| I have to ask this 22:57 - Jan 23 with 4031 views | Coastalblue |
it seems to be a go to insult for a number of people.
WTF is a happy clapper? Does everybody share the same definition? If one becomes pleased with current performances does one automatically become a happy clapper? What's the opposite of a happy clapper? It might help me define what one is.
It seems to be one of those terms thrown at positive supporters as a disparaging term, can somebody tell me what they actually mean by it, preferably somebody who likes to use it? |  |
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| I have to ask this on 23:12 - Jan 23 with 3718 views | clive_baker |
It’s usually a term popular with massive man babies who cry when we don’t win a game, used towards others whose eyes remain dry. |  |
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| I have to ask this on 23:18 - Jan 23 with 3668 views | TalkingBlues |
My interpretation of the term, is that it refers to someone that is content to continue only seeing the positive side of a performance/result, despite the fact that it may have been awful on one, or both fronts, I’m unsure if the performance/result elements are mutually exclusive. |  |
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| I have to ask this on 06:24 - Jan 24 with 3359 views | PioneerBlue |
Haters will hate, I accept people will express their emotions in different ways, some constructive some destructive.
To all happy clappers out there, You are appreciated, Your club needs you. Whatever the counter is, misery mouth perhaps? Sorry, they are usually muted because no one needs to read the diatribe, folks were given eyes and ears to see and hear what is going on in a football match. Humans have a special capacity to interpret and decipher whether they like what they see or hear then how they react ie more vocal support for the happy clapper or retorting to more moaning, misery and writing scathing commentary as though it’s held in high esteem.
A supporters real only duty is to support, we are not paid, we hold no responsibility for team performances, we can’t deliver three points, perhaps we can help by creating positive energy for players as Hirst recently alluded to.
To all the misery mouths basically subtracting from enjoyment of others in a ground or from the positive feeling a club seeks to promote on its long term progression, Your narrow focus on a player, a result, or a single league position at a moment in time, You only affect a club in a negative way, the manager can’t get you to deliver three points.
For all these fan boys with the misery mouths, one after another lining up to use social media as a platform for spurious comments, or spreading negative attitudes in grounds like you are original and know best, has any manager ever sat you down and developed their weekly training plans and next on pitch approach based on your superior analytical work or advanced motivational techniques? [Post edited 24 Jan 2023 8:25]
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| I have to ask this on 07:32 - Jan 24 with 3234 views | urbanblue |
I thought it went back to the fans applauding the players when we got relegated ... |  | | |
| I have to ask this on 07:39 - Jan 24 with 3207 views | Whos_blue |
My interpretation is the happy clapper is a slur that sits alongside woke.
A supporter who can enjoy their football without the need for effing and jeffing at every misplaced pass or singing anti Delia songs at the top of their voice for 90 mins is I think considered a happy clapper.
Someone who is prepared to challenge and/or call out an injustice or see the best in an under represented group or person is generally considered woke.
That seems to be about the top and bottom of it.
Oh yes. Both accusations are generally delivered with a good helping of agression, just to confirm they are apparently bad things.
Hope this helps. [Post edited 24 Jan 2023 8:26]
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| I have to ask this on 07:47 - Jan 24 with 3163 views | Pinewoodblue |
When we lose happy clappers are outnumbered by the doom and gloom merchants. |  |
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| I have to ask this on 07:56 - Jan 24 with 3126 views | Dubtractor |
| I have to ask this on 07:32 - Jan 24 by urbanblue |
I thought it went back to the fans applauding the players when we got relegated ... |
To be fair, the label was definitely warranted on that occasion. |  |
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| I have to ask this on 08:01 - Jan 24 with 3088 views | SitfcB |
| I have to ask this on 07:56 - Jan 24 by Dubtractor |
To be fair, the label was definitely warranted on that occasion. |
Most definitely. |  |
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| I have to ask this on 08:11 - Jan 24 with 3007 views | Matt_Netherlands |
| I have to ask this on 07:56 - Jan 24 by Dubtractor |
To be fair, the label was definitely warranted on that occasion. |
To be fair, I’m pretty sure that a lot of people who accuse others of being “happy clappers” also stayed behind at the end of that game and also would have been saying things like “what a fanbase” when the videos went up online…. |  | | |
| I have to ask this on 08:25 - Jan 24 with 2928 views | FrimleyBlue |
Those content with however the team perform league wise, just because the footballs good.
