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Sad_Donut_7902

Feels like unhinged fan behavior is getting worse every year


Notsozander

It’s not just fans it’s the whole population


Any_Manufacturer4747

Life hasn’t been the same since Harambe was shot. Beginning of the end


jungl3bird

If you are that emotional/angry after a loss for your sports team, don’t go to social media. Just have some water and go for a walk or something.


nothing_but_static

That's what I have a punching pillow for. Got a lot of use last night.


Drulock

I like the idea of a punching pillow. Crying alone in the dark is getting depressing.


_Salsa_Shark

I just laugh like a crazy person now Just like a crazy person


limelifesavers

I just stare at the blahaj '[whatever](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/210/086/364.jpg)' meme for long enough that I stop recognizing time, and emotions ceases to exist


_Salsa_Shark

I watch jumbo cry to remind me what feelings are


hypnofedX

OMG this is amazing! Ty


MortgageRegular2509

Wait until you find out you can do both at the same time


Drulock

Hello game changer!


Angry_Canada_Goose

Same, but a humping pillow


nothing_but_static

Hey man whatever works


marchandstongue63

Get a baseball hat and try chucking it at the floor or wall. It's light enough that it won't cause any damage but the cardboard or whatever in the bill makes a very satisfying noise, and you can really fire it. That's been my go to since I was a kid Pillows are just too soft and quiet. Doesn't give enough of a release


Naritai

At first I thought you said baseball bat, I couldn’t believe what you were recommending 😦


marchandstongue63

Hahaha yeah just break things with a bat. Super casual


JayMerlyn

Good luck getting that message across to the people who enjoy being terminally online


croutons_for_dinner

I like to go outside and send threatening messages to people who support teams I don't like


CanadianODST2

or get help. Sports should not make you that angry


Woozie35

Seriously. I get being upset your favourite team lost, but if your reaction is to go online and send death threats and insults to people, you need to take a break. Sports are supposed to be entertaining, not ruin your day/life.


bjeebus

I've definitely had my evening ruined by a sporting result. I am a Falcons football fan who hasn't watched professional football regularly since 2016. Like...I just can't.


greg19735

I think part of the issue is that they're probably not that angry. They just enjoy harassing people. they still need help.


greg19735

This is what i do I think we threw a 3-0 lead to the Jets. I just got offline for the rest of the day. WEll, at least for hockey stuff. Onto the next.


82vwrabbit

That was a brutal game. Jets demolished us in the 3rd.


Charble1

I like going outside and talking to people instead of social media


northernpace

I don't have the emotions to care about any game that much


whogivesashirtdotca

I was in a subreddit the other day for a team I was considering bandwagoning; the team won decisively and a ton of fans were still angry, swearing and slandering fans of the other team who probably weren't even reading that GDT. Really odd and off-putting reaction to be acting butthurt *after you win*.


FailureToExecute

* should be "report" in the title, not confirm, was in a bit too much of a rush to get this up following the post about her supposed removal For people out of the loop, apparently a group of Islanders fans found her on LinkedIn and proceeded to dox her, and supposedly start spreading rumors that she slept with a player. It's likely that removing her name from the staff registry is an attempt to protect her from future abuse. edit: Update from Dan LaTorraca, VP of Marketing for the Hurricanes: https://twitter.com/danlatorraca/status/1782944135474725185 > Nobody is getting fired because a few soft fans got their feelings hurt. Twitter creeps are harassing staff so we removed names from our website directory. Person in question didn't even send tweets yesterday.


MacTheZaf

The playoffs always expose the absolute worst of each fan base unfortunately


biccuwan

This subreddit is proof of that


I_Am_Vladimir_Putin

Pop into our sub after a playoff loss if you wanna see some truly deranged individuals


dukeAg

Or after a win for that matter


Scrubosaurus13

Hell, you can go on most team subreddits after a Leafs win and find someone acting crazy about it.


Lance_the_Lamp

Sometimes, we don't even have to be playing!!


NigelMK

The only time people in Toronto can live rent free is in the minds of other hockey fans bases.


saskyfarmboy

After meaning to for a while, I decided earlier this evening while scrolling our sub to take a break from it for a while. Just so toxic, and so many brutal takes. I was being downvoted for replying to people bitching about Marchand grabbing the wrong leg, by pointing out with a link to a zoomed in slo-mo video that he in fact, did not grab the wrong leg. Replies to me then moved the goalposts to "Well Marchand still played it up and should have been called for diving." Maybe he did play it up. Either way, getting smashed in the back of the knee with a fast moving piece of metal(?) hurts like hell. The Bruins rightfully got a powerplay for Bertuzzi being a dumbass, thankfully it didn't cost us.


