“Miserable dickhead” is the easiest position to hold in a sports discussion.
If you are wrong and the team wins, you can say that you are “happy to be wrong.” If they lose, you get to double down on misery and dickheadedness.
This position requires no conviction, no risk, and no heart. It sucks the joy and love out of sports fandom.
But I get it.
Some people are just emotionally damaged and can’t allow themselves to invest a little hope into an outcome they don’t control.
Some people are just contrarians and derive some sense of self worth from standing apart from the main fanbase.
And some are just plain cowards.
Fuck all that… sports are one of the few places in life where you get to experience solidarity with a group of like-minded individuals about something that ultimately does not matter.
Save your fear, negativity, and cowardice for the things that DO matter and reclaim a little childlike joy by going all in for a sports team you love.
This is one of the few areas in life that doesn’t have to be miserable unless you choose to make it miserable. So choose differently.