The Strange Decline of Ressentiment
By Odd; maybe it’s that I had a good news/company/food kinda day, but I’m actually inclined to celebrate the 2005-6 Northwest Division champions while noting the admittedly glorious Canucks elimination as a secondary item. Of course, the ressentiment frame doesn’t really fit in this case anyway, since I cheer for the marginally more historically successful team.
I would like to say that I am also happier when the Mariners win than when the Yankees lose, but let’s just say I was dancing up and down in my apartment when the Diamondbacks won the 2001 World Series…