Boy Bands and Sexism: Can We Stop Hating Teenage Girls? (via brute-reason)

Real talk, the sports fans thing is so true.  I grew up in Chicago and I remember the Bulls winning those six championship games.  The amount of chaos on the streets was insane.  Cars honking, people screaming, it was crazy.  And it felt like it was literally the ENTIRE CITY.  Like the entire city of Chicago decided to stop what they were doing to scream outside over a basketball game.  

This is why when people point the finger at geeks for being “weird” to me it’s like, “Really?”  I mean yeah, we stand outside for midnight launches but those are at least organized.  It’s not typically common practice to stand on the sidewalk, have EVERY CAR IN THE CITY start honking while people shout POKEMON at the top of their lungs.  Then have a giant goddamn festival at Grant Park like the president is coming to visit.

Same with concerts.  At least that’s an organized setting.  Or even if a celebrity visits a mall or something.  It’s organized.  The moment after the Bulls won the game?  BEEP BEEP BEEP!  That was the most disorganized shit ever.  There’s a reason why we didn’t actually go into the city when that happened.  We stayed by my mom’s apartment for a reason.  There’s a huge difference between, “OMG THIS CELEBRITY IS COMING TO MALL OF AMERICA THE MALL IS GOING TO BE BUSY AS FUCK,” and, “THE BULLS WON LETS SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE CITY AND DRIVE AROUND AND HONK OUR HORNS AND PARTY!”  I’m not over-exaggerating.  The entire city.  As a whole.  No matter what part you were in you were screaming.