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<blockquote data-quote="Brother MacLaren" data-source="post: 4118681" data-attributes="member: 15999">Hmm.&nbsp; Not a sports fan?&nbsp; Because those are &quot;games&quot; where people do indeed pick allegiances and derive enjoyment in part from those allegiances.&nbsp; At least, that's the case for me. For me, allegiance is a way to be happier in enjoying that which I like.&nbsp; If I take the point of view &quot;This is good enough,&quot; I can be content with what I have once I find one that is &quot;good enough.&quot;&nbsp; If I were to take the point of view &quot;Some other option might be better,&quot; I'd never be content, because I'd always be thinking &quot;Some other option might be better.&quot; You can like multiple things, but there's an opportunity cost.&nbsp; I can't be as much a fan of any MLB team as I am of the Red Sox, because ultimately only one team can win the World Series.&nbsp; I can't care about every band that I might possibly like as much as I care about the top 20 bands on my iPod, because I have a finite amount of time and money to buy songs, go to concerts, and listen to music.&nbsp; I can't like every TV show as much as I like Lost, because I only have so much time to watch TV.&nbsp; I can't like every RPG system as much as I like Classic D&amp;D or 3.5 because my gaming time is limited.&nbsp; So I have to pick and choose, and I derive greater enjoyment from picking a few hobbies/bands/teams to be &quot;loyal&quot; to.&nbsp; I am aware that these are meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but I enjoy being passionate about them.So that's a different perspective on why some people actually enjoy having largely meaningless loyalties.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brother MacLaren, post: 4118681, member: 15999"] Hmm. Not a sports fan? Because those are "games" where people do indeed pick allegiances and [I]derive enjoyment in part from those allegiances[/I]. At least, that's the case for me. For me, allegiance is a way to be happier in enjoying that which I like. If I take the point of view "This is good enough," I can be content with what I have once I find one that is "good enough." If I were to take the point of view "Some other option might be better," I'd never be content, because I'd [I]always [/I] be thinking "Some other option might be better." You can like multiple things, but there's an opportunity cost. I can't be [I]as much [/I] a fan of any MLB team as I am of the Red Sox, because ultimately only one team can win the World Series. I can't care about [I]every [/I] band that I might possibly like [I]as much[/I] as I care about the top 20 bands on my iPod, because I have a finite amount of time and money to buy songs, go to concerts, and listen to music. I can't like every TV show as much as I like Lost, because I only have so much time to watch TV. I can't like every RPG system as much as I like Classic D&D or 3.5 because my gaming time is limited. So I have to pick and choose, and I derive greater enjoyment from picking a few hobbies/bands/teams to be "loyal" to. I am aware that these are meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but I enjoy being passionate about them. So that's a different perspective on why some people actually enjoy having largely meaningless loyalties. [/QUOTE]

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