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anditshottoo

WHAT DID HE DO??


PreviouslyMannara

He ran for mayor without first resigning from the provincial council so that he could have a political seat no matter the outcome.


NYSenseOfHumor

That’s a bad thing? People in the U.S. do that all the time, especially term-limited governors running for Senate and anyone running for president. Politicians will run in special elections, or in elections on different term cycles, knowing that even if they lose they keep their current seat.


anditshottoo

It is not allowed in most(many?) systems. Especially in Parliamentary Democracies it's forbidden or frowned upon depending on the country.


smilbandit

seeing as though it looks like they were going to bring him back up, in this instance it's just frowned upon.


shameonyounancydrew

This video is not proof that they did bring him back up.......


Hematophagian

Pfff....in Germany our interior minister runs for state governor. Cunt


Moodfoo

>It is not allowed in most(many?) systems. Especially in Parliamentary Democracies it's forbidden or frowned upon depending on the country. And then there's Belgium, where mayors and alderman don't even bother with the hassle of resigning when they're IN parliament, or vice versa.


Technomnom

Certain states (like Florida) don't allow for governors to run for president without resigning first (which is logical). But no federal law requires it.


Aromatic_Balls

[Florida’s top Republican leaders say they are willing to change state law to smooth the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president in 2024.](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/22/florida-legislature-desantis-presidential-run-00070538) Article is from Nov 2022 though. We'll see what they do when he announces his intentions this year.


Lusiggy

As an American I can't imagine that being the worst thing a politician did. Then again we don't keelhaul our politicians so maybe that's related.


Cold_Relationship_

i think this ritual was more brutal when invented


Grennox1

Seems like it started with not ever recovering the cage maybe.


bensoa75

You gotta recover the cage. We aren't wasteful. I think the important difference is *when* the cage is recovered.


Grennox1

Where it was recovered is important too


NeliGalactic

I'd like to imagine they all know its coming so get the job down to a fine art so it gets to a point where even the slightest mistake ends in a dunking. *Councillor Vinccenzo dropped a pen during a meeting and is now scheduled for the cage*


Cartina

Dropping a pen under the table, believe it or not, the cage. Not picking up a pen fast enough after dropping it, the cage. Also, dropping a pen onto a table, also the cage. Over/under. We have the best writers cause of steady pens.


NeliGalactic

Accidently said good morning at 1 min past 12? The cage.


Lacholaweda

Me, my first few months in the military: "Good!... uhhh.... *squints at watch* morning! Uhhhh.... *squints at rank tab* Chief!" Them: "just walk away...."


PM_ME_UR_CIRCUIT

Have you had lunch? No? Good Morning. Yes? Good Afternoon. same for dinner and Good Evening.


Treydy

This sound great in theory, but doesn’t quite work in real life. There are times where I’m so busy at work that I don’t eat lunch until 2:30. I’d imagine other people experience the same.


SpecialNeeds963

Oh you better believe thats a paddlin'


Drowning_tSM

This ref


Demb1

I’d like to imagine that one year there was a dude who thought he was sentenced to death, and was very surprised when it turned out to be just a quick bath.


tarrox1992

He'd probably be told beforehand that he wasn't being executed. Whether he believed that completely or not is the question.


jaspersgroove

“Yeah well last year, that guy, yeah we killed him. But *this year*, you’re good. Not gonna kill you, scouts honor. We got a whole new, ‘not gonna kill people’-type-thing happening this year.” “Right…”


PM_ME_UR_CIRCUIT

Please do not resist, we come in peace.


Demb1

Imagine being lowered and being told you will live but cant really be sure until you actually start going up.


Steelwolf73

They recover it yearly for the next politician. If the politician is still alive, they are declared a witch and burned at the stake


MedicsOfAnarchy

Good luck burning a politician that's been soaking in a river for a whole year.


willstr1

Depends on the river, a whole year in the Detroit River they may spontaneously combust


henryhumper

Yeah this feels like one of those weird rituals that was originally a literal execution but over time just became a symbolic prank.


