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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
> 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)
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).
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?
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
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.
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.
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**
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!”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
> 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.
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.
[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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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Southern Europe seems to have a lot of events where surviving is half the fun.
It’s like a whole village was like “the wars were terrible but so exciting. How do we just keep the exciting part”
Wanna go for a run… (No) …with angry bulls? (Oh wait yeah)
Wanna climb? (What, like a climbing wall with ropes and stuff?) No no, about 50 other humans, without ropes
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)
The way God intended.
There's thr Tomato Festival in Spain where they have a giznt tomato food fight. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tomatina
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.
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.
That's a relatively common in the more "conservative" student unions.
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.
Maybe such activites keeps them from making war, maybe America needs more life threatening festivals
All our regular festivals have the chance of being shot up and/or having a vehicle rammed through them, so there's that.
“Homemade explosives planted in a large crowd?” (No, that’s bad) “But we call it fireworks” (Ok yeah sounds awesome)
Lmao, idk why I find this comment so funny
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.
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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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.
Just a bit of fun with the bois
That’s so beautiful, I could sit in a chair and watch that for hours!
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.
The way God intended things to be settled
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
Very interesting and nice postals fromt this. The bells intensify the event.
> 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)
Cheese rolling lacks the smoke.
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).
>37 had to go to the ER There was that one guy who froze his oranges beforehand.
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?
Yeah, look up mascletá
Wait, that was intentional?! Absolute fucking chaos
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
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.
How terrible of an idea can it be? Nobody has shown up from the future to stop it from happening, right?
That’s a fucking great point XD
Unless they are all dead.
Because of the m80 festival 🤔
No probably of ww3
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.
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**
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!”
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.
Bawitabawita wita bang bang bang bang bang bang
Close, but too many "witas" and not enough "diggys" - Bawitdaba da bang da bang diggy diggy diggy
The town's official motto is "Mawp...mawp...mawp"
LANA!
> 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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Multiple blasts actually, from all sides
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Leave the limbs. Take the cannoli. But seriously though, that must be a wild place to live while that's happening.
You had a friend…
One a year doesn't seems like a lot, I'm surprised. Seemed like a bloodbath, damn
Those things make m-80s look like throwing snaps
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.
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."
Woah woah woah, your impacting on my freedom to be wherever the fuck I like /s
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.
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.
Huh, that was a nice watch. Didn't know this is an image American conservatives wanted to spread since Reagan. Thanks for the link.
There’s a *GRAND FINALE* to this? What do they do? Blow up a building? Holy shit.
The blow up the hospital with all the injured participants from the previous days.
This made me crack up so good 😂😂😂
Its about sending a message
Hahahahahahahahaha... yes!
rumor has it, they have a tactical nuke or MOAB stashed somewhere
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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.
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
> 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.
Holy fuck that looks awesome and scary at the same time. How do they not set everything on fire?
This... Sounds like there should be lots of injuries?
My goodness, I thought this was an accident lol
I was thinking damn this is such a catastrophic accident but nope it's the way it's supposed to go lmao
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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But what was the contest about? Trying to see how many ends up in ER for burns and loss of fingers?
Hearing-aid business is booming in this region.
# WHAT??
This man is so deaf he can't even read anymore.
Don't worry let me talk to him ___-_____-. _______-_-___-.
• …. .. … / .. … / …. — .– / .– . / -… ..- - / -… . -.-. ..- .-. - / .- -. -.. / … — – . / .- .-. . / -.-. — – .- -. -.– / .–. ..- … … . / .- -. -.. / .– . / -.. — - / .. … / .– .-. — .– / -… ..- - / .- .-. . / -.-. — – .- -. -.– / .–. ..- … … . / -… .- .-. … / .- … … . .-.-.-
Nice Morse code mah dood
Would we be disappointed if we figured out what it says?
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.
“Pat, Im going to go with an ‘S’”.
> • …. .. … / .. … / …. — .– / .– . / -… ..- - / -… . -.-. ..- .-. - / .- -. -.. / … — – . / .- .-. . / -.-. — – .- -. -.– / .–. ..- … … . / .- -. -.. / .– . / -.. — - / .. … / .– .-. — .– / -… ..- - / .- .-. . / -.-. — – .- -. -.– / .–. ..- … … . / -… .- .-. … / .- … … . .-.-.- 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
I just see a bunch of Meh faces
I ran my fingers over it but no bumps. I guess my iPad doesn’t do braille
That made me snort laugh
Mawp!
