questions → do you sometimes root for the underdog?

vote-for32vote-against

Do you sometimes root for the underdog?

Jul 29, 2012 3:46 PM

I was watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony and was in awe of the small nations that sent one or two athletes.
Part of me hopes that these people win because it will mean so much to both them and their countries.

atd15 atd15

11 Answers answer

Sort By:

vote-for15vote-against

I feel the same way! I love it when a country like that gets a win, especially when it isn't a sport where the professional athletes go "home" to a country just for the Olympics.

mkdr mkdr
vote-for15vote-against

Sure, it's always a great feeling when an underdog pulls off a win. It makes you realize anything is possible.

The first thing that came to my mind when I read this question was the Jamaican Bobsled team in the '88 winter Olympics. They didn't win, but I was rooting for them just because it seemed so implausible.

pitamuffin pitamuffin
vote-for10vote-against

I always loved how Underdog saved Sweet Polly Purebread

mkentosh mkentosh
vote-for5vote-against

An underdog is a favorite around here, unless it's against a team/athlete that I am more interested in.

EDIT: Isn't that the American way? We were underdogs against the British in the Revolutionary War.

jsimsace jsimsace
vote-for3vote-against

I most always vote for the underdog because I hate all the cocky a-holes that usually win..... unless they can back it up like Myron Mixon.

mikecris mikecris
vote-for3vote-against

I'm a chronic Mets fan + occasionally a sucker for bets on longshots. It's hard sometimes to root for the favorites.

lonelypond lonelypond
vote-for3vote-against

As long as I don't have a "dog in the fight" as the old saying goes, I pull for the underdog.

hossdawg97 hossdawg97
vote-for2vote-against

Yes, I like to root for the underdog. Also if they win, I pretend that I've always rooted for them. If they get popular and/or release merchandise I stop rooting for them because they're sellouts.

poopfeast420 poopfeast420
vote-for3vote-against

I don't follow sports, but in your example, I'd very much be rooting for these smaller countries. Partly for the reasons you cited, but also partly because I feel badly sometimes that the world powers just go about making rules and drawing lines on maps as if these small countries don't even exist. I grew up living in terror of nuclear war, but I always knew that I was at least going to be on one of the "sides" if it happened. As a kid, fearing nuclear holocaust, I thought about how awful it must be to be a kid in a little country where they wouldn't even have a say in whether the war started, but would be killed just as dead as those who fought. Okay, I was a morbid kid. But that sense of your nation having little control over its destiny must be terrible.

moondrake moondrake
vote-for3vote-against

@moondrake: I grew up during that time, and somewhat felt the same way. Many of the policies of different countries was dictated from the relationship between the "Superpowers."
I guess today is different. Large Corporations can make or break a nation.

atd15 atd15
vote-for1vote-against

@mkentosh: "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!"

jnissel jnissel

Stats

Asked
Jul 29, 2012 3:46 PM
Asked By
atd15
Answered
11 times
Viewed
572 times
Voted Against
0 times
Voted For
32 times

Similar Questions

Related Deals

Not a farewell, just a forced redirect.

It's true, Local.Woot is no longer, but please don't despair.

Never-ending savings are still to be found on Deals.Woot each and every day, so come on in. Don't think of it as a time for tears. Think of it as a way to bring us all closer together under one roof.

Sorry

This is only for people who have bought woots

We restrict voting to users who have purchased something from one of the other Woot stores. It's not just because we want your money (which we do) - it's the best way to be sure all the votes are coming from real people and not spam-bots or phony accounts. The best way we can think of, anyway. For now.

You can always get voting rights by buying something from one of Woot's other sites:

Purchases through Deals.Woot don't count, because in that case you're not buying anything from us. And we don't have your account information for those purchases.

If you think you've bought something from Woot before and still can't vote, make sure you're logged in with the same account you used to buy from us.

Geez, why so negative?

You have to vote up more before you can vote down.

Don't get us wrong. Negativity has its place. And downvotes are just as essential as upvotes when it comes to making Deals.Woot a useful place to find deals.

But when your votes lean so heavily toward the dark side, we have to wonder. Go vote up a few things. Accentuate the positive for a little while. It'll do you some good, and it'll do the site some good, too. Then you can get back to dealing out the smackdowns, OK?

Too late, we all heard you!

Hmm... you're wanting to take your vote back?

Well, that's a bit tricky. See, we do a lot of stuff with your vote, using it to work out the popularity of what you voted for, compare that to all the other things voted on, tally up our leaderboard, work out your reputation. Someday we'll do a little cartoon showing just how hard your vote is working.

Anyway, taking votes back messes all that up, so we give you five minutes, in case you just mis-clicked. After that we've got to say no take-backs. Luckily, votes are free, so feel free to throw them around left and right wherever you see fit.