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Chicken and the egg question.

Absurdistan
Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
in General Charlton
Do you think Charlton attracts pessimistic, doom and gloom masochists or does it turn them into pessimistic, doom and gloom masochists?

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  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    The egg
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,934
    I'll give you an answer once I've goggled what 'masochists' means...
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,102
    Charltonised
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,934
    ahh, so that's how you spell it.... yeah, it's the first one.

    which begs the question: how many Charlton fans are into S&M?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,379
    Mother and Child Reunion
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 5,007
    Looking at my photos as a kid there aren't many smiles after when I started going to Charlton. I'll therefore go for chicken.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,680
    Karim_myBagheri said:

    ahh, so that's how you spell it.... yeah, it's the first one.

    which begs the question: how many Charlton fans are into S&M?

    I am. We've ordered out turkey from them this year and their 3 for 2 offers on gifts is great.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpKqMC2YfwI
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,423
    Good question. I am convinced that the Valley was the object of a gypsy/pagan curse long ago .. all who enter the vale of gloom are doomed, (not domed).
    Realistically, when Arsenal moved to north London and achieved great and everlasting success, it left a residue of bitterness and chagrin amongst the Woolwich/Greenwich football following public who were left behind to live in isolation by the muddy Thames, a resentment, bitterness and almost genetic melancholy which persists to this day .. ((:>) or should it be ((:<)
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,806
    Supporting our club gives you more kicks in the teeth than sweet moments. It can be argued that it makes those sweet moments all the sweeter! It does seem sometimes that if there is a chance for something to go wrong, it usually does where we are concerned! Always look on the bright side of life would be a much better song for us than Manure.

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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,985
    That's a great question
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Henry Irving said:

    Mother and Child Reunion

    Woooooossssssshhhhhhh

  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,194
    edited December 2013
    Good question Absurdistan. I think it's what social scientists would call a complex interplay. I was wondering the other day, what sort of club is it that has as the opening line of it's best ever song, "Me football team just lost 4-1, I'm feeling sad I'm feeling glum"? Got to be related.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,443
    Both
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,825
    A bit of both. It doesn't specifically attract doom laden masochists, but the doom laden masochists are more likely to stick with it rather than find something more obviously satisfying to do. And the experiences that come with being a charlton fan just reinforce that particular world view.
  • Cordoban Addick
    Cordoban Addick Posts: 5,448
    Its the egg, the evolutionary deviance can only have occurred in the egg.

    We have some bloody weird fans though, I wonder why some bother.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    we just have a high % of pussies that follow us
  • albo1973
    albo1973 Posts: 38
    Karim_myBagheri said:

    I'll give you an answer once I've goggled what 'masochists' means...

    im going to have to google goggled,
  • Cordoban Addick
    Cordoban Addick Posts: 5,448
    nth london addick said:

    we just have a high % of pussies that follow us


    Pussies, whiners, unrealistic(s) and people who have misunderstood what to support means.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,079
    It's a bit if both. Like millwall and their knuckledraggers, we attract and create misery

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  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,344
    Every club is the same. Just listen to the phone in's on a Saturday evening - in fact, i stopped doing so because of all the Spurs, Arsenal, Man Utd etc fans phoning in and moaning.
  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,610
    I think supporting Charlton is a bit like falling in love with a beautiful woman that's just a bit above your 'level'. You feel elated when she says she will go out with you, and you think " I'm in here" then she strolls off with some other bloke at the disco whilst mouthing to you " Ring me."
    And you hate her and love her and you say you won't ring her any more but you always do and it happens all over again.
    :-)

  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,669
    What's all this doom and gloom nonsense ? Being given the gift of being a Charlton supporter when I was a kid was one of the greatest things ever. It pervades every aspect and facet of my life every single day.
  • DMC
    DMC Posts: 199
    The charlton community scheme has done so much for my life as well as many others. Whats this doom and gloom all about - We are more than just a football club! we got a decent result recently with plenty of positives like wood, solly and yann all fit again COYR
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,425
    edited December 2013
    Living far away and not being able to take my medicine as regularly at the Valley, I have taken to walking up to perfect strangers in the street and asking them to kick me hard in the nuts. That more or less approximates a Charlton home performance for me... Happy days.

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