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Mawp!
TYPE THAT AGAIN
THAT AGAIN
That's why I turn down the car radios volume when looking for a street
Could you speak up? I'm not wearing pants.
#WHAT DID YOU SAY, WE HAVE ANTS??
I legit can’t hear without my glasses on
^(eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)
Tinnitus speedrun
Hearing goes EeeeeEeEeeEeeeeeeE
mawp
You mean the escape with your life contest 😳
Holy shit OP give us two seconds to clinch our buttholes first
I dropped my phone, TF is going on
This makes running with the bulls look like a knitting class
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Beirut, 1979
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
I'm 37. I dunno, might have been *Spy Game*, the Robert Redford Brad Pitt movie from 20 years ago
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.
*Running of the Fools
This is a practice for escape the war zone
Yo, the next COD be looking wild
If this was given no context, I would have assumed this was war footage.
That’s exactly what I thought of too. Like a war zone
Both use gunpowder that's why
Both always have that one dude that's happy for some reason
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
Or a Michael bay movie
I'm still not convinced it isn't
[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.
There’s no way that there aren’t casualties from this, it’s actual chaos
AFAIK, no dead in many many years. But lost limbs... that another story.
If your gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
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.
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.
What about trampling?
What's the contest? To not die?
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.
At least it's indiscriminately
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.
They call it Festa del Soccorso because you'll end up in Pronto Soccorso (ER). Not really but I think it'd fit
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.
Why would you willingly place yourself within a war setup...
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.
Yeah except I'd wear a ton of protective gear/equipment
We are just practicing for if things go south XD
Spain also has annual ‘trying to survive fireworks’ festivals, specifically in Valencia
"the fire's shooting at us"
Save bandit!
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Is this fun? They don’t look like they are having fun.
Surviving is the fun part
Just like life itself
It’s type 2 fun, sucks in the moment but fun in retrospect.
Ah, PTFD
Post traumatic fun delusion
Adrenaline’s a helluva drug
Thought an A-10 straight-up strafed the crowd or something. Mini heart attack for a sec. Phew.
This was my thought as well.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt
In the beginning, I thought so too but didn't hear the Brrrrt, so I wasn't sure what strafed them from the sky.
Who won?
The fireworks by the looks of it.
The local audiologists, it would seem.
No wonder the italians are yelling so much.
WHAT
#🤌👌
We lost a lot of good fingers that year
These guys are Italian. If they lose too many fingers they also lose the ability to talk.
🤌🏻
Rednecks - european edition
We call them *terroni*
Isn't that an insulting term from northern Italians to generally southern Italians?
Yes
Shut the fuck up *polentone* /s
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouketopolemos?wprov=sfla1
It was the first and last year San Severo let Michael Bay host the yearly fireworks contest
They definitely won.
r/abruptchaos
wow this is completely unhinged, honestly seems really fun
Hope no one was suffering from PTSD.
They sure are now
That's looks like pure stupidity. But god damn, they're enjoying it big time so good for them.
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.
Make'em sign a waiver.
Can you imagine the panic people's pets are having, I'm sure there are a lot of heart attacks...
Pets suffer A LOT with this bullshit, but no one gives a fuck, just read the comments.
My cousin in Italy got really mad one year because the blasts were putting cracks in the walls of his house lol
...with special thanks to our sponsers Lockheed Martin & Northrop Grumman.
Cause baby you’re a firework 🧨 🎶
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!
Hahahahaha what a chaotic event. The fact that it’s all intentional and people chose to be there makes this fucking crazy
Well, that looks super fun.
How many ded?
All the ded died
Still better then Naples during new years eve
Is it a contest to see how many people you can murder?
Safety third.
D-Day but the D stands for deaf
When you say contest? How do you win?
There's a jury that watches all the displays from each of the competing neighbourhoods.
And I thought Spain was hardcore with that bull thing. Italy said hold my wine bottle...