Post by Purple Pain on Sept 9, 2020 9:26:22 GMT -6
Let’s just get this one out of the way first, as this Minnesota cottage industry could be an entirely separate list. In fact, it just might be in the buildup prior to Week 1 when the Vikings and Packers are set to kick off the season at US Bank Stadium. [Insert winking emoji face here.]
In the business, we call that foreshadowing.
Anyway, I had to include this obvious one on the list or its omission would have stood out like a sore thumb – or a sober Packers fan if you will. Anyway, it is known that the second favorite team of any Vikings fan is whichever team is playing against the Packers that week. More on this when we do a deep dive in a few weeks.
Bo with another piece:
How Vikings and Packers Fans Can Coexist Peacefully
RULES FOR VIKINGS FANS
Just as one should never get between an adult grizzly bear and its cubs, Vikings fans should never get between a Packers fan and their source of alcohol – be it a keg, refrigerator, cooler or that weird jug of illicit elixir in the garage. This might seem like common sense, but it can’t be said enough. Be careful not to let this happen even inadvertently. Always be keenly aware of your surroundings. You don’t know what they’re capable of out there in the wild.
Better yet, offer a Packers fan a beer as an olive branch. C’mon, you know you have extras! Vikings fans take a back seat to few when it comes to indulging in libations, so having more than enough on hand at all times is a priority for the ever-prepared Vikings fan.
Another rule: Joking about Aaron Rodgers getting injured by Anthony Barr was never funny. A player getting hurt is not a good thing, regardless of who they are. It’s fairly basic human decency that gets easily lost in the heat of the battle. Furthermore, sarcastically referring to him as Erin Rodgers isn’t just unfunny — or even the least bit clever — it’s a shade of misogyny. Grow up.
Now, so as not to come off as the Fun Police, I will say that it will always be at least a little funny to poke fun at former Packer Najeh Davenport for breaking into a women’s dormitory and pooping in the hamper inside some poor soul’s closest. You can’t make that stuff up. I bet even the person it happened to gets a chuckle about it at this point.
Finally, try not to mock the ownership certificates many proud Packers fans have framed and hanging on the wall. It’s their way of feeling important. It’s kind of adorable that they think they’re all owners. Just let them have that. It’s harmless.
See? That might have been mocking and condescending, but only a little. It can be done.
RULES FOR PACKERS FANS
Okay, people buckle up because this is the big one: Drop the Super Bowl smack talk. Or at least greatly minimize it.
I know, I know… it’s the been to go-to of Packers fans for decades now, and rightly so. The Packers have won four. The Vikings have lost four and looked downright awful in doing so. It’s the lowest of the low-hanging fruit in this heated rivalry and the easiest button to push when purposely agitating a fan of the Vikings.
But just try for a second to remember how y’all felt after losing Super Bowl XXXII to the Broncos following the 1997 season. It was a kick to the store, wasn’t it? There were tears in beers from Green Bay to Eau Claire… from Madison to Rhinelander. Now contemplate what that would feel like if it happened to you four times – the antithesis of winning it all four times. That’s how Vikings fans of a certain generation feel. It’s a deep, unrelenting pain they have to live with every day of their lives. Yet they find the strength to go on.
Have some empathy – it’s something our entire nation has a shortage of right now.
You rarely hear of Minnesota Twins fans ripping on Milwaukee Brewers fans for their lack of World Series titles. Sure, the Milwaukee Braves won it all in 1957, but the Twins still have more rings (1987 and 1991) and that factoid almost never gets thrown in your collective sports fan faces.
Act like you’ve been there… because you have. Besides, you need some new material.
It’s kind of like when Vikings fans taunt Packers fans by referring to Brett Favre a “Vikings great.” It was kind of clever and funny at first, but that ship has sailed. It’s time to freshen up the act at a certain point.
But again, so as not to be labeled as the complete Debbie Downer of the Vikings-Packers rivalry – and speaking of ships that have sailed – the Vikings’ Love Boat incident is still fair game for jokes and whatever double-entendres you can come up with. Vikings fans do it, too.
