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Old 12-07-2020, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Ironshaft View Post
Look, I want the Colts to win every game and every season's Super Bowl.

But, while the phrase is "any given Sunday," the reality is that the better football team wins the vast majority of game played.

And in this case, both KC and PIT, this season, are the better football teams.

If that is glass half full, well okay then.

I prefer to call it reality.
I have a good friend who is a notorious gambler. He would call me the day before a Colts game and ask me what I thought of the Colts chances and as a fan, I would say they're gonna kick ass. Regardless of the opponent. If they lost, my friend would call me and cuss me out. I learned to keep my optimism close to the vest when interacting with the reality based gambler.

When you chose to dress down an optimistic fan who made a hopeful comment about the Colts going to the Super Bowl, you said they had zero chance of that happening. While in all probability it won't happen, there's always better than a zero chance until there isn't. There's nothing wrong with your reality POV, I just didn't see the need to dress down the fan for his optimism.
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