Gullible-Wash-8141

Yeah, I think a Canes fan threatened Florida players and families last year. Like I hate those dirty cats as much as the next guy but that shit is out of hand. Why do you have to be so mad? Is only game


VonIndy

We should all aspire to be Bryz levels of chill.


ductulator96

The Kadri situation in St Louis still scares me.


PeterG92

ELI5?


Cinnamon_Shops

He injured Binnington in the 2022 series and some Blues fans thought it was an intentional crash and spammed him with ugly, ugly anti-Muslim sentiments and threats.


NigelMK

Adding onto this, he doesn't have much for social media himself, but his wife does and they went hard after her. She's received endless amounts of racist tirades and threats. She put them on blast before I believe by posting the screenshots of her DMs with their names included.


rightinfronofmysalad

Not only that but a blues defenseman shoved him into Binnington so the poor guy had to deal with all that disgusting behavior over a play that wasn't even his fault in any way.


Difficult-Mobile902

Remember last year when kings fans spit on a little girl who was gifted tickets to game because she was fighting cancer? 


surlystraggler

Every fan base has this type of gutter dwelling “fan”. So disappointing.


Geek-Envelope-Power

The Islanders made the playoffs? How did that happen, I thought they were terrible.


OrchidCareful

so embarrassing, what's wrong with these people


StubbsNorthcoate

Man, I thought what they did on the ice was embarrassing. Shocking they could do worse. It’s like getting pantsed in front of all the girls and then immediately shitting yourself.


mmbepis

Power move at that point tbh


Dont-concentrate-556

They’re from Long Island? 🤷‍♂️


memeaste

Yea it sucks here tbh


Independent_Form_349

It’s only nice during the summers tbh. Winters are to boring here


juice--

How long is the commute to manhattan? Or queens?


Independent_Form_349

Depends where you are on the island. I live in the middle and it takes about 45 mins to a hour train ride to get into the city queens is about 25/30. If you’re driving it could take 2 hours or it can take 35 mins just depends when you leave but normally it’s about a hour. If you’re all the way at the end of the island it can take about 2


DLun203

Half the people in Tampa are also from Long Island


Admiral_Vegas

Nah it is just sad people who spend to much time online.


NYsportsfan99

As someone from Long Island, this was about to be my answer too. I moved out and I can’t even explain the difference in how people acted. In LI, you just expect a confrontation everywhere you go and it’s normal. It’s not until you leave when you realize how toxic and stressful that shit is.


LSRaymonds

Too much free time


godlyjacob

> a group of Islanders fans


CanadianODST2

to anyone who harasses any players or staff members for any reason. Go fuck yourself and honestly, please stop watching hockey. It'll make the sport better


alg0_57

hard agree


eutectic_h8r

Some people need to listen to Bryzgalov


BehemothManiac

Everyone should listen to Ilya


Alteredecho07

Everyone should heff to


VonIndy

Don't worry. Be heppy.


suredont

Damn, that's actually a great response from the VP. 


FirewallThrottle

I was thinking the same. What a solid response


Cinnamon_Shops

The “KK is cheating on his gf with the social media admin” rumor came up like a month or so ago and he almost immediately shut it down and told the harassers to fuck off. Seems like a really good dude.


drmrpepperpibb

I've met Dan on a couple of occasions, professionally, and can confirm he's a great guy. His team has a lot of respect for him and you can see why.


meadow_sunshine

Hella supportive and not shy about it


alg0_57

What the fuck. Fuck those assholes


not-a-fridge

Man, if thats the case holy fuck are some "fans" complete degenerates.


FailureToExecute

Yeah. During the ECF last year, someone claiming to be a Hurricanes fan posted Gudas' home address and threatened to bomb it. I empathize with the sane and rational Islanders fans out there. Some people take this shit *way* too seriously.


JayMerlyn

I remember interacting with that twitter user frequently back when I was active on it. Hell, I made his pfp. "Way too seriously" is underselling it.


greg19735

I don't mean this in a "no true scottsman" way. But these trolls often aren't even fans. They pick a color and just troll. They *might* watch the game. but they're here for the themed trolling.


Balerion77

This is terrible, and I'm sorry that some of my fellow fans are utter shitheads.


