Gripe No. 6: The ‘all-blue’ disc golf bag

I don’t understand the appeal of the “all-blue” disc golf bag …

And yes, I’m meaning to single out that color.

Occasionally, you’ll see all-pink bags – maybe an all-red or all-purple a time or two. But you don’t come across them enough to label them a “trend” or “movement.” They’re merely the product of quirky, obsessive-compulsive disc golfers. The sport’s weird – not a problem.

This ISN’T the case with all-blue bags, though …

They’re everywhere.

If Jeff Dahmer were to build a disc golf bag of his own, he’d probably do something bonkers like fill the thing with nothing but crystal-clear discs – and maybe some napkins and seasoning salt. But for as crazy as THAT sounds, buying solely blue discs is one sanity notch above it …

#Truth

I can’t be for certain where my disdain for blue plastic began. If I had to guess, I’d go with elementary school. Everybody was obsessed with it. Candy, Gatorade, lunch boxes and cupcake frosting when somebody celebrated a birthday – it ALL had to be blue ALL the freaking time.

Of course, there’s nothing inherently evil about the color blue …

Adults like it just fine; I like it just fine.

But doesn’t it seem weird for full-blown grown-ups to obsess over a color so much they’d willingly compromise the efficiency of the bag-building process to commit to it? Given the inconsistency of golf discs from run to run, the consumerist gymnastics required to build an all-blue bag with ONLY discs that feel and fly great is nothing short of delusion.

In kindergarten, I sat next to a kid who still popped a pacifier whenever he’d get upset …

This is disc golf’s version of that.

Lastly, here’s the cockroach atop this ice-cream sundae …

Blue discs are hard to find.

Like, run rampant with a disc golf bag chock-full of highlighter-yellow frisbees. Again, finding the right runs of the right molds will suck, but at least they’ll be easy to locate when you do. Good luck finding that blue Lucid Maverick in the woods when the sun goes down …

It ain’t happening.

If this article struck a bit too close to home for comfort, print off a color wheel, study it like mad, seek professional help and welcome some less-depressing shades into your disc golf bag.

The less Eiffel 65 in there, the better.

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