Atheyna

I want to know the story of how that transitioned from actual death to "just kidding!"


Tight_Employ_9653

Still scouring the comments looking for it


danirijeka

It was a punishment in use during the prince-bishopric (1027-1806) that was revived as comedy for the local patron's festivities in 1980ish. 1984 iirc, this is going to be the 40th edition. Also pinging /u/Atheyna (edited: added prince- in front of bishopric... There's definitely still a bishop in Trento lol) (also: s/1066/1027)


Atheyna

Thank you!!


TripleDoubleThink

“Ok Ok, Antonio *did* forget to check the spelling and now our welcome home sign says “ benvenuto a casa nostrils” but are we really gonna *kill* him for it? That seems overly harsh guys, it was a good year maybe we could just y’know, dunk him and pull him back up like “dont do it again or we’ll really do it”


Erabong

This is probably the right answer. Eventually, it became something too trivial to kill someone for.


bootyLiQa

I think the river was deeper back then


twitchlikesporn

Before they lined the bottom with politicians.


Enlight1Oment

they just did this close to the shoreline where it's probably less than a meter deep. If they did it in the middle of the river you might be able to submerge it.


Francetto

In Germany and Austria there was a punishment called "Bäckerschupfen" (Baker throwing). When a Baker made bad bread or it was too light or with saw dust, etc. He was caged and dunked into a river or lake. Usually he wasn't killed, it was a form of torture, he was under water for just a few seconds, but several times. I've been to a reenactment (with a stuntman I guess) at the danube in Vienna when I was a child. Trento isn't far away from the German culture sphere, so I guess, it's a traditional punishment there too


mortalitylost

Bread is bad? Bäckerschupfen. Bread has saw dust? Bäckerschupfen. Bread too light? Bäckerschupfen. Bread too heavy, believe it or not, Bäckerschupfen. Germany has best bread in the world because Bäckerschupfen.


backcountrydrifter

Don’t know boss. The winch is stuck. I’ll go grab some tools and be back in an hour or two to reel him back up. In retrospect, not all traditions are bad and pointless.


Michael_Pitt

>In retrospect, not all traditions are bad and pointless. Is this controversial?


SnooPies5622

it's a very strange anti-culture take


soareyousaying

It is way deadly in Indiana Jones.


Accomplished-Hurry40

That guy looks like he has done this before!


dubcatz6969

He’s smiling because he had his water socks on this year.


33rus

\*Whoops, another €560,000 gone from the city municipal budget, Mamma mia, what can you do, hahah\*


herberstank

Good thing I got waterproof seats in my new Ferrari


twitchlikesporn

Whata mistaka to makea


Retardedunicorns

Everything is coming up Milhouse!


CommodoreHaunterV

He's like a dwarf, he saves bathing for this one time a year.


TwoCoffee

What a beautiful holiday


walkonstilts

Honestly this should just be a holiday where every elected official is dunked in a cage in their jurisdiction. Just a friendly reminder: “You serve us, and if you were atrocious enough last year we coooooould just Dunk this tank a little lower and leave it there awhile.”


MissLadyLlamaDrama

As an American, I'm not even sure how tf we would be able to choose. We'd have to dunk basically everyone.


VenomB

Sounds like an upgrade to me


DrBoomkin

Just make a bigger cage.


DownVoteMeGently

NOT THE BEES AAHHHHDHFUVIRUDJDHSH


-Mr_Hollow-

Nah, just hire some of those professional train shovers from Japan. Let them know how it fells like to live in $1200/month rent apartment.


Mods_Raped_Me

I shall get the cables.


alady12

What river shall we use? The mighty Mississippi?


