Let it all out, rant thread

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One thing that irks me is our inferiority complex as Bengals fans. It's like our most resilient trait. We're the last ones to leave the past in the past. As if we're more comfortable losing, the sky is falling hysteria is always within reach, the refs conspire against us, we're cursed... all this nonsense. Enough already lol

To be fair, it's a blurry line between being absurd and just a regular emotional fan. Plus we did suck for a long time, and I make it worse by bringing it up. But I still think we're too quick to reach for excuses and, in some backwards way, would almost rather resurrect our sorry past because that's where we feel most at home. Not only do we favor the voice of the devil on our shoulder, we also allow him to clamp his hands around our neck. That psychological battle is tiresome!

Good news is that it's fading now. With Burrow leading the charge, we embrace our inner alpha in a way we never did before, and that's what it's all about. The journey to a Lombardi is not a straight line. We have more fans who feel we than we can/should beat anyone and the season's a long way from over, than we ever had before...

But I can still hear those little flies out there buzzing around and I wish I had the bug repellent to zap em. :)