Remember when the EFF destroyed that H&M store?
Well imagine that, but across an entire city – and all this after the Philadelphia Eagles actually WON the Super Bowl.
The Eagles managed to beat Tom Brady’s Patriots, but who really cares about all of that. We’re here to see the carnage, and the Eagles fans provided plenty of that during their post-match celebrations.
Rioting, looting, streaking and eating horse manure – I’m sorry to say it, but that last one actually happened.
I believe it’s time to watch a bunch of Americans lose their damn minds:
OMG I JUST WATCHED A MAN DIE pic.twitter.com/oZHBmDajJa
— max (@MaxOnTwitter) February 5, 2018
He wasn’t alone:
THEYRE STILL JUMPING pic.twitter.com/K62YHcTZBS
— max (@MaxOnTwitter) February 5, 2018
It didn’t end well:
citizens of philadelphia crashing through an overhang somewhere amongst the #superbowl celebration #flyeaglesfly pic.twitter.com/dZTL8gO358
— Batavia’s Best (@bataviasbest) February 5, 2018
This kid got the moves:
SUPERBOWL CHAMPS BABY!!! pic.twitter.com/QqL72HGn9V
— Stanbone Williams (@simply_brendan) February 5, 2018
Zooming through town in various states of undress:
Philly wylin i stg pic.twitter.com/eFuRjqDiLo
— YUNG TABA$CO, P.h.D. (@vegetablechips) February 5, 2018
I give you a woman running stark naked through town wearing an eagle head:
VIDEO: Female wearing eagles mask running around naked in the streets of #Philadelphia. #philly #phillyriot #phillyriots #phillypolicescanner pic.twitter.com/J52eGOUEQc
— KMV (@ItalianInBoston) February 5, 2018
And then came the fires:
PHILLY IS LITERALLY LIT! pic.twitter.com/uxiADLMmpa
— SB Nation (@SBNation) February 5, 2018
Car flips? We got them:
Street Parking $10
New Toyota Prius $34,990
Comprehensive car insurance $995
Philly winning their maiden #SuperBowl Priceless…#FlyEaglesFly #PrayForPhilly pic.twitter.com/YvBM15whUN— NedsAU (@NedsAus) February 5, 2018
Did a human get down on his hands and knees and take a bite of a horse’s shit? Yup.
Philly fans at their finest (yes that’s horse shit) pic.twitter.com/pbOSf8W6BG
— Bryan Murphy (@murphy818) February 5, 2018
Still, this remaines the worst decision of the night:
OMG A MAN JUST PROPOSED!!! pic.twitter.com/6cyMnifgh5
— max (@MaxOnTwitter) February 5, 2018
A few peeps who are going to regret their life choices this week, then.
Here’s a bit on the science behind why people feel the need to riot after a football win via Fortune:
Conventional psychological wisdom used to dictate that acts of violence and aggression…were almost exclusively motivated by fear, anger, and other negative emotions.
But more recent research finds that positive emotions which trigger the brain’s pleasure and rewards centers [sic] are equally strong drivers of destructive behavior, according to Dr. David Chester, an assistant professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University who specializes in the sociological and biological mechanisms that drive aggression.
“Aggressive behavior, property damage, is actually pleasant behavior—it feels good for a lot of people,” Chester told Fortune in an interview. “When you win in sports, the brain tends to respond to it like it would if you received money, or a tasty beverage, or a drug that you particularly like. It recruits the brain’s reward circuits, which are multiple parts of the brain that include the vental tegmental area, or VTA, the ventral striatum, and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, or vmPFC.”
‘Merica, my friends.