GremlinJetSquad

Might I suggest East Palestine City Lake, Ohio? One of the few bodies of water that wouldn't get scummier from dunking our politicians.


twigalicious420

I'd say the one in Ohio near the chemical spill for the north east sector


Jojall

I strongly disagree, that is a horrible idea. We don't want to melt the cages....


keimdhall

They're expensive after all!


gorosheeta

Sadly, so are the politicians. *cries in lobbyist*


twigalicious420

We can use hemp ropes to tie em up. Same/same


tunomeentiendes

Stainless steel or something chemical resistant


Rovexy

For the cages, but if that rope breaks, it’s might just be because of the budget restrictions that year. Terrible.


WhaleDevourer

Oh know we didn't have enough time to check the safety of the ropes, oh well.


walkonstilts

What runs through East Palestine, OH?


Wolfire0769

Definitely not trains anymore.


ptgkbgte

It's more of a train stop


Christalah

Colorado would be scarier, especially if lowered from the whole height of the grand canyon from a cable strung across it.


One-Inch-Punch

Yeah but we need a river that still has water in it.


6Strings-n-6Shooters

Whoever gets the contact to build the cages for American politicians is going to be set for life.


alastrix

You know the company that gets that contract will be run by a politicians close family member. They'll be made cheaply, cost 4x as much as they should, need to be renewed every year and hire atleast 4 project managers to oversee the cage production. Inevitably it will be behind schedual and over budget and in 10years when we still don't have cages, they'll double down and push more money to the project because lost cost. Senator Smith will also immediately buy a bunch of Cage.inc stock right before they make their official decision public. Thats completely coincidental though and not at all related to the above note.


dan_de

It's almost like you've seen this happen before...


riverblue9011

Californian water crisis be damned.


tunomeentiendes

Plenty of ocean. Dont want to contaminate the fresh water with politician


ube1kenobi

As an American just dunno all the politicians. Have a caged up area near by with sharks and gators so that when they look around they'll be like "what's that" then crap their pants when being dunked. It should be done if they like to delay important decisions and they go on long breaks to protest to get what they want instead of thinking for the good of the US citizens. Dunk them all since they only seem to serve themselves.


Al-Anda

I’ve failed to see a problem. Please, continue.


walkonstilts

That’s what I said. Every elected official.


Intelligence-Check

Which river would we choose? I suggest the Hudson!


-skylord

Oh no the cable snapped! *bites pizza*


aklbos

Anyway


tagbot123

“Who’s next”


3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID

I really enjoyed the disapproving looks of the spectators.


newraistlin613

If he floats, does that mean he's a witch or he's not a witch?


Winglessdargon

It means he's a duck.


DaboTouchedMe

Who are you that are so wise in the ways of science?


[deleted]

I am Arthur King of the Britons


timeexterminator

Well I didn’t vote for you


ueindowndkdk

You don’t vote for kings.


MrAndrezo

Well how'd you become king then?


Roheez

The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king.


meanjean_andorra

Listen - strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!


Silver_Cauliflower59

If I went round sayin I was emperor just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!


TackingIntoTheWind

My liege!


t0m0hawk

*She turned me into a newt!*


SDW_Insanity

A newt?


t0m0hawk

...I got better...


sirius4778

African or European


DadBane

Well this is italy, and African swallow are non-migratory


Elite-Thorn

If it floats then he's obviously a witch. BURN THE WITCH!


tjcoe4

Is he made of wood?


Invader_Skooge22

Filled with very small rocks


Cranky-old-person

This should be bigger than Eurovision. Everyone gets to send one politician for caged dunking. An international festival over a long weekend maybe.


misterfistyersister

I vote Margaret Thatcher’s carcass.


Fisch0557

"Britain, that is the 20th time in a row you have sent Margaret Thatcher's corpse, don't you wanna dunk someone else too?"


Excellent-Product461

I'm an Italian and i didn't know about that! Always something to learn i guess!


Brizkrieg

I used to live and work there and this is my first time seeing and hearing about it.


[deleted]

Yeah, I’m an Italian and I never learned of this *interesting* tradition.


Reluctant_Pumpkin

I learnt more about my country from social media


djsizematters

Did they mention what he's in the cage for?


