@nbcnews: Replying to @ronym.xci New York City is hosting the first ticker-tape parade in Knicks’ history to honor the team's long-awaited NBA championship win. But what is ticker-tape and how did the tradition start?

jeimy.sais.quoi :

Ty for explaining what a ticker tape parade is king

Valentina :

Finally someone explains why its called “ticker tape” because it didn’t make sense to me haha

Jess Stone :

That cleanup gives me anxiety

Aslan 🏌️ :

Agness Nazarian :

the amount of confetti nyc has seen in its lifetime is crazy! who cleans this up lol 😂

Danny :

Can they be biodegradable

Marquise Francis :

So who’s making it out to the Knicks’ historic first ticker tape parade ever? #Knicksin5

PongZky :

the aftermath:

cookiesmomma 🐾 💖 :

thanks for explaining ticker tape...i had no idea!

Rose_Kane :

How come Artemis II didn’t get a ticker tape parade??

Amanda Montoni :

as a non-New Yorker, i can confidently say that this was a really good explanation

Cameron hill :

Thank you Kylie irving

Sky_Hp :

thats my mayor AND my team (I'm from pittsburgh)

rico2894 :

I love when they do these educational deep dives into traditions and local history. Fun way of learning

G_Money :

This is going to be insane

Brittany :

literally never heard of it, so thankful for this app and it continuously educating me 🙏

🏎️🖕🏾 :

Exactly we started this parade shit…we started everything 🤣🤣🤣🤣#NYCBABYY

Alex :

don’t forget the rangers parade

Rachaelita :

oh wow so I've never seen one but this is exactly what I pictured when Mamdani announced it was happening.. so cool

ctruvc :

Fine I’ll watch the titanic again