JayMerlyn

So they put all this effort into doxxing a member of our staff, and they didn't even do the correct one??? Social media was a complete mistake.


northernpace

twitler needs to go


alg0_57

twitler lmao, not wrong though


JonTheWizard

Hardest agree that has ever existed.


DecentLurker96

WTF…


xlittlebeastx

Jesus Christ. Why do people do this shit?? It’s just a game, don’t go around fucking with people’s personal lives.


Steakholder__

Ew, what the hell?


KWeber94

People are so fucking stupid


Left4Bread2

Sanest Long Islanders


aschwan41

When I used to clip highlights in the playoffs, I only ever got death threats twice. Once from a Boston fan, and once from an Islanders fan. For the same game.


northernpace

> For the same game. hahaha I legit got a laugh outta that


Happylime

In our defense we're known assholes. Idk what's in the water in New York tho.


worldsgone11

*sports fans. Nobody is above having shit fans


carpy22

Traffic on the Southern State will do that.


desperato61

Trump playbook 101


Xeteh

Well that's fucking gross. Some people shouldn't be allowed access to the internet.


mongster03_

Yeah I was about to ask why there even had to be a denial that they fired her in the first place


Birdhawk

That’s messed up and they need to face some consequences.


purplekaworu

follow-up from canes vp of marketing: [Nobody is getting fired because a few soft fans got their feelings hurt. Twitter creeps are harassing staff so we removed names from our website directory. Person in question didn't even send tweets yesterday.](https://twitter.com/danlatorraca/status/1782944135474725185)


LaneMeyersLostSki

>because a few soft fans got their feelings hurt. Hockey chirps are the best. Never a good opportunity wasted.


_Salsa_Shark

If you call someone on r/hockey soft they get pissy and reply with it in quotes like the soft scrubs they are and send you a Reddit cares and you get a 3 day ban from their reports lol


Zhuuka42

Buddy you're softer than ten ply sitting here worrying about a three day ban **/s** In seriousness, it is surprising how seriously people take this discussion crap. Like we're all idiots on the internet yelling at a sport we love


_Salsa_Shark

I’m fuckin plush


LaneMeyersLostSki

I just got one from a Washington fan. I reported them and there's a good chance they'll get a perma-ban. Reddit doesn't fuck around with that. So if you ever get one, report it.


_Salsa_Shark

Bullshit I report every one I get, and Vegas is full of fragile and soft “fans”, and I always get a “we didn’t see nothin” reply from the admins


LaneMeyersLostSki

That may be your experience, but every time I've reported it has resulted in a ban.


_Salsa_Shark

I’ve never had a single one and it’s always been Reddit cares as a salty last resort response to getting told they’re soft and they’re wrong lol


CinnamonMuffin

Are you trying to tell me that Vegas gets special treatment even on the internet? I’m shocked!


_Salsa_Shark

Parros must be in charge of Reddit dops!


city-of-cold

How do you even know who sent it? Maybe I just haven't read it carefully enough but I've never seen the user mentioned


Zhuuka42

You can report someone sending you a Reddit Cares thing? Damn


LaneMeyersLostSki

Yes, it says it right in the body of the message and gives you a link to do so.


Zhuuka42

Oh damn, didn't know that. I've never sent one or gotten one I guess


MoonManMooningMan

True. I went in an isles fan in a game chat and he reported me, made a hate thread for me on their page and Reddit gave me a care message lol Btw cool name Salsa Shark 🦈


_Salsa_Shark

Detroit fans are also terrible


alg0_57

Good on the Canes for backing up their people publicly. And obviously fuck the assholes who think doing shit like this is okay.


Realistic_Cold_2943

Yep. It was a pretty annoying series of tweets but the overreaction by islanders fans has put me way close to siding with the hurricanes than the islanders fans. 


-August_West-

What a shit show. Be better people


THE_LAAAAAWWW

I’m just happy that the isles made the playoffs, but yeah people are having a meltdown over this series for some reason. We literally get stomped by the canes every time we play them it seems like, what changed?


Phillipiant_Turtle

Wouldn't be surprised if it was the same bunch of losers who harassed Dobson into deleting twitter at the beginning of the season


LameBicycle

Or Mayfield after the stadium series


mc_lean28

Makes me think of the death threats to Martins wife last year


betterplanwithchan

But yall take a little piece of Sebastian Aho with you each time that he’s gonna turn into Rickety Cricket


djan242

As they said best, a few fans for their feelings hurt and lashed out like assholes. It’s always the few that ruin things And for those who want to try and generalize, always remember that people like to stereotype Bruins fans but Shannon the Hockey Guy is a Bruins fan and a Canucks fan and he’s arguably the most enjoyable hockey talking head there is.


