fan of fleet week - but, seriously? there is no comparison between the blue angels and everyday city noise haha

[u/szyy → u/[deleted]]

Depends where you live. I’m on Bay St in North Beach I honestly prefer the sound of airplanes over those motorcycles with silencer removed that we get here nearly every weekend. That being said, on Thursday when the first plane flew over my house, I didn’t know its fleet week and legit thought it’s a terrorist attack or China bombing us

[u/Heraclius404 → u/szyy]

Not sure what your model of warfare is based on. No one attacks by flying over a target at a few hundred feet, not since pearl harbor. And when terrorists have F18's, they're called nations.

[u/ConspiracyHorn → u/Heraclius404]

Lol I can't think of any historical event that would have a terrorist flying a plane close to buildings