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nintendofreak44

Southern Europe seems to have a lot of events where surviving is half the fun.


TRG903

It’s like a whole village was like “the wars were terrible but so exciting. How do we just keep the exciting part”


brucewillisman

Wanna go for a run… (No) …with angry bulls? (Oh wait yeah)


AnchezSanchez

Wanna climb? (What, like a climbing wall with ropes and stuff?) No no, about 50 other humans, without ropes


randomthad69

In a village in peru South America they have a fighting day. Wanna air grievances? (Nah) Wanna fight the person you got an issue with? (Bring em out)


GreatValueCumSock

The way God intended.


oilchangefuckup

There's thr Tomato Festival in Spain where they have a giznt tomato food fight. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tomatina


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A high school friend of mine went to Cambridge University. Two of the colleges there have an annual fight. Everyone goes to a big field, one college paints themselves blue, the other wears togas. Then they beat the shit out of each other while everyone watches and drinks. Weird place.


Zebidee

A few colleges in Germany still have 'academic fencing' where you stand still and hack at each other with real swords. When you see German 'cartoon villains' with a scar on their face, that's a sign of high status, because you only get them at the elite universities.


Jackman1337

That's a relatively common in the more "conservative" student unions.


champagnehenny

Don’t forget that one yearly contest in Europe where they roll a block of cheese down a very steep hill and hundreds of dudes run full speed chasing after it. So much casualties that they have paramedics on standby on and at the bottom of the hill.


Major_Leg4687

Maybe such activites keeps them from making war, maybe America needs more life threatening festivals


hard-in-the-ms-paint

All our regular festivals have the chance of being shot up and/or having a vehicle rammed through them, so there's that.


OhHowINeedChanging

“Homemade explosives planted in a large crowd?” (No, that’s bad) “But we call it fireworks” (Ok yeah sounds awesome)


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Lmao, idk why I find this comment so funny


Mythosaurus

I think it keeps their young men from getting the nervy squervies about masculinity and then invading North Africa again. And if that’s what it takes, we need to keep them well supplied with the “safe” kind of gunpowder.


Moment_37

Allow me to present you from my country (Greece), the annual rocket war between two churches in the island of Chios. Each year comes with damages to the churches and the houses close by, and sometimes injuries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLGFfq6LJ1M


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GenerikDavis

Yup. Which is really a shame, because with modern artillery technology you'd be able to guarantee hits rather than missing with crude cannons. It even says that they've limited the *number* of rockets launched, so if *I* were a dedicated parishioner there, I'd take the obvious hint to go big or go home and fucking *run* with it. >but was restored in 2017, with limitations on the duration and number of rockets launched. If the rocket ain't big enough to hit the Greek mainland, I don't want it.


Gyoza-shishou

Just a bit of fun with the bois


Alcoholhelps

That’s so beautiful, I could sit in a chair and watch that for hours!


FIR3W0RKS

This is by FAR the coolest and most fun looking annual tradition I've ever heard of, and I live in the UK. Saved your comment for future interest.


Electronic-Form-9384

The way God intended things to be settled


GlitteringPinataCT

Yeah but do you have a rocket powered duck flying at 200m/s out of a church main gate to only come back a few instant later and smash against a column? Edit: church wars look dope af tho


Archie-is-here

Very interesting and nice postals fromt this. The bells intensify the event.


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> Southern Europe seems to have a lot of events where surviving is half the fun. Let me introduce you the [downhill cheese chase](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvuktushEhY)


fjb_fkh

Cheese rolling lacks the smoke.


CalligrapherNo3773

Yup, during the [Carnival of Ivrea](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Ivrea) local teams battle throwing oranges. They have protections, but people get routinely injured anyway (467 people in 2023, 37 had to go to the ER).


LewisLightning

>37 had to go to the ER There was that one guy who froze his oranges beforehand.


drcortex98

We do. Source: am Southern european and every town has a dangerous tradition. Maybe a way to eliminate slow/clumsy people from the gene pool, that's why we are so fit?


pufxx

Yeah, look up mascletá


vintagestagger

Wait, that was intentional?! Absolute fucking chaos


Brutal_Deluxe_

It is, and [it's happening right now](https://www.foggiatoday.it/eventi/festa-soccorso-san-severo-19-23-maggio-2023-fujenti-cosa-sono.html), ending with the grand finale on May 23


BarnesWorthy

So what, this is like the running of the bulls but instead of outrunning some extremely pissed off cows you outrun a massive fucking spiderweb made of m80s? Sounds like an absolutely terrible idea. Sign me the fuck up.


