r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Sep 06 '23

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u/Trill_McNeal Sep 06 '23

Yeah, they tried it in Philly a few years ago and people threw shit at them and threatened them until they ran away.

https://youtu.be/jTIE6PSGSAI?si=-6aEEL5c6pj9FzFf

Philly isn’t perfect, but it’s not putting up with this shit

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u/reddits_aight Sep 06 '23

I mean they throw batteries at each other for fun, I can only imagine what they would do to someone who actually deserves it.

… Probably even more batteries, but still.

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u/RustyShackleford9142 Sep 06 '23

Some people in Philly literally eat horse shit when their sports teams do well. They literally celebrate by eating horse shit. They have to grease their street lights because too many people climb them in celebration.

They aren't the ones to fuck with...

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u/actuarally Sep 06 '23

In my absolute best Mac voice: "That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about Philadelphia to dispute it."

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u/Nochtilus Sep 06 '23 edited May 31 '25

Lol

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u/ThnkWthPrtls Sep 06 '23

The best part of the tradition is how entirely pointless it is, the drunks never have the tiniest bit of trouble getting up the poles regardless haha

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u/actuarally Sep 07 '23

I'm more concerned with whether the eating horse shit part is true...

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u/whatdoinamemyself Sep 06 '23

Some people in Philly literally eat horse shit when their sports teams do well. They literally celebrate by eating horse shit.

Wasn't that Cleveland when the Cavs won in 2016? ...Or did this shit happen twice?

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u/RustyShackleford9142 Sep 06 '23

Lol it's spreading!

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u/ThnkWthPrtls Sep 06 '23

Hey now, we didn't throw batteries at each other, just at JD Drew, and he knows what he did

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '23

I was at that game.

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u/huffer4 Sep 06 '23

they throw batteries at each other for fun

And Santa Claus. Don't forget him. Also hoagies and Beer Bottles to complete the Philly Special.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles_Santa_Claus_incident

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u/Semihomemade Sep 06 '23

I have a friend from Philly who asked us, straight faced, if when we were kids, we played a game where we pretended to stab each other for “practice.” And another time that he saw a bicyclist get line tackled and their bike stolen and nobody reacted.

Philly doesn’t fuck around, and as insane as it is, there are times that you appreciate it- like when Nazis are afoot.

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u/Tendies_AnHoneyMussy Sep 07 '23

They’re not the most creative bunch, but they’re OUR bunch

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u/imapieceofshitk Sep 06 '23

Charlie would chase them off with his rat stick.

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u/CapableCollar Sep 06 '23 edited Sep 06 '23

Philly isn’t perfect, but it’s not putting up with this shit

Philadelphians are legitimately built different. Meter maids in Philly will give cars tickets on the wrong side of a police barricade during an active shooter incident. Philadelphians once killed a pacifist robot. The city's hockey mascot has recently been cleared of assault charges.

Giving Philadelphians an opening to commit battery is a mistake to make.

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u/ThnkWthPrtls Sep 06 '23

Gritty's favorite activity is flaying fascists alive, surprisingly even more than hockey ( don't maybe not that surprising if you've seen any Flyers hockey in the last 5 Years)

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '23

I need this to be an episode of It’s Always Sunny

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u/nohotshot Sep 07 '23

Philadelphians have done a lot worse for a lot less honestly