You Won't Regret Watching the Atlanta Hawks' Mascot Fall and Smash His Balls on a Rail

This is what the internet is for.
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The internet has a bad reputation. And sure, it's earned it. After all, comments sections are sexist, racist mosh pits, no one ever needs to hear a white person cover a Beyoncé song again, and even people who like porn have to admit that we probably have too much porn at this point. (Side note: Isn't it crazy they still make new porn? Isn't there enough backlogged at this point to last a life time?)

Anyway, there are a lot of legitimate reasons to not like the internet, but then something like this comes around and reminds you that it's all worth it. Because last night, April the 19th, in the year of our Lord two thousand and sixteen, while the Atlanta Hawks beat the Boston Celtics in a game of basketball, the Hawks' mascot Skyhawk was trying to walk along what was basically a beam when he fell and landed on his balls in the perfect, most beautiful way imaginable.

This is poetry in motion. It's the platonic ideal of comedy showing up at a basketball game as a surprise bonus. And though it's impossible to watch this as a man and not wince just a little bit, it's even more impossible to watch it (regardless of gender) and not laugh. So thank you, Skyhawk. Your sacrifice has given us all of the Lols we'll need to get through the day.