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[deckardcanine]

The other day, I heard a complaint that if a guy tells other guys he's from Seattle, they'll say, "Oh, how do you like them Seahawks/Mariners/etc.?" And if he says he doesn't follow sports, they assume he's gay. Similar problems exist for other cities' straight men who don't follow sports.

This may be a fringe benefit to living in DC these days: Our teams suck, so we're almost never asked. And if we are asked, we just need to say they suck.

Mind you, this is just a theory. I haven't spent much consecutive time in other parts of the U.S., so outside guys aren't likely to get into that chummy talk with me. I went to college in Ohio, but that was hardly a sporty school.

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[sleepyjohn00.livejournal.com]

Never move to Texas. I think that it's more important to them whether you're an Aggie fan or a Longhorn fan than anything else, including alive or dead. If you one or the other, you're vigorously hated by the Other, and if you're neither, you're nothing. Strange place.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Good thing I'd already resolved never to move to Texas. I realize it's big enough to have some of everything, but the stuff I like is apparently quite outweighed.