Happy Tuesday, WFNY!

I know, these are such dark times for Cleveland sports fans. The Cleveland Indians lost last night and the Detroit Tigers won, knocking the Tribe’s AL Central lead down to “only” six games. The Cleveland Browns lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in a frustratingly familiar fashion in the season opener. Robert Griffin suffered a shoulder injury late in said game that is now going to cost him most of this season and could very well end his tenure in Cleveland. But as the saying goes, “No matter how dark the night, somehow the sun always rises and the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.”

I might have to get that saying tattooed on my body as permanent reminder. But I wanted to talk a little bit about this “3-1 lead” meme that has been a constant on Twitter timelines of anyone who follows the Cavaliers or the NBA in general. For those who may not be aware, a simple Twitter search of “warriors 3-1 lead” will bring you back literally thousands upon thousands of variations of the same joke.

Cleveland…just a reminder, Warriors blew 3-1 lead pic.twitter.com/l7ZzrSurKn — Alex Hale (@TheCLESportsGuy) September 12, 2016

When RG3 is hurt already but the Warriors still blew a 3-1 finals lead with the unanimous MVP to Lebron James pic.twitter.com/H9gWhxoM1l — Eric Michael (@EricWesty45) September 12, 2016

When you remember that the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead. pic.twitter.com/j8p30ddIkZ — SNF on NBC (@SNFonNBC) September 11, 2016

Wow RGIII's shoulder MRI tells you all you need to know pic.twitter.com/g4KK4QJQFg — Ramzy Nasrallah (@ramzy) September 12, 2016

Warriors also blew a 3-1 lead "@Sports_Greats This is one of my favorite quotes. pic.twitter.com/QWYH1CRNbo — Eric Lauzin (@Lauzin) September 13, 2016

https://twitter.com/SportsTalkJoe/status/775668926160175104

The fact that this is available makes me want to move to Oakland pic.twitter.com/5OmDkuMSYG — Temporary Bucks Fan™ (@demeatloaf) September 10, 2016

I don't live in Oakland but i could still do it… https://t.co/iHuftKzVkG — conrad kaz (@conradkaz) September 12, 2016

it's gonna be really great because it'll say 3 1 LEAD and be surrounded by this pic.twitter.com/iLwQxpk1YT — conrad kaz (@conradkaz) September 12, 2016

You could spend hours looking at all of these and still not see them all. Probably not even half of them. This thing is literally everywhere. It has reached a level of Twitter ubiquity that is on par with Harambe. Almost.

Obviously, when something becomes this pervasive, there is backlash. And the backlash against Cavs fans is starting to pick up steam as more and more people are either annoyed by their timelines being filled with the same joke, or they seem to find it petty for a fanbase to keep antagonizing their opponents this long after the season.

I get it. I mean, Cleveland is a fanbase that has seen countless unimaginable heartbreaks in our lives. There is a montage of misery made up solely of those unthinkable collapses and excrutiating close encounters with greatness. So how petty must this fanbase be to be so callous and mean spirited to mock the team they beat? Right?

Well, sorry. I don’t feel sorry for the Warriors or their fans.

Remember when Warriors owner Joe Lacob let us know he's smarter than everyone? I'm sure he's got a plan now. pic.twitter.com/PLfL483fSW — Chase Gunter (@WChaseGunter) May 25, 2016

After spending a year listening to the Warriors being insufferable Champions, I’m simply not surprised that Cavs fans are having their fun.

For years Cleveland sports fans have been antagonized by fans of other cities and teams. We’ve had to listen to “At least we’re not Cleveland” jokes for decades. Fine, Cavs fans could take the higher road. Me personally? I’ve not made a single 3-1 lead joke (other than the one I made in the opening paragraph above, which I only did for effect….I promise), nor do I even find most of them particularly funny or clever . It’s just not really my thing. But you will never find me criticizing those who do make the jokes. Not one bit. If it’s your sort of thing and you’re having fun, then knock yourself out. You deserve it.

As fans, this is what winning a Championship is all about. We get to not care. For so long we as Cleveland fans have been so hyper-sensitive to what anyone has said about Cleveland and our sports team. But now? Nobody seems to really care. Say what you want about Cavs fans being obnoxious and driving this 3-1 lead meme into the ground. We. Don’t. Care.

I joked above about the Indians being in darkness, but I don’t really feel that way at all. It’s mostly just me having fun with it. Before the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead, I might have been worried that the Indians were going to collapse in “typical” Cleveland fashion. Now that the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead, I feel good about the Indians. I don’t worry about the weight of the ghosts of Cleveland sports past.

And when it comes to the Browns, yeah, they suck. It’s going to be a long season and I truly think they are going to go 0-16. But that’s OK. I don’t have to feel angst about that because the Cavaliers have absolved that pain. I believe in the Browns front office and I believe in Hue Jackson. There have been many bad seasons of Browns football where the Browns tried to put together a good team and failed. This year is different. The Browns are bad because the front office made them bad. This Browns team is not trying to win no matter what Hue or the players say. The Browns have a long term plan, and they are executing it. It’s painful now, but you have to go through this and be patient. Having the Cavaliers and Indians makes that so much easier.

So no, these aren’t actually dark days at all. These are great days. These are fun days. The Indians are about to play postseason baseball and are such a fun team to follow. The Cavaliers are going to get to defend their Championship soon. So keep having fun. Don’t give in to the pressure to stop celebrating any way you want to celebrate.

And look, maybe the Cavaliers fall apart this season and don’t defend their title. Maybe they blow a series in dramatic fashion. And if that happens, the wrath of the rest of the NBA will come pouring down on Cavs fans. So be it. That’s all part of the game. Fans are going to be fans. We’re going to be happy when our teams win and miserable when they lose. We’re going to make fun of teams when our teams win and we’re going to be annoyed by the fans of the teams who beat us. That’s just how it goes.

Which is why Cavs fans are living it up now. Before long, it might be someone else’s turn to have all the fun. We waited 52 years to have our fun. Live it up while it still lasts. And when things turn around and others are trying to rub it in our faces, we can always whisper to one another about the time the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the Finals and remember all the good times we had this summer celebrating it. There’s no crying Jordan meme mean enough to take that away from us.