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Zane KP's avatar

I cried in the shower

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EmbassyDavies's avatar

You are not a better person when your team wins, you are not a worse person when your team loses.

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Charlotte Wilder's avatar

Very wise, Michael!!

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EmbassyDavies's avatar

Or is this just the way I have learned to deal with Boston and Liverpool fans?

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Avery Maxwell's avatar

I can only hope the Eagles fans in my life could be so self reflective as to check their sports privilege.

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Sarah's avatar

My head understands that the world is on fire and this is the least important thing to cry about. My heart, though…🤡

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Tiffany B's avatar

me when Georgia got knocked out of the CFP playoffs 😅 we’ve had two back-to-back national titles but I want more!!!

Will say that as someone who was born in New York and loves Spike Lee, I am wholeheartedly rooting for the Knicks 😛

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Ian Mark Sirota's avatar

Kind of how I felt when my beloved Montreal Canadiens lost to Washington in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs last month. I SWORE that I would be okay with it, that the Habs had overachieved even by making the playoffs, yet as the second ticked down on Game Five, I grew increasingly morose. By the end of the game, I was miserable.

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Sara Civian's avatar

Exactly

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Charlotte Wilder's avatar

it’s bad!!

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Katrinka Wilder's avatar

This totally endearing post may just be my favorite of yours ever!!!

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Charlotte Wilder's avatar

I’m so glad some joy can come out of this epic Celtics collapse 😉 love you!!

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Patricia Smith's avatar

Oh alas, Charlotte, you were not alone in your agony last night!!

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Beth Lisogorsky's avatar

I also yelled fuck to the TV and got irate. It comes from a place of privilege.

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Andres Aradillas-Lopez's avatar

They’ll win game 3 and they’ll rope you back in! Then they’ll break your heart.

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Nathan Minnema's avatar

That final line. lol. Excellent work.

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Shivani's avatar

Listen, I, too, cried after Game 2. Actually, I croed!!! I broke down!!! That feeling you described from those tough, heartbreaking 7 rebuild years -- oh, that crept in. But I'm going to choose to believe in Boston. It's all we've got.

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