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[juraitwaluzka]

(03-03-2013 01:16 AM)Templar Wrote:  That's all well and good, but there are a lot of us who have been through 30 or more years of disappointment. I became a Falcon fan in 1980 and I can't even begin to describe how much suffering I've been through in that time. If I knew that the Falcons were going to win every game next season by thirty points I wouldn't miss a snap of any game, and I'd record them and watch them over and over. I'd be totally happy if the Falcons destroyed everyone they played and I knew it was going to happen.

Dude no one has been around longer than me, my Dad took me to the first Falcons home game before I could even walk. I still vividly remember the devastation of the 1980 season with the playoff loss to Dallas like it was yesterday, back before I learned not to take things for granted. I remember the elation of the first playoff appearance, a victory over Philly followed by a loss to Dallas the next week. I also remember the horrific 80s after the dumbass Smiths fired Bennett. It's exactly all those years of suffering that has given me the perspective I have now.
I've always said not everyone has the stomach to be a Falcons fan. That's why all the whining by many of our fans annoys the piss out of me, a bunch of entitled cry babies that have no idea just how good we have it now.