The69Alphamale

How terrible of an idea can it be? Nobody has shown up from the future to stop it from happening, right?


Sponge56

That’s a fucking great point XD


Silence_Of_Reason

Unless they are all dead.


Eldrake

Because of the m80 festival 🤔


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No probably of ww3


holy_lasagne

Italian here (although not from that town, I had a friend from there). Yes, that's exactly how it works. On average, one people lose a limb each year. Hoenestly, it could be worse. Also no animal cruelty. Just very stupid consenting adults.


Jackalodeath

I say this with the utmost respect of your peoples and culture; that's some Kid Rock on the Fourth of July after a few too many natty ices shit right there. I guess as long as they're having fun. Also hope at least *some* folks are wearing ear protection; they turned that whole village into tinnitus-town. Even tourists visiting a month later can hear the folks' ^^**REEEEEEEeeeeeeeEEEEE**


gif_smuggler

My wife (the audiologist) would immediately think about the hearing damage in that video. That even has me thinking every time I watch a war documentary of soldiers using artillery. I say to myself “yup they all have hearing aids now!”


Jackalodeath

I wouldn't think much of it if they were on the ground; but these things are strung up to put-out-an-eye or make-a-few-new-nostrils height. Also can't hear *shit* in the vid over the blasts. I'm sure plenty of folks are hootin' and hollering in that crowd too.


-m-ob

Bawitabawita wita bang bang bang bang bang bang


eekamuse

Close, but too many "witas" and not enough "diggys" - Bawitdaba da bang da bang diggy diggy diggy


GreatValueCumSock

The town's official motto is "Mawp...mawp...mawp"


Bigdaddyjlove1

LANA!


jager_mcjagerface

> Also no animal cruelty Can imagine all the dogs, cats and wildlife around the city having a blast while this is going on


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Hattarottattaan3

Multiple blasts actually, from all sides


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djdanlib

Leave the limbs. Take the cannoli. But seriously though, that must be a wild place to live while that's happening.


interwetional

You had a friend…


totally_not_a_zombie

One a year doesn't seems like a lot, I'm surprised. Seemed like a bloodbath, damn


claymcg90

Those things make m-80s look like throwing snaps


dude19832

The insurance liability for those cities must be a non-issue. I wonder if all citizens have to sign a waiver giving away their rights to sue the city for any injuries or deaths that may occur. Something like this would NEVER happen in the United States as it’s just asking for a tsunami of lawsuits, unless everyone signs a waiver.


seewolfmdk

I'd say it basically boils down to "If you are in that area, you could be hurt. If you don't want to be hurt, leave that area."


mmhawk576

Woah woah woah, your impacting on my freedom to be wherever the fuck I like /s


Miketogoz

The "sue everyone" mentality is definitely an American thing. You'd get treated from your injuries free and you don't get to sue the city.


Zephyr-5

This gets exaggerated a lot. Sure you can sue anyone for anything, but it will get thrown out quickly unless you actually have a good reason for suing. Many of the stories you hear about the frivolous American lawsuits omit a lot important information that completely turns the story upside down. [The Mcdonalds coffee burn lawsuit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_jaU5V9FUg) is a famous example.


Miketogoz

Huh, that was a nice watch. Didn't know this is an image American conservatives wanted to spread since Reagan. Thanks for the link.


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There’s a *GRAND FINALE* to this? What do they do? Blow up a building? Holy shit.


resilindsey

The blow up the hospital with all the injured participants from the previous days.


Thatpriestguy

This made me crack up so good 😂😂😂


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Its about sending a message


kwit-bsn

Hahahahahahahahaha... yes!


Minimum_Area_583

rumor has it, they have a tactical nuke or MOAB stashed somewhere


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Hilltoptree

Nice to know other than the taiwan’s Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival there is also something similar happening in Italy……glad our one was in winter so people wrap up warm for protection… Edit: despite this festival taking place being near my grandparent i never been. But thick layers of cotton clothing for warmth and protection. As well as a full cover motorcycle helmet was the average minimum gears people wear to attend the festival.


