Philly Listed As Angriest City In The US In Hack Article Featuring Every Predictable Cliche In The Book

Thrillist – 1. Philadelphia

Has there ever been a more ironic nickname for a city than Philly’s Brotherly Love moniker? Or perhaps that is fitting, as brothers tend to show their love by beating the shit out of each other repeatedly.

The biggest challenge in writing about Philly and its anger issues was where to begin (though you should start by reading this). Perhaps with the infamous sports fans, including the most recent despicableness, in which Flyers fans threw bracelets honoring their owner who’d recently died of bladder cancer onto the ice at a game to the point where the announcer had to yell at them. Or past transgressions, like the fan who intentionally threw up on an 11 year-old-girl at Phillies game in 2010, or the ones who loudly cheered when Michael Irvin sustained a career ending neck injury in 1999, or their penchant for throwing batteries (at J.D. Drew) and snowballs (at Santa and pretty much everyone else).

So I wasn’t going to blog this shit article but so many people have sent it in I have to give the general Philly response: “We Don’t Give A FUCK.” Of course we’re angry. 1 sports championship every couple generations will do that to a city. The PPA is the maestro of fisting. I would rather ride the actual highway to hell than step foot on most SEPTA buses. If he cites those legitimate facts, then great. I have no issue. But this jabroni goes on to rip the accent and tell a story of how one Philly guy was mean to him outside of a Boston bar when his friend tried to bum a cigarette. He goes down the national hack glossary for anyone who thinks they’re sooooooo original when writing about Philadelphia. This guy hits every one out of the park. Snowballs at Santa. Cheering Michael Irvin’s injury. Battery throwing. He even throws in there the recent ice debacle and falsy states those generic playoff bracelets were Ed Snider memorial writsbands – which they weren’t in any way shape or form but, eh, fuck it. EASY PAGEVIEWS! What an assclown hack.

Same shit, different day. No one likes us, we don’t care.