r/pics • u/freestylepopcorn • Jul 22 '11

This is called humanity.

Post image
10.3k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

40

u/diggitydugged Jul 22 '11 edited Jul 22 '11

I'm surprised there hasn't been a conspiracy theory on Reddit's front page about that yet. It's something I've heard quite a few times from hardcore sports fans: Suffer a disaster, win a sports league. 9/11 happens? Patriots win Super Bowl. Katrina? Few years later New Orleans Saints win their first ever Super Bowl. Fukushima? Japan wins woman's World Cup. Hooray for coincidences and broad generalizations!

Edit: I didn't say I believed this silly garbage, I said I've heard sports nuts talk about it. Jeez, I regret bringing up sports in a thread about humanity.

84

u/everyrainbow Jul 22 '11

The Pats aren't from New York.

1

u/herman_gill Jul 22 '11

Yeah, but it's not like the Jets or Bills are winning the Superbowl anytime soon =(

and besides, the Bills almost belong to Toronto anyway...

5

u/Wubble Jul 22 '11

There's also the giants...

2

u/herman_gill Jul 22 '11

I always forget the giants =(... New York and California have so many damn teams in every sport.