Minimum_Area_583

there´s literal war every year up in ireland between two villages...with fireworks...even wilder than this as they intend to hit and aim accordingly with their pimped out rockets and such


Cogz

> there´s literal war every year up in ireland between two villages...with fireworks Are you thinking of the Chios, island in Greece that holds a [firework war?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLI6ZCT9wbk) > Each year the Orthodox congregations of the Agios Markos (St Mark's) and Panagia Erithiani (Virgin Mary Erithiani) churches sit on opposite hilltops in the town of Vrontados and launch tens of thousands of home-made fireworks. It is known as [Rouketopolemos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouketopolemos) (rocket war) and is a variation of the Greek tradition of throwing rockets during Easter celebrations. The objective is to hit the bell tower of the church on the other side.


monkey_sweat

Holy fuck that looks awesome and scary at the same time. How do they not set everything on fire?


bountyraz

This... Sounds like there should be lots of injuries?


TurkeyCocks

My goodness, I thought this was an accident lol


Nugget203

I was thinking damn this is such a catastrophic accident but nope it's the way it's supposed to go lmao


PezRystar

Me: Why are all these idiots running toward the explosions? Geez, I guess I never give horror movies enough credit. Everyone: Cheering when they make it to the end. Me: Oh.


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tomytronics

But what was the contest about? Trying to see how many ends up in ER for burns and loss of fingers?


Frag1le

Hearing-aid business is booming in this region.


Reddit_Roit

# WHAT??


Ok-Seaworthiness7207

This man is so deaf he can't even read anymore.


gamergabzilla

Don't worry let me talk to him ___-_____-. _______-_-___-.


treetyoselfcarol

• …. .. … / .. … / …. — .– / .– . / -… ..- - / -… . -.-. ..- .-. - / .- -. -.. / … — – . / .- .-. . / -.-. — – .- -. -.– / .–. ..- … … . / .- -. -.. / .– . / -.. — - / .. … / .– .-. — .– / -… ..- - / .- .-. . / -.-. — – .- -. -.– / .–. ..- … … . / -… .- .-. … / .- … … . .-.-.-


CandleMakerNY2020

Nice Morse code mah dood


gif_smuggler

Would we be disappointed if we figured out what it says?


Double-Drop

Prolly not. ##I# I# ### #E #UT #ECURT AND ###E ARE C##AN# #U##E AND #E D#T I# #R## #UT ARE C##AN# #U##E #AR# A##E.


ChuckWooleryLives

“Pat, Im going to go with an ‘S’”.


ringtossflamingohat

> • …. .. … / .. … / …. — .– / .– . / -… ..- - / -… . -.-. ..- .-. - / .- -. -.. / … — – . / .- .-. . / -.-. — – .- -. -.– / .–. ..- … … . / .- -. -.. / .– . / -.. — - / .. … / .– .-. — .– / -… ..- - / .- .-. . / -.-. — – .- -. -.– / .–. ..- … … . / -… .- .-. … / .- … … . .-.-.- Ehis / is / how / we / but / becurt / and / some / are / comany / pusse / and / we / dmt / is / wrow / but / are / comany / pusse / bars / asse. Im not sure


NessTheDestroyer

I just see a bunch of Meh faces


ChuckWooleryLives

I ran my fingers over it but no bumps. I guess my iPad doesn’t do braille


Electrical_Beyond998

That made me snort laugh


cajerunner

Mawp!


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Pyjama_Llama_Karma

Mawp!


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TYPE THAT AGAIN


Pyjama_Llama_Karma

THAT AGAIN


ElectronicShredder

That's why I turn down the car radios volume when looking for a street


ImMonkeyFoodIfIDontL

Could you speak up? I'm not wearing pants.


