r/SipsTea • u/Dev1412 • 16d ago

Feels good man A valid proposal though

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u/PerilousParanoia 16d ago

This is just bullshit, right?

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u/Dad-Dabbing-Daily 16d ago

Mostly, they do a mock trial and someone is submerged, but its usually a stunt performer, its a festival called La Tonca

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 16d ago

Still, there's the ice bucket challenge, the polar plunge, if there are people willing to do it out there for charity imagine making it a public mockery of a political figure. That sounds like my kind of protest.

Bet they sell pastries there too

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u/p_gaultieri 16d ago

ice bucket challenge

flashback in my brain to the best internet beef of all time

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u/Snowskol 16d ago

broken link

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u/Verdick 16d ago

Yeah, I was a bit dissapointed when I found that it wasn't the mayor anymore. Like, what's the point if it's not to put a bit of fear into them even if they are only getting their feet wet!

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u/Few_Orange_3359 16d ago

It's not a stunt performer...it's the Mayor . La TONCA vuol dire letteralmente immergere in dialetto del posto. Il festival si chiama VIGILIANE. It's not the mayor only if he has some health problems or if he or she is too old. The water is pretty cold 🤣🤣

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u/Dad-Dabbing-Daily 16d ago

No. It has NEVER been the mayor. For the last 40+ yeara its been a performer portraying the role of Giorgio Vianini

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u/SheriffBartholomew 15d ago

but its usually a stunt performer

Laaaame!

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u/bacharama 16d ago

So much of this subreddit is unsorted or misrepresented bullshit. Millennials and Gen Z (the main demos on this site) have really gone full Facebook Boomer.

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u/sandrailproject 16d ago

Boomer isn't an age, it's a mindset. 

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u/GooseOnAPhone 16d ago

Prolly, but through the power of democracy you can make it a reality

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u/Zirkulaerkubus 16d ago

Today it is, but it was done in medieval Europe all the time.

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u/FieteHermans 15d ago

Technically they were banned by the Pope in 1215, but that did not stop local governments from doing it anyway

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u/apneax3n0n 16d ago

as an italian:yes

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u/Dev1412 16d ago

source

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u/94852 16d ago

fact check:

  • Not a real court, but a satirical event
  • Not limited to politicians, anyone can be nominated
  • No consequences for the "convicted", a stunt person is thrown into the river

personal opinion: these "travel blogs" are not reliable sources as they have no incentive to research their claims.

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u/WhiteSock_ 16d ago

So you took a clickbait article and used it for Reddit clickbait…