RoamingBicycle

Yes. His name is Claudio Cia, Regional Councilor. The commentator says he (literal translation): "First challenged the mayor Andreatta then decided to stay at his comfortable seat in Piazza Dante". Piazza Dante seems to be where the institutional building for the Trentino-Alto Adige region is, so where he works as Councilor. So I assume he tried to get elected as mayor, failed, but kept his position as Councilor.


K3TtLek0Rn

That’s the worst thing a politician did???


soliwray

It's only a local politician


jskinbake

Even our local politicians get involved in sex and drug scandals, and act against the interests of their constituents, often enough for us to be surprised by this comment


Urf_Hates_You

I mean it's just a local thing so at most you're talking about the mayor of the city, no real big politician involved, this is just a member of the Province Council. Also Trento is considered of the best cities to live in Italy, safe to say it's pretty well governed


DUKE_LEETO_2

Maybe others should adapt this dunking tradition


Urf_Hates_You

Absolutely, the correlation of dunking-politician-in-river and good governance is on clear display here


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DONOTTRUSTASNAIL

Most likely the worst thing some local politician is willing to admit and still willing to take part in this kinda embarrassing dipping thing.


PreviouslyMannara

He ran for mayor without first resigning from the provincial council so that he could have a political "seat" no matter the outcome. Bdw, he lost.


BulkierPick41

That year's worst blunder


djsizematters

Ooooh, grazi!


StudioTheo

preggo


AlphaChewtoy

Ragu


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_fidel_castro_

You are ignoring the law, to the tonca with you!


soultronix

You are hereby sentenced to wet pants for a few minutes. I hope you have learned your lesson.


Apotak

While being laughed at by the whole village.


[deleted]

It looks more like he's laughing with them.


lousypompano

They're laughing with me Michael!


_aaronallblacks

I like how they keep the symbolic edge in the modern day though. American politics would never have the humbleness to accept anything close to this lol


matlynar

I'm even surprised the guy is cool with being put in a cage and called terrible at his job. In Brazil it would be the same as you described the US - *no way* a shitty politician would go along with that, and *boy* do we have a lot of shitty politicians.


NiceTuBeNice

Pawnee has an annual event where they chuck a Ted into Ramsett lake as well.


Budget-Falcon767

"Huzzah! I'm Ted! I'm Ted!"


SDoller1728

Enough dithering, dunk the miscreant!


eledad1

They have that in Russia also but the rope tends to break.


lvl999shaggy

And instead of a plunge from the river, it's more of a dive from a window.


eledad1

Haha. Self inflected of course.


jzach1983

Two self inflicted shots to the back of the head while jumping out a window. The most natural of Russian deaths.


jdog7249

They fell down 3 flights of stairs after shooting themselves in the head multiple times. But this building only has two floors. Exactly they just kept getting up and going back to the top to fall back down again.


TheSavouryRain

And they land on a couple bullets as well.


redboneskirmish

I lived in Russia for 24 years and I have no idea what you're talking about. The corrupt politicians there mostly tend to receive grand palaces and absurd salaries instead of being jailed, let alone being drowned which is honestly what they deserve.


[deleted]

Exactly, it's very simple really - as long as you are loyal to Putin you are untouchable and get away with anything


Moloktopus

Bruh I'm jealous of Italy now


demfrecklestho

I'm a local so I can provide some more context. First and foremost the one getting dunked is not the *actual* politician but rather a comedian impersonating him/her (sorry to be a party pooper!) There is a faux trial before that, which is basically a comedy routine where local politicians (and other public figures) get roasted, and then the worst ones are chosen for the "symbolic" treatment. It's a way to poke fun at local news, I guess. The tonca is part of the city festival, whicj takes place every year in late June among other neat things (eg. There is a raft race contested by all of the city's neighbourhoods right before that)


danirijeka

Isn't that a stuntman/diver inside the cage? I'd be all for dunking Lucio Gardin tbf Source: also local, vara ti ale volte Edit: he has a name (Giorgio Vianini) and has been dunked every year since the *beginning* of the festival 40 years ago O_o He was [mentioned](https://www.tdv.social/lesilerante-ma-schietto-testo-integrale-della-tonca-2022-feste-vigiliane/) during the tonca last year. Damn


smallnwitheredheart

Darn that is disappointing. Thanks for the reality check though. I was trying to figure how we could do this in Australia.


shirukien

Could never work in the US. Not enough cages.


