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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, @[email protected] is insisting on being the representative for all the salty argentinians in the fediverse and has been posting shit all day.

https://lemmy.world/post/49653144

    • cheat700000007
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      4 days ago

      Hooligans did. People went downtown with the full intent of starting riots, win or lose

    • SkullgridOP
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      it’s interesting because sometimes teams are held responsible for the way their fans behave, and get docked points and such.

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    The Vancouver Canucks have had riots for the 1994 and 2011 Stanley Cup finals, because the city can’t handle success.

    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.

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      I guess there’s something to be said about Philly. If we happen to burn the city down it’s because we won.

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        3 days ago

        Philly can have a little riot as a treat, but only if they’ve been good at sports

    • SkullgridOP
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      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.