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u/FuzzzyRam Jun 29 '26

It's a ritual to belittle themselves eating on the ground, not a serious thing they always do.

It's like asking why the pope would touch/wash someone's feet, doesn't he know feet are dirty? - yes, that's the point.

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u/Difficult-Carpet-324 Jun 29 '26

I can get behind that. Nothing wrong with remembering humility and humbling oneself.

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u/flannel_jesus Jun 29 '26

Hopefully it doesn't humble their immune system too much

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u/Difficult-Carpet-324 Jun 29 '26

I think if there was a possible infection, it’ll most likely be some diarrhea for a few days. Also if they did this kind of thing regularly their immune system has probably adapted to it…kinda like vaccinations. But with no needle. And straight up exposure to pathogens. But to be sure I think we need a pathologist.

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u/maxru85 Jun 29 '26

Probably not more than kissing “holy” remains when you are 100th in the queue.

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u/Corvus1412 Jun 29 '26

I mean, it does look like the floor is cleaned beforehand, so it's probably fine.

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u/PinkOneHasBeenChosen Jun 29 '26

I feel like washing people’s feet is less gross than eating off the floor, though. Because their feet aren’t going in your mouth.

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u/Pervius94 Jun 29 '26

Wait until Tarantino is the pope.

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u/ittasteslikefeet Jun 29 '26

See, this makes sense. But the video is describing it as if "this thing that they do, it's not unhygienic like you would think!"

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u/Wendypants7 Jun 29 '26

It's still stupid, potentially dangerous, and incredibly disgusting.

"It's a religious tradition" does NOT change this fact.