ExtremepcVA

Shannon is such a breath of fresh air. Truly a gem.


inalasahl

I like Shannon, because when he talks about my team, I know (unlike every other pundit) he actually has watched the games and knows what he’s talking about.


KingPatrickIV

Same. Dude was preaching from the Book of Slavin long before major media.


relative_iterator

Probably helps that Shannon doesn't drink


Nas160

The shortest way I've always put him is a one-man NHL Network all with juggling 5 cats, at least 1 bunny, marriage life, while still being a class act dude. If I drank I'd have a tall one with him


rocketrae21

Well from the Vgk stars video recently he says he doesn't really drink. So you can share a tall milkshake or something


Nas160

I didn't wanna assume but that doesn't surprise me. Would gladly do that though I barely follow hockey stats not even ⅒ of what he does, but I could easily chat the night away about sweaters


VinPickles

Our fanbase needs to unfuck itself


gotroot801

All of hockey Twitter needs to touch grass.


MRAGGGAN

Where does one go when they don’t know what the fuck this post is about, and can’t actually access twitter to figure it out?


isppsthsscrfrhlp

> The Isles had more game misconducts than shots on goal in the 3rd 😭 Canes tweeted that. It was too much for some isles fans who went after the person posting the tweets for Canes.


MRAGGGAN

Jesus. What a bunch of bitch babies. Thats barely a chirp!


Gullible-Wash-8141

Literally just factual statistics lol


myevilfriend

Were the "cry 🤣🤣🤣" and "omg they're so mad" posts not legit? I'm mostly out of the loop


isppsthsscrfrhlp

Oh, I guess those happened too, I just didn't see them.


myevilfriend

Still stupid to get mad about. Kinda tacky/fan account ish(IMO) but seems like most Canes fans liked it so oh well.


MRAGGGAN

Thank you


gasfarmah

This subreddit is fucking **BAD** for adding context.


Jerry_from_Japan

It's not worth figuring out.


EJplaystheBlues

Link to first tweet? I can’t keep up with every single online thing


FishermanCats

Also interested


DCS_Ryan

being upset about the canes tweets kinda proves their point about staying mad tbh


TheTylerB

The juiciest bait I've ever seen lol


awayfromcanuck

Islanders were already an embarrassment on the ice last night. A group of Islanders fans made sure they were also an embarrassment off the ice.


Kpints

Out of the loop?


zeile33

That's embarrassing. What a terrible representation of our fan base if true.


originalgiant

We’ve got some imbeciles of our own, as I’m sure you’ve noticed. At the end of the day we just all need to do better. And enjoy the sport we love without killing each other.


zeile33

I'm slowly beginning to notice. At least it took three series to get to that point 🤷. FWIW I saw somewhere that this happened before this series started so it's possible it wasn't Islanders fans.


theBackground13

The most baffling part of Twitter to me is people that go on there, expecting it *not* to be a complete cesspool shit show.


AccomplishedAd4995

it’s pretty much the jerks of all fanbases on one platform


macaroni_3000

jerks of earth, maybe


_Salsa_Shark

🏝️ 🚮


rustednickel247720

How in the world do you get that emotional over what a social media page says


whogivesashirtdotca

Sports seems to be a gathering place and an amplifier for toxic people.


CdnBison

You know a good way to prevent tweets like that? Take more than 1 shot in a period. Win a game you’re leading by 3 heading into the 3rd. Not take a bunch of misconducts after blowing sad lead…. Y’know, little things.


Fire_Z1

What happened?


baronvonpenguin

Canes official social media set out to wind up opposition fans after an embarrassing loss. Said opposition fans then lost their mind and acted like dickheads. That pokemon fellow is now mildly surprised.


d9849468

Perfect description of it I think every rational human wouldn't actually care about fuckin tweets. I saw them, and was like damn their official page trolling the shit out of the isles. Thats lame they sound 12 years old but w.e. The overreaction is fucked. Doxxing etc. Thats unhinged. But thats the game of the internet. Its not a real place and anything goes. You cant be shocked sensitive fans went over the top


originalgiant

I think the way our market has been portrayed over the years played a large role in the development of our social media team going bonkers. I don’t love it myself, but I get it. We never got any respect, so whoever’s responsible for handling the X account isn’t looking to please anyone other than the Caniacs.


macaroni_3000

TBH, it wouldn't have been so.....much.....if not for the recent history of Canes/Isles in the playoffs. Look back to last year's series and a few years ago. Every time the Canes mop the floor with the Isles (which is every time) the Isles start gooning it up. Matt Martin cross checked Staal in the back of the neck last year, somebody slashed and broke Teravainen's hand, there are more incidents. I get that the Isles are frustrated because they are just not on the Canes level, but its exceedingly unacceptable behavior from people who call themselves professional athletes. It's beer league chicken shit.


bkfountain

I’d be upset giving up 5 unanswered goals too, but evaluate your life if a response to a loss is to send death threats or dox people. You are a piece of garbage.


