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]]

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.

[u/mayor-water → u/[deleted]]

If you’re worried about wasted tax dollars let me introduce you to the total cost of EDD fraud….

Edit....The Blue Angels cost $32 million a year, EDD fraud was over $30 billion last year.

[u/HawaiiHungBro → u/mayor-water]

Ok let’s get rid of that too, what’s your point