- Fans with multiple teams.
I used to talk about something similar to this particular example way back when on the DMN board and after migrating here. Many tangible things are considered wholes but an intangible concept like fandom is considered an 'exception'. Let's look at some tangibles:
- Pie. Divide a pie into two equal pieces. Two halves. Four pieces? Four quarters. Etc., etc.
- Container. Fill a glass halfway with water and the other half of the glass is still empty.
- Air. We breathe basically 21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen. Remove oxygen from air and what happens? Death.
Those are tangibles that are 100% of a quantity. Remove something from it and you are left with less than 100%. One can
duplicate a tangible but the result would be an addition to what currently exists. Two pies are
two pies, not one pie. Pour 32 liters of water into a 20 ounces cup and end up with a 12-ounce puddle. Up the percentage of oxygen in the air and wildfires become super wildfires.
All these things make sense but tell some people they are a
half-fan because they admit being a
fan of
two different teams of a mutual league, conferences, etc., and the term is taken as an insult. Of course, it is not an insult. It is truth. Scenario. Two teams play each other. A fan identifies with both teams equally. Does the fan root:
- 100% for Team A and 100% for Team B? or
- 50% for Team A and 50% for Team B?
Logically, the latter is correct. No one is cheering 200% for anything since all effort equals 100%. Two equal portions create a single whole.
Half-fan.
ah. The good old days. lol.
/mini-rant
