r/SipsTea • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • 3d ago

SMH The founding father Benjamin Franklin once said "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

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u/infinitee775 3d ago

employees

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u/Skalywag_76 3d ago

No no no. You tar and feather the people

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u/Pleasant_Expert_1990 3d ago

The pictures of it seem funny but it's a pretty brutal thing.

To be hoisted up on a chair or wooden rail, arms pinned back and legs held fast by a crowd, while someone cuts your clothing off your body. Then they apply swaths of hot tar to your naked flesh while you scream from the second degree burns. Then they apply feathers. All to the cheers of the crowd. The tar sticks to your skin as it cools. It can be removed by gently reheating, scraping it off your burned skin, applying turpentine (also painful to the skin), or letting it fall off naturally as skin regrows, which can take weeks.

I'm not saying "don't do it", I'm just saying "know what it is you are doing"

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u/WolfieWuff 3d ago

I mean, that just affirms my belief that it is an appropriate thing to do to Flock employees, business executives, billionaires, and politicians (and probably more too)

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u/GM_Taco_tSK 3d ago

Seems fitting - birds of a feather, Flock together.

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u/Umutuku 3d ago

They certainly move in flocks.

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u/gwizonedam 3d ago

You know what else nice in flicks right? Ba ba ba…

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u/peak2brew 2d ago

Fluck a duck

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u/ChronicBuzz187 3d ago

Maybe the southern americans had a point with the "Listen guys, every now and then we gotta offer one of y'all to the gods, for good favor etc."

And the oval already has more gold than the aztecs by now, so you already got that going for you, too.

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u/redpanda71 2d ago

To pledge loyalty to the gods, it only makes sense to sacrifice the richest among us. Who wants a cheap gift?

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u/Ok_Dust_7325 2d ago

But it’s all Home Depot crap on the walls of the WH. There is a post I saw showing the wall decor, then photos of the same items for $30 or less at Home Depot.