Also, we all know Lambeau Field is iconic. It’s a treasure in a certain, charming way, but let’s stop pretending it’s the end-all, be-all of pro sports venues. Packers fans love it but not everyone has to fawn over it the way you do. U.S. Bank Stadium ain’t so bad, either. They can both be great places to watch a football game.
Just as one should never get between an adult grizzly bear and its cubs, Vikings fans should never get between a Packers fan and their source of alcohol – be it a keg, refrigerator, cooler or that weird jug of illicit elixir in the garage. This might seem like common sense, but it can’t be said enough. Be careful not to let this happen even inadvertently. Always be keenly aware of your surroundings. You don’t know what they’re capable of out there in the wild.
Better yet, offer a Packers fan a beer as an olive branch. C’mon, you know you have extras! Vikings fans take a back seat to few when it comes to indulging in libations, so having more than enough on hand at all times is a priority for the ever-prepared Vikings fan.
Another rule: Joking about Aaron Rodgers getting injured by Anthony Barr was never funny. A player getting hurt is not a good thing, regardless of who they are. It’s fairly basic human decency that gets easily lost in the heat of the battle. Furthermore, sarcastically referring to him as Erin Rodgers isn’t just unfunny — or even the least bit clever — it’s a shade of misogyny. Grow up.
Now, so as not to come off as the Fun Police, I will say that it will always be at least a little funny to poke fun at former Packer Najeh Davenport for breaking into a women’s dormitory and pooping in the hamper inside some poor soul’s closest. You can’t make that stuff up. I bet even the person it happened to gets a chuckle about it at this point.
Finally, try not to mock the ownership certificates many proud Packers fans have framed and hanging on the wall. It’s their way of feeling important. It’s kind of adorable that they think they’re all owners. Just let them have that. It’s harmless.
See? That might have been mocking and condescending, but only a little. It can be done.
RULES FOR PACKERS FANS
Okay, people buckle up because this is the big one: Drop the Super Bowl smack talk. Or at least greatly minimize it.
I know, I know… it’s the been to go-to of Packers fans for decades now, and rightly so. The Packers have won four. The Vikings have lost four and looked downright awful in doing so. It’s the lowest of the low-hanging fruit in this heated rivalry and the easiest button to push when purposely agitating a fan of the Vikings.
But just try for a second to remember how y’all felt after losing Super Bowl XXXII to the Broncos following the 1997 season. It was a kick to the store, wasn’t it? There were tears in beers from Green Bay to Eau Claire… from Madison to Rhinelander. Now contemplate what that would feel like if it happened to you four times – the antithesis of winning it all four times. That’s how Vikings fans of a certain generation feel. It’s a deep, unrelenting pain they have to live with every day of their lives. Yet they find the strength to go on.
Have some empathy – it’s something our entire nation has a shortage of right now.
You rarely hear of Minnesota Twins fans ripping on Milwaukee Brewers fans for their lack of World Series titles. Sure, the Milwaukee Braves won it all in 1957, but the Twins still have more rings (1987 and 1991) and that factoid almost never gets thrown in your collective sports fan faces.
Act like you’ve been there… because you have. Besides, you need some new material.
It’s kind of like when Vikings fans taunt Packers fans by referring to Brett Favre a “Vikings great.” It was kind of clever and funny at first, but that ship has sailed. It’s time to freshen up the act at a certain point.
But again, so as not to be labeled as the complete Debbie Downer of the Vikings-Packers rivalry – and speaking of ships that have sailed – the Vikings’ Love Boat incident is still fair game for jokes and whatever double-entendres you can come up with. Vikings fans do it, too.
Also, we all know Lambeau Field is iconic. It’s a treasure in a certain, charming way, but let’s stop pretending it’s the end-all, be-all of pro sports venues. Packers fans love it but not everyone has to fawn over it the way you do. U.S. Bank Stadium ain’t so bad, either. They can both be great places to watch a football game.
More here:
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... and neither is this Chris guy.
