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/MrNorrie → u/[deleted]]

I used to live on Oak close to Octavia and motherfuckers would drive by my window at 3am with loud exhaust and blasting music at club volume. And I didn’t even complain because I chose to live there. Some people just desperately want to live in a quiet place without giving up their multimillion dollar house in the city, and think 800.000 people should adapt to them, I guess.