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Did anyone else see this? This is shameful!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11
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In meditation, whatever arises - thoughts, perceptions, sensations - is regarded as temporary phenomena; notice, and let go.
But they really are LOUD!!! That is loudness. ;)
Oh the usual facebook whinefest has already begun. Seriously people, you don't have to be in favor of war and death and militarism to appreciate the engineering, the grace, the talent, and the beauty of the Blue Angels. Everybody whines about the noise, like it's the only loudness we have in SF (sirens, CalTrain horns, people yelling into cell phones on MUNI - THAT's annoying noise). At least it's pretty and impressive loudness. But this time of year, the whole city turns into a bunch of self-important cranky old men. It's pathetic.
Absolutely right brookish - the blue angels are the ideal thing to complain about! Theyre here so briefly that you can complain incessantly about them, thus reenforcing your sense of delicate specialness, then juuust as you hit the edge of obnonxiousness, - even for your also-special peergroup - they go away. Its the kind of reenforcement of self image that you just cant get from complaining about ordinary every day inconveniences.
Sorry if i sound bitter. My employer circulated a vid around the company with anti-gay language today, and frankly, whining about loud scary airplanes intermittently making noise feels goddamn ridiculous in comparison.
It is absolutely ok to complain about the Blue Angels.
I get it, they're good at flying. Frankly, I don't think anyone is really that impressed anymore except for the tourists, but since they are the basis of this city's economy (ugh), we all have to live with it for a week. The rest of us get to be privy to a bunch of heterosexist, military dickwaving and wait for it to end.
I think I'll be more willing to appreciate the "engineering, grace, talent, and beauty" of the Blue Angels when DADT is repealed and we stop invading foreign countries that haven't attacked us.
I admit, it would be pretty funny if the whole show started at 12:02 PM on a Tuesday, though. The entirety of SF would shit its pants.
*SCRRREEEEAAAAMMM!!!!*
*DING DING DING DING*
You just said today's SFist secret word, heterosexist!
Remember kids, when you hear a cliche, scream real loud!
What do I win?
I like you (even though we dont agree). Youve got moxie!
If you think Fleet Week only impresses tourists anymore, you must not know any of the throngs of locals from throughout the area who flock to it every year. Typical insular hipster mentality.
Oh no he called me a hipster.
I would never try to take away your right to complain. You complainy people are like tie-dye and bacon dogs. They reassure me that I am home. But as a big giant socialist lesbian who loves the Blue Angels (and probably not for all the reasons they hope I do), I must make a stand against the giant boo-hoo fest that typifies this week every year.
Honestly people, there isn't some big measuring stick in the sky that judges your idealism based on airplanes.
Thank you.
I really do not understand why so many people whine so loudly about the Blue Angels when there are so many other sources of noise in San Francisco. If you want to live in a silent, idyllic paradise, don't live in the city!
Tie-dye? Do you live in a t-shirt shop?
I like pretty fast things in the sky.
The Blue Angels, I don't mind 'em. They remind me of this Pictures for Sad Children comic.
The Blue Angels never really bothered me (although they are definitely louder than the occasional siren or cell-phone Chatty Cathy, come now), but my wife works at a social services organization and they got a number of calls yesterday from people who've survived wars in Europe and Asia in the last 60 years who were apparently freaked the fuck out. One old woman was calling from under her kitchen table! Yikes.
So maybe Chris Daly was actually on to something.
Maybe the old lady should consider some PTSD counseling? Because the BA have been buzzing the City for like 20 YEARS!
These are recent immigrants.
Anyway, I don't necessarily disagree with the BA, but the fact remains, these are warbirds at heart, and I guess the trade-off of making money off people jerking it to airplane tricks is the noise and the yeah, some PTSD inducement.