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NBAccount t1_j0u1xj5 wrote

The way it goes from mostly peaceful to a cacophonous din of exuberant celebration...

It is hard for me to even imagine my country caring enough about anything to celebrate, united, in this way.

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phl_fc t1_j0unujb wrote

I was in downtown Philadelphia when the Eagles won the Superbowl and it was like this. As soon as the game ended everyone flooded into the streets. The lightpoles never stood a chance.

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Jimmy_kong253 t1_j0uvycy wrote

I remember them jumping on a awning at the Ritz and it collapsing

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d_4bes t1_j0uzqxp wrote

There was a kid I knew in a few of my courses at Drexel who was on that awning. Philly championship celebrations are definitely unreal, but nothing compared to a country winning a World Cup after being starved of it since 1986.

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Savior1301 t1_j0vk5q7 wrote

Was about to come mention Philly right when we won the Super Bowl here

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Blastmaster29 t1_j0wja9z wrote

Yeah people ate literal horse shit off the street to celebrate. Philadelphia is a weird place.

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JejuneBourgeois t1_j0wt5xq wrote

I was in Chicago when the Cubs won the World Series. I imagine your experience was a lot like mine. I was stuck inside, studying for an exam and with my window open, up on the 10th floor of my building, it sounded like I was inside a stadium

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Etrius_Christophine t1_j0wuri0 wrote

I was also there marching down broad. I’ll admit I kinda bandwagoned from playoffs on that season but it got me hooked.

The true unity of philadelphia, city of brotherly love, the kind that required trash trucks to party from and came together against Tom Brady…

Sorry, got a little lost there. Congrats to Argentina for their national moment of celebration.

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215_glock t1_j0xc97y wrote

I am a philly native born and raised and the crowds that gathered in the streets were insane

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erichw23 t1_j0vz9h6 wrote

Gotta love white people sports riots, it's ok boys will boys amirite?

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phl_fc t1_j0w2vea wrote

Could be worse, Boston killed a girl during their sports riot.

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GreenLanturn t1_j0uhbjw wrote

You should see that video of New York when Trump lost re-election

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fallingbehind t1_j0vabw0 wrote

I wouldn't say that united us. A little less than half of the population was wiping away tears with their maga shirts.

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BigPickleKAM t1_j0usndh wrote

I was in Vancouver when Canada won the gold medal in men's hockey for the 2010 Olympics. Much the same as this but slightly less shirtless people :)

I'm not a huge football fan but that was an exciting game to watch!

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skrame t1_j0v319p wrote

Some friends and I ran outside with brooms when the White Sox won the World Series in ‘05. This was in a small neighborhood in the south suburbs, and we were surprised other people were out. I can’t even imagine a major city exploding after a World Cup.

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jelatinman t1_j0x7w5a wrote

Well yeah. There's many articles about like "oh shame on you for liking this World Cup." We need distractions because our lives are so fucking pointless and doomed, so let us eat cake for a bit. Not even trying to be an edgelord, just bread and circuses ya know.

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E_M_E_T t1_j0vxok8 wrote

At least in the US, we're too busy fighting amongst ourselves, both in and outside of sports venues. Then we call the victor the "world champion."

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glowstick3 t1_j0wa2jw wrote

Of the two sports that use "world champions" its quite an easy argument to make that no team put together of a single country could beat the team that won.

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ConsiderationBoth752 t1_j0wd1vy wrote

Doesn't matter. Being the best in the world isn't the same as being world champion. You gotta win a world championship for that.

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glowstick3 t1_j0wda3u wrote

Do you really want someone like the Bengals to steam roll a team from Japan? Do you really want to see a 100-0 score?

We already have enough with the laughable FIBA finals where our 3rd rate NBA players wipe the floor.

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dindycookies t1_j0x2uw1 wrote

Yes I’d like to see a 100-0 score. I’d like to see the US go 1000 games unbeaten. Nobody will take your World Champion claims seriously unless you win a World Championship. Simple as that.

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greenlightison t1_j0wril8 wrote

Doesn't change the fact that they didn't play the game to deserve the title

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MattWey t1_j0x39ue wrote

I am from really small country, but managed to get 3rd player in World one time in a major sport. Very similar to this. Just crowds of people dancing, signing, going crazy as one. Amazing feeling.

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barjam t1_j0y2fv9 wrote

I was downtown when our city won the World Series and a few years later the Super Bowl. It was a super cool experience.

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Yes_I_Fuck_Foxes t1_j0y4azz wrote

Chicago had a similar vibe when the Cubs won the World Series in 2016.

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HaikuBotStalksMe t1_j0wwbq3 wrote

I feel like even winning a war won't get this level of celebration. It's weird how obsessed people are with a game about putting a ball inside a net.

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glowstick3 t1_j0w9qyn wrote

Ya kind of a dumb take honestly.

These happen in the US all the time. Case in point, cubs 2016.

Now as a whole country, ya probably not. But simply because the international level of the two sports most US residents watch are absolutely dominated by the US (basketball, football)

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NBAccount t1_j0wdxuz wrote

Well, first off, American Football only really exists in America. That's like saying Australia dominates Footy-- no shit.

And I was in Chicago for that 2016 WS win. The insanity was really only in North Side. Half of the baseball fans in the city hate the Cubs. And even more people are completely indifferent to baseball at all.

But, all of that aside, can you think of any sport, or anything else really that would elicit this type of response from a majority of people in the U.S.?

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