# Fan using the term "us" annoying? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 6, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-using-the-term-us-annoying/611952 "2012-02-06T08:03:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-using-the-term-us-annoying/611952/21 "2012-02-12T16:35:59Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Darn, beaten to it. That may very well be my favorite Mitchell and Webb sketch. I was going to post that as well. I haven’t felt this bad since I was shot to pieces in Detroit and was rebuilt as a robot. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-using-the-term-us-annoying/611952/22 "2012-02-13T22:27:54Z")
This is one of those things that irritated me when I was growing up. But people used it so frequently that I started doing it to. On that note, do fans of individual athletes do the same thing? For example, do Tiger Woods fans every say: “We haven’t won a major since 2009. Let’s win the Master’s this year. When we’re on our A game, no one can stop us!” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-using-the-term-us-annoying/611952/23 "2012-02-13T23:26:08Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > On that note, do fans of individual athletes do the same thing? For example, do Tiger Woods fans every say: “We haven’t won a major since 2009. Let’s win the Master’s this year. When we’re on our A game, no one can stop us!” No, since that’s a completely different animal. A person would only be a fan of an individual as long as that individual has a career, but they can be a fan of a team for life. There are no current football players who were playing 20 years ago. No current players will be playing 20 years from now. But the team will still be the team, and their fans will still be their fans. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-using-the-term-us-annoying/611952/24 "2012-02-14T07:36:06Z")
The danger is in actually thinking that you, as a fan, has any real influence over what happens on the pitch. A number of times I’ve found myself jumping up and down in the stands during a game or in front of the TV, imagining that I can somehow \*will \*my team to score. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-using-the-term-us-annoying/611952/25 "2012-02-15T18:38:38Z")
Bothers me more at the pro level when fans think the performance of people hired to move to their city and play somehow reflects on the worth of the city. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-using-the-term-us-annoying/611952.md?page=1)