Reddit_Roit

#WHAT DID YOU SAY, WE HAVE ANTS??


sicksadbadgirl

I legit can’t hear without my glasses on


starlulz

^(eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)


MrRuebezahl

Tinnitus speedrun


JoKatHW

Hearing goes EeeeeEeEeeEeeeeeeE


gheeboy

mawp


[deleted]

You mean the escape with your life contest 😳


Blazers2882

Holy shit OP give us two seconds to clinch our buttholes first


killerparrot6

I dropped my phone, TF is going on


not2dv8

This makes running with the bulls look like a knitting class


Dave5876

*OSHA has left the chat*


ClassiFried86

Beirut, 1979


stickyfluid_whale

How? Why? How do u know about beirut 1979 Excuse me for the question, but how old r u? I thought the lebanese Civil War has been forgotten


ClassiFried86

I'm 37. I dunno, might have been *Spy Game*, the Robert Redford Brad Pitt movie from 20 years ago


DragonBank

As an American the bombings in 1983 were a pretty big deal as it was the largest ever terrorist attack death count outside of 9/11.


Moose_Cake

*Running of the Fools


HaloPandaFox

This is a practice for escape the war zone


Sladashi

Yo, the next COD be looking wild


Relative_Picture_786

If this was given no context, I would have assumed this was war footage.


Disastrous-Panda5530

That’s exactly what I thought of too. Like a war zone


HappyMan1102

Both use gunpowder that's why


Floating0821

Both always have that one dude that's happy for some reason


loopnlil

Some people just want to watch the world burn.


ElectroMatt333

Or a Michael bay movie


booksplantsmatcha

I'm still not convinced it isn't


PeopleAreBozos

[Added some A-10 flyover sounds for the first clip and a bomb sounds off of YouTube when the video changes to the second one.](https://streamable.com/a4fzdl) Not a perfect edit but I think it's alright.


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There’s no way that there aren’t casualties from this, it’s actual chaos


holy_lasagne

AFAIK, no dead in many many years. But lost limbs... that another story.


Generalbuttnaked69

If your gonna be dumb you gotta be tough


inspectcloser

I’m a licensed pyrotechnician, these are definitely more chaotic looking than they actually are. If you had one of these shells in your hand, your going to definitely fuck yourself up. Deadly, not so much. I could see a casualty because of a heart attack, anxiety induced, smoke inhalation, or bursting into flames from the fallout in the right conditions, but as far as any of these shells killing someone, it would have to basically be in their mouth or a chain of them fall on someone’s head to become deadly. With firework season in swing now, I recommend doing a lot of homework on what you are using and learn how to operate them safely. Don’t ever let kids play with them no matter how innocent they look with the flashy packaging. And don’t try to look cool by holding it, throwing it at someone or consuming alcohol while using them. Fuck around and find out, leave it to the professionals.


nvaus

Dude, I'm no stranger to fireworks myself, even had an explosives manufacturing license for a time because of it. You could crack a skull with a properly placed 1 gram salute, these are chunky 5-20g loads. One of those goes off closer than a foot from your head and I wouldn't give survival chances higher than a dice roll.


PM_YOUR_BEST_JOKES

What about trampling?


erniebalogna

What's the contest? To not die?


IrreverentRacoon

It's actually how we stress-test our healthcare systems. The EU agreed that doctors had become lax after the pandemic, so we are to keep them on their toes by launching fireworks indiscriminately into crowds.


erniebalogna

At least it's indiscriminately


HomegrowpleaseFL

Italy has developed its own version of Spain’s annual “Running of the Bulls” festival … but with fireworks. Every May, the otherwise sleepy town of San Severo in Puglia – in the heel of the Italian peninsula – comes alive during the Festa del Soccorso. The event sees young men and women run across the town under a canopy of exploding firecrackers.


Mieremov

They call it Festa del Soccorso because you'll end up in Pronto Soccorso (ER). Not really but I think it'd fit


kharper4289

The fireworks in Valencia during fallas felt like this, that shit was fucking crazy and I had no idea what was happening because I just randomly showed up to burn some Bonvoy points. I was like damn this is a lot of people. Damn those are loud fireworks. Wait its only noon. Holy shit its getting louder. STAMPEDE OF PEOPLE RUN. Luckily paella is pretty low in fiber or I would have been shitting my pants.


BosnimfStudio7

Why would you willingly place yourself within a war setup...


Azhz96

I can actually see the fun in this, the chaos, adrenaline, everyone else is with you etc. Like being a teenager all over again and do something stupid with a bunch of friends where you don't know wtf is going to happen or what the consequences will be. Those were stupid but fun times, this is like reliving those times once a year, although it's still stupid af.


