I blame Scott Hairston.

Would you pay more for the photo of Manziel browsing NPR podcats on his laptop, if the laptop actually had the name of some Auburn student etched into it?

I had a shitty experience with the service department once... I had a free oil change coming or something, or a coupon, or whatever... and it took 3 hours. So when I got the survey I gave a scathing review. I still go back and they're absurdly nice and at the slightest hint of a problem — a minor delay, etc., they…

Great — so what's your explanation for why so many low-brow douchebags and shallow corporate types love the music so much? Because it IS so challenging — you think Chris Christie and his friends love to pump their fists, sing along (between sips of Bud Light or cheap merlot) because the music is so challenging?

I think that's all true with regular coyotes, but in New England they've had some strangely aggressive ones that aren't solitary and aren't afraid to approach humans or their dogs, even large dogs.

This is true of regular coyotes... these ones are much more aggressive.

Go nowwhere near it.

Do I look like the guy from Nickelback yet?

You think Chris Christie could ever bring a pack of lobbyists to a David Bowie concert — c'mon, that guy was gay or something, right? And what's with that black wife? No, Bruce Springsteen is something we can all nod our heads to.

It's right at that weird intersection of the "fitness" world and the "gay" world. I mean, it's probably mostly gay, but cloaked in fitness.

I'm making fun of soccer hipsters, but, yes, these are the underpinnings of many conversations everyday. We get it. You spent six weeks in Edinburgh, and it was the first time you traveled on a plane over water. You're not like them. They don't like you. Your parents shelling out for a fancy soccer jersey doesn't mean…

Why do you use the plural form when referring to singular teams in your soccer coverage, but not in any other coverage? I get the whole "british broadcasters do it, so soccer fans feel the urge to flaunt the silly affectation" but shouldn't you be consistent across all posts? Either go full poseur or enforce decency,…

I think it's more about hipsterism... the opportunity to sneer and belittle. I don't think those people are true soccer fans — they're just in it because they perceive it to be elitist or something. That said, they do make up a sizable population of soccer fans you encounter in social settings.

No, I'm arguing that trying to encourage people to like the sport you like by lecturing them about how everyone else gets it by them is a shitty way to get them hooked on soccer.

In my experience, the conversation usually goes.

No, it's really a soccer problem. There are lots of casual fans for other sports — the new wave soccer fan bois don't allow casual fans. Whether or not this applies to you, there is a phenomena of soccer hipsters, who love to condescend about it. It's the kids who did study abroad in London. They think it makes them…

A) Maybe you can find a bunch of fans who are assholish and snobbish about other sports, but it's a problem particularly prevalent with American soccer fans.

#3 Yes, but it only really applies to soccer fans.

It was the "millions upon millions" and the words "closed-minded" — there's the not so subtle implication that you think there's something wrong with someone who doesn't have the same appreciation for soccer as you do.

Also, the thing that makes European fandom awesome is that it's genuine.