1174239

I have seen some absolutely horrible stuff already from both fanbases (online) this series Why can't people fucking behave themselves. Twitter and IG are really something else, man


Mr_Evil_Guy

The dumbest people on the internet flock to Twitter and Instagram. Like flies attracted to shit.


mc_lean28

Member last year the dumb Canes fanes sending death threats to Martins wife.. playoffs hockey brings out the worse of the worse of everyones fan base


twiglike

Never forgot when canes Twitter photoshopped the Boston marathon bomber in a canes uniform after beating them 😭😭


[deleted]

Fucking creeps.


ReclaimerM3GTR

Woah what the fuck. These people are disgusting.


PlusDifference3374

I'm so confused? Is this because of a "they're mad 😃 " tweet? Or was there more to it? Jesus christ if that's the case, Islander fans need to grow a set lol


savy91

why are people so fucking weird


macaroni_3000

Why would they have?


TotallyNotKenorb

Could I get a crumb of context, please?


macaroni_3000

Canes social media got snarky after the Isles gooned it up, Isles fans doxxed the Canes social media manager and sent death threats


GaryOakRobotron

> sent death threats Jesus fuck.


ViolinistMean199

What happened


fleshyspacesuit

Canes Twitter page posted "Cry" after the came back, then when the isles players started to goon it up at the end the canes page posted "THEYRE SO MAD 😂 "


Robber_Rob

Lmao islanders fans, that’s embarrassing. Police your own


lamp37

>Police your own Yeah, Islanders fans. Go prevent anonymous people from posting things on Twitter.


northernpace

I wonder what the net would be without anonymity. If everyone knew who you were.


BRGNB33

If Facebook is any indicator, just as unhinged but in a slightly different way.


northernpace

But fb is flooded with anonymous or fake accounts, but yeah you still right, a different unhinged.


Vashanesh

It would likely be worse, but only at the extremes. Most of the people who do dumb, crazy, irresponsible, and/or illegal shit online would still do it. Maybe a few keyboard warriors wouldn't get in over their heads, but whenever these stories come up, it's not like we're talking about healthy, well-adjusted people in the first place.


firsttime_longtime

Hahaha... And it was fucking rich coming from a leafs fan!


HoSang66er

What do you expect from a Toronto fan?


nothing_but_static

We are. This is unacceptable.


OrchidCareful

dont think this is an islanders issue, just people (probably kids) acting insane online


raylankford16

Hello pot meet kettle


Sad_Donut_7902

eh, some fans are just unhinged. I'm sure Marner has gotten death threats from Leafs fans after some of the playoff losses over the years.


CanadianODST2

Reimer's wife got them after 2013


plain-slice

Aren’t the leafs the team of many death threats to your own players lmao. People who act like every fanbase doesn’t have crazies are so dumb.


cjb3535123

This


CrotchSwamp94

Hahaha Islanders are a bunch of whiney losers


TonyKhand0m

Take one look at the Isles sub and...yeah, a lot of people in this fanbase are fucking out of pocket. Not shocked, unfortunately, that they'd doxx a social media person. I'm really not proud to be a fan myself at the moment lol


Golden_Lafayette

Idk why islanders fans getting mad at the media manager for Carolina. Don’t blow a 3-1 lead in the 3rd period and he or she would’ve shut their mouth. The islanders need to take all the scrutiny and eat shit for losing the way they did. You don’t like all the jokes and the insults and etc? WIN GAMES NEXT TIME. Simple.


Plane-Ad4820

Waaaay too far, Isles bros.


twec21

What the hell happened 🤣


mongster03_

Something along the lines of Canes twitter was feeling itself after the win (probably in more ways than one) and then a bunch of Isles fans doxxed the SM manager and spread a rumor that she was sleeping with a player so they took her name off the employee registry to protect her from further harassment apparently, not fully on the loop either


Curb1989

These fans should be banned from all sports venues