Mets start '#ImAMetsFanBecause', which backfires spectacularly

The Mets started what they thought was a totally innocuous Twitter hashtag Monday, asking fans to share why on earth they support such a hapless organization.

The Mets started what they thought was a totally innocuous Twitter hashtag Monday, asking fans to share why on earth they support such a hapless organization. 

Things started well enough...

@Mets #ImAMetsFanBecause of my brother, who took me to my first game in 1983. I've bled Mets colors ever since and my whole family does now.

— Sean Greeley (@thundergod75) September 22, 2014

#ImAMetsFanBecause of @mikepiazza31.

— always msdodgrblu (@msdodgrblu) September 22, 2014

@Mets #ImAMetsFanBecause of David Wright and the way he plays the game.

— Brandon VanWormer (@b_vanwormer) September 22, 2014

...but devolved awfully quickly:

#ImAMetsFanBecause I'm an idiot

— Dennis (@szulcamania) September 22, 2014

#ImaMetsFanBecause I don't feel like I deserve true happiness.

— Andrew Gould (@AndrewGould4) September 22, 2014

#ImAMetsFanBecause I am a masochist, and often feel the urge to punish myself.

— Matt Singer / mattsinger.bsky.social (@mattsinger) September 22, 2014

@Mets #ImAMetsFanBecause I'm mentally unstable!

— Kevin (@KVP_10) September 22, 2014

#ImAMetsFanBecause i love dissapointment

— disgusting little freak (@frendazoned) September 22, 2014

#ImAMetsFanBecause my parents didn't love me as a child

— BorrisQ (@BorrisQ) September 22, 2014

#ImAMetsFanBecause I enjoy the abiding sense of tragedy, which sustains me through temporary periods of joy

— Art Vandelay (@ThatHerlihyBoy) September 22, 2014

It's safe to say this didn't work out how the Mets intended it to.

- Dan Gartland