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The Mets, who the Phillies could still beat in the standings if they go on a run right now, thought they’d have a little fun on Twitter with longtime Mets fans by asking them to finish the sentence “I’m a Mets fan because …” and it didn’t go well.

In recent years — and then for what was basically an eternity before 2006 or so — Phillies fans were all too familiair with heartache and disappointment. But Mets fans have been down so long, and for so many reasons, that their suffering is nearly an art form. In the past, when the Phillies would be on a bad run, I’d tell myself “at least they’re not the Mets.” The Mets are likely going to finish this season with a better record than the Phillies, and I’m still saying the same thing to myself, because to be a Mets fan is to experience an emptiness that Bobby Bonilla’s bank account will never see again. So when the Mets asked their fans to explain why they were fans, there were a few “because my father was” or “beacuse it’s tradition” or what have you, but then there was a bunch of this:

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#ImaPhilliesFanBecause we didn’t even have to hijack the Mets’ hashtag, their own fans did it.

h/t Sports Illustrated