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"It's Not Even Chewable": Cavs Fan Makes Good on Bet to Eat His Shirt if Warriors Beat OKC

Probably not a smart bet, but he's a man of his word.

After the Warriors won Game 5 over the Thunder in Oakland, Reddit user PARTYxDIRTYDAN made the bold proclamation that he would eat his shirt if the Warriors came back to win the series. PARTYxDIRTYDAN had to be feeling pretty good about this bet for most of Game 6, but then Klay Thompson went berserk and forced Game 7. Knowing the parties involved, this always sounded like a pretty reckless bet to make against the defending champs, but you've got to shoot your shot. PARTYxDIRTYDAN shot his shot and wound up eating some cotton and barbecue sauce for his miss.

DIRTYDAN thought he had a Warriors shirt, but he was wrong about that, too. So he had to use a random white shirt with an inscription—perhaps another wager?—that said "CAVS in 6." There is a special bit of serendipity to DIRTYDAN narrating how he came to be in this place where he is eating a cotton T-shirt as Arby's baritone pitchman says "WE HAVE THE MEATS" in the background. (God, I hope this isn't a viral ad.)

DIRTYDAN, making the best decision he's made in 48 hours, continued "I don't want to, like, die, so I'm just gonna eat, like, part of this shirt." So he cut the shirt into a few little strips and dipped them into barbecue sauce before chowing down. "It wasn't that terrible with barbecue sauce," he says as his girlfriend (??) nervously laughs while reflecting on her own life choices that brought her to this moment. He had two or three more strips before cutting off the video because the T-shirt was "not even chewable." That's partially the reason they are not supposed to be eaten, Dan.

[r/NBA]