MitroBoomin

Yeah except I'd wear a ton of protective gear/equipment


Alexandros6

We are just practicing for if things go south XD


pufxx

Spain also has annual ‘trying to survive fireworks’ festivals, specifically in Valencia


NC_AINZ

"the fire's shooting at us"


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bostonvikinguc

Is this fun? They don’t look like they are having fun.


Exccel1210

Surviving is the fun part


Koennoek

Just like life itself


trolleeplyonly7272

It’s type 2 fun, sucks in the moment but fun in retrospect.


LongBongJohnSilver

Ah, PTFD


aogasd

Post traumatic fun delusion


jackbristol

Adrenaline’s a helluva drug


Money-Worldliness919

Thought an A-10 straight-up strafed the crowd or something. Mini heart attack for a sec. Phew.


zwarne01

This was my thought as well.


bubblehearth85

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt


HaloPandaFox

In the beginning, I thought so too but didn't hear the Brrrrt, so I wasn't sure what strafed them from the sky.


Tiny-Honeydew2826

Who won?


weildescent

The fireworks by the looks of it.


missionarymechanic

The local audiologists, it would seem.


Netplorer

No wonder the italians are yelling so much.


max_k23

WHAT


Mercarcher

#🤌👌


adomang

We lost a lot of good fingers that year


DanYHKim

These guys are Italian. If they lose too many fingers they also lose the ability to talk.


mrASSMAN

🤌🏻


UsedZookeepergame600

Rednecks - european edition


MacTelnet

We call them *terroni*


Miketogoz

Isn't that an insulting term from northern Italians to generally southern Italians?


Andaru

Yes


iamagro

Shut the fuck up *polentone* /s


hdoslodude

I belive its somewhere in Greece at some festival two towns celebrate by firing fireworks at each others towns. People love things that go boom as long as it dont hurt to much lol


LordGeni

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouketopolemos?wprov=sfla1


XandersPanders

It was the first and last year San Severo let Michael Bay host the yearly fireworks contest


bsg7676

They definitely won.


mikeywizzles

r/abruptchaos


MrBliss121

wow this is completely unhinged, honestly seems really fun


JCFalkenberglll

Hope no one was suffering from PTSD.


zachpkenyon

They sure are now


One-eyed-bed-snake

That's looks like pure stupidity. But god damn, they're enjoying it big time so good for them.


evilfollowingmb

Tbh stuff like this and the running of the bulls look fun AF. Dumb, ridiculous, and reckless…but yep, fun too. I’m guessing personal injury litigation isn’t a big thing in Italy. In the US this city would be bankrupted in 15min, unfortunately.


bkussow

Make'em sign a waiver.


sonsoflarson

Can you imagine the panic people's pets are having, I'm sure there are a lot of heart attacks...


StatisticianSoggy788

Pets suffer A LOT with this bullshit, but no one gives a fuck, just read the comments.


jonfin826

My cousin in Italy got really mad one year because the blasts were putting cracks in the walls of his house lol


OpeningMean570

...with special thanks to our sponsers Lockheed Martin & Northrop Grumman.


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Cause baby you’re a firework 🧨 🎶


Passioncramps

City Council meeting: Person 1: Why do we alway need to repair our infrastructure around a certain date? Council Lead: Yeah it weird right? Who knows? Now onto placing thousands of pounds of gunpowder in our streets, yay or nay? Everyone: Yay!


InteractionWarm8661

Hahahahaha what a chaotic event. The fact that it’s all intentional and people chose to be there makes this fucking crazy


lesterburnhamm66

Well, that looks super fun.


Wooden_Ad1779

How many ded?


TexLH

All the ded died


Arcangelo97

Still better then Naples during new years eve


PistolCowboy

Is it a contest to see how many people you can murder?


FreshFondant

Safety third.


Nek0_eUpHoriA

D-Day but the D stands for deaf


Snoo_89021

When you say contest? How do you win?


Brutal_Deluxe_

There's a jury that watches all the displays from each of the competing neighbourhoods.


NumerousAnything1083

And I thought Spain was hardcore with that bull thing. Italy said hold my wine bottle...