**** this, the rich just get richer and the poor just get poorer. Being a Detroit Lions fan feels like signing up for a lifetime of emotional torture. I say that as someone who, like all of us here, still shows up every season hoping the season will go different and we'll finally make a Super Bowl.
What makes it even harder is watching how easy other fanbases seem to have it, especially in New England. While we all relive another Lions failed season, Patriots fans are casually talking about their next Super Bowl appearance like it is a normal part of life. They complain about minor setbacks that would feel like miracles here in Detroit. I would trade decades of misery for even one stretch of sustained success like they have had. For just one ****ing Super Bowl apperance. Forgetc winning, just get us all one shot in the big game.
And now here we are again, watching the Patriots cruise their way to another Super Bowl, seemingly handed the smoothest path imaginable. They had a historically easy regular season schedule and a cupcake playoff path. Everything falls their ****ing way and they get breaks we could only dream of as Lions fans. After a few short years of rebuilding they're right back in the Super Bowl. Just unreal to see how good some fanbases have it and how bad it gets for us sometimes.