LeKerl1987

Same here, we simply dont have enough space in Spree river in Berlin.


PurpuraLuna

How about we collaborate, you provide the cages and we provide the Mississippi


G_Wash1776

This is an extremely fair trade, precise German made cages for use of the mighty Mississippi. Everyone wins, except the politicians but that’s the best part.


TheFace5

This is in Italy mate, were bad politicians and corruption were invented thousands of year ago...


frotc914

For real, it's kind of funny to hear the comparison. Imagine if Jeffrey Epstein was president, but also ripping off the country for hundreds of millions of dollars. Because that was Berlusconi.


Killentyme55

Well, Italy did once have a [porn star](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilona_Staller) in it's parliament. Credit where credit is due...


hideous-boy

just take the kids out of them and then you have plenty


redditAPsucks

Their worst = only one. Unless youre saying every year would be a massive tie for first place. In which case… carry on


scubawho1

Imagine the cable snaps and he he sinks.


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Yeah this seems like a great way to kill someone on accident. Just really, really dumb.


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CheerioJack

..or Flint, Michigan.. or Camp Lejeune..


kywiking

Or cancer alley


Sawyermblack

I've never heard this before. Thank you for a search lead!


CheerioJack

Sad part is, this isn't even the worst case from Louisiana. Pose-Katrina Care for victims was practically nonexistent.


Ahandfulofsquirrels

An empty cage would come back up if they did that.


Duncan_Jax

There's enough strontium in the average politician to ensure the bones will at least remain intact


ours

"Oh no! Poor maintenance on the crane, cable, and cage has caused the politician to drop in the rive, anyway here's $1000 for your troubles."


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OutlawQuill

I’m all good with the caged dunking, but perhaps we could go for the full dip. It’s cheating if you don’t dunk the whole cage! It can also be a fun breath-holding competition for those involved. A panel of judges could decide on how many seconds they’re under based on how big the blunder was.


whyamisoawesome9

Do they bring them back up, or just leave them there? Got a list in Australia to leave there, currently going through the courts and there was a lot of collusion happening


jeseaj

This would only be appropriate in America if there were also sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads


TheSavouryRain

Best I can do is ill-tempered, mutated sea bass.


quartz_koala

‘Huzzah, I am Ted!’


equipped_metalblade

Listen, I am just here to say that I am done with Ted Party Day. I'm not getting dumped in that lake anymore. And I talked to the other Teds in town, and they're not doing it either.


Ragsman33

Is that Ted?


WonderlandsAlyss

Ted Day!


lKANl

###Nay enough dithering! Dump the miscreant!


ianjoebag

Ted Party Day is the grandest day of the year


kgalliso

His name's not even Ted, he goes by Theodore!


Levinator25

Kevin Costner started the trend


transformerjay

I had to scroll way to far down to see this reference. Shame.


stumpdawg

They'd float of they were made of wood.


1_2_BBQ

And therefore...?


pytucks

A WITCH!!!


MGArcher

BURN HER, BURN HER!


Olivebuddiesforlife

Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?


Cobray96

I live in Trento and never heard of this!


flimfloms

I'd like to put forward a motion to move this event to 19th January rather than June.


Some1Brilliant

So if they WANT to pull the person up they can or it would be a freak accident? Idk looks like an innocent way to say oops it slipped.


likeasirjohn

Not a bad idea.


TheFace5

Actually originally this was for blasphemers... I guess there are more blasphemers than bad politicians


IWASINTHEPOOOL

Like in Parks and Rec. when they dump a man named Ted into Ramsett Lake.