Relegation was ok as we'd bounce back up and visit new grounds and lambert had us playing nice football - according to some.
This season started off pretty much everyone feeling the same regarding promotion requirement, now it's changed to ' oh well, if not this year, then maybe next' for the 4th season.
It's not really an insult, it's more of a reply from those who claim others are flouncers or bedwetters for not being happy with how results have gone who refuse to fall inline with their requirements for what they deem as being a supporter of a football club. |  |
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| I have to ask this on 08:31 - Jan 24 with 2854 views | blueasfook |
Morons basically. People who will accept any old crap served up on the pitch and applaud it regardless.
I imagine happy clappers to be of relatively low intelligence. The kind of people who watch ITV. |  |
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| I have to ask this on 08:36 - Jan 24 with 2800 views | Kropotkin123 |
| I have to ask this on 08:31 - Jan 24 by blueasfook |
Morons basically. People who will accept any old crap served up on the pitch and applaud it regardless.
I imagine happy clappers to be of relatively low intelligence. The kind of people who watch ITV. |
Alright misery mouth  |  |
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| I have to ask this on 08:39 - Jan 24 with 2782 views | Whos_blue |
| I have to ask this on 08:31 - Jan 24 by blueasfook |
Morons basically. People who will accept any old crap served up on the pitch and applaud it regardless.
I imagine happy clappers to be of relatively low intelligence. The kind of people who watch ITV. |
Whereas I imagine those who use the term in an accusatory fashion could think of no better way to spend an evening than be curled up on the sofa watching Police interceptors on Channel 5. | |
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| I have to ask this on 08:39 - Jan 24 with 2768 views | blueasfook |
| I have to ask this on 08:36 - Jan 24 by Kropotkin123 |
Alright misery mouth |
I am a proper ray of sunshine! | |
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| I have to ask this on 08:41 - Jan 24 with 2745 views | blueasfook |
| I have to ask this on 08:39 - Jan 24 by Whos_blue |
Whereas I imagine those who use the term in an accusatory fashion could think of no better way to spend an evening than be curled up on the sofa watching Police interceptors on Channel 5. |
Police Interceptors? Nah, I am more a Road Wars kind of guy! | |
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| I have to ask this on 09:05 - Jan 24 with 2620 views | homer_123 |
| I have to ask this on 08:39 - Jan 24 by blueasfook |
I am a proper ray of sunshine! |
In that case, we are doomed!  |  |
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| I have to ask this on 09:07 - Jan 24 with 2608 views | BigCommon |
You nailed it already..
"A disparaging term, aimed at positive supporters", or aimed at positive people in general.
I think it's meant to be an insult.. It's the equivalent of a 5 year old stomping their foot and saying "Oh, shut up". When you don't agree with their miserable take on life.. |  | | |
| I have to ask this on 09:10 - Jan 24 with 2583 views | MattinLondon |
This won’t answer your question but I do find the term ‘haters’ just pitiful as ‘happy clapper’.
Just because someone might have issues with someone it doesn’t mean that they hate that person.
Really is quite pathetic. |  | | |
| I have to ask this on 09:12 - Jan 24 with 2553 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
The official term for the opposite is a 'Frimley-Makin.' |  |
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| I have to ask this on 09:16 - Jan 24 with 2500 views | CityBlue |
where do glory hunters fall in all this ? |  |
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| I have to ask this on 09:29 - Jan 24 with 2459 views | Whos_blue |
| I have to ask this on 09:16 - Jan 24 by CityBlue |
where do glory hunters fall in all this ? |
Oh don't get confused.
They have their own category.
They're known as "We only clap when we're 10 points clear at the top and every other team kneels before our wakers".
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| I have to ask this on 09:31 - Jan 24 with 2442 views | Keno |
I misread that,
Having just come back from my Morning Poo I thought it summed up how I was feeling |  |
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| I have to ask this on 09:33 - Jan 24 with 2426 views | bobbyramsey |
Happy Clappers clapped Town to relegation.......... |  | | |
| I have to ask this on 09:35 - Jan 24 with 2408 views | J2BLUE |
They are in the same bracket as conspiracy theorists.
To boost their own sense of self worth they convince themselves that they can see something other people can't which makes them special and happy clappers is their version of sheeple.
All a bit pathetic really. Everyone can see we've had a rough patch. |  |
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| I have to ask this on 20:43 - Jan 24 with 1853 views | Matt_Netherlands |
Just to confirm, are we allowed to clap the players off at half time?
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