CONTEXT :
The Vancouver Canucks have had riots for the 1994 and 2011 Stanley Cup finals, because the city can't handle success.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Vancouver_Stanley_Cup_riot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Vancouver_Stanley_Cup_riot
I made this meme now because the Argentinians are doing the same fucking thing. Also, @potustheplant@feddit.nl is insisting on being the representative for all the salty argentinians in the fediverse and has been posting shit all day.
7 Comments
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 64d
To be fair...the Canucks never rioted. The fans did. Just sayin'.
cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 64d
Hooligans did. People went downtown with the full intent of starting riots, win or lose
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 64d
it's interesting because sometimes teams are held responsible for the way their fans behave, and get docked points and such.
calliope@retrolemmy.com · 1 pts · 64d
As a mild correction, Canucks fans actually can’t handle failure. Which is much worse!
The last two times they’ve been in the Stanley Cup final, they lost in game 7 and the entitled fans rioted like crybabies.
atrielienz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 64d
I guess there's something to be said about Philly. If we happen to burn the city down it's because we won.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 63d
Philly can have a little riot as a treat, but only if they've been good at sports
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 64d
Making it to the finals is a success, and they should be able to handle that.
They don't make it to the finals all the other years and don't riot then, which is a bigger failure than making it to the finals and not winning.