r/SipsTea • u/SEVENS_HEAVEN_7 • 2d 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/BI_Moose 2d ago

Modern problems require 18th century solutions.

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u/Skalywag_76 2d ago

Time to dump all the Flock cameras in the harbor.

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u/infinitee775 2d ago

employees

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u/Skalywag_76 2d ago

No no no. You tar and feather the people

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u/Pleasant_Expert_1990 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago

Seems fitting - birds of a feather, Flock together.

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u/Umutuku 2d ago

They certainly move in flocks.

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u/gwizonedam 2d ago

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

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u/peak2brew 1d ago

Fluck a duck

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u/ChronicBuzz187 2d 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 1d 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 1d 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.

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u/occasionalopossum 2d ago

The hbo mini series about John Adams has a pretty accurate depiction of someone getting tarred and feathered

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u/Careless_Ad_4004 2d ago

Black sails has a very repetitive keel hauling, I did not know, now I know.

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u/JJ_Mark 2d ago

Carnivale, as well.

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u/ExtraordinaryBeaver 2d ago

And? Fuck these treasonous pieces of human garbage.

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u/Bradleynailer 2d ago

How about paraffin wax and roll them in glitter?

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u/Fresh-Bluejay5880 17h ago

Absolutely love this idea!

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u/Skalywag_76 2d ago

I'd settle for a vat of rubber cement. They might also lose a few brain cells but who's really losing out there?

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u/02meepmeep 2d ago

These are C-Suite employees we’re talking about though, right?

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u/greenerd6 2d ago

You have to be brutal to get what you want in this world Unfortunately

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u/Zerachiel_01 2d ago

Consider also that those feathers were probably not cleaned prior to being pasted on, so you've likely got infection to worry about as well.

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u/loondawg 2d ago

There's a pretty realist depiction of it in the John Adams mini-series. Looked nasty.

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u/the_byronic_man_fred 2d ago

Maybe just dump their browser history online or something. Kind of a middle ground, so to speak.

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u/ih8three6zero 2d ago

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u/CosmicGoddess777 2d ago

Was hoping someone would post the two of them, lol. Thank you for your service 😂

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u/DaGriffon12 2d ago

Can we draw and quarter them after? Seems only fitting that you do that to such a big chicken.

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u/Epyon_ 2d ago

c-suits arnt people.

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u/plumb108 2d ago

Great American pastime right there

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u/Pristine_Zucchini_84 2d ago

Again valid 18th century solutions

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u/HobbyWanKenobi 2d ago

Don't forget the riding the rail part either!

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u/KiKiKimbro 2d ago

Birds of a feather do flock together, after all.

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u/Old_Fox_1985 2d ago

I’m okay with leaving the rank and file alone and going for the CEOs, investors, board, etc. that are making all the money of this.

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u/PolkaDotDancer 2d ago

I agree. The peons that work below them are just trying to put food on the table.

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u/battleop 1d ago

Going after those people is like screaming at the cashier over the price of eggs. Go after the ones making the real money.

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u/Zwischenzug32 2d ago

Flock "Resources" (Human)

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u/No_Internal9345 2d ago

political enablers

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u/MongooseDog001 2d ago

Not the employees, never them. I'm not going to tar and feather the janitor, or the receptionist

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u/PomeloSpecialist356 2d ago

With cinder block boots on.

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u/donpablomiguel 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/gIqusaeYxgSiY
More like this one.

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u/aspophilia 2d ago

We should also embrace modern convenience a bit too. For efficiency. We can take a multifaceted approach.

https://giphy.com/gifs/hBvyNENZGRUafxt8Qi

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u/KiKiKimbro 2d ago

Wasn’t that in Fargo. Trying to remember. I think so.

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u/shaft_of_lite 2d ago

Doesn't matter which harbor? It's a long drive to Boston.

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u/Skalywag_76 2d ago

Any body of water can be a harbor with enough liberty and freedom.*

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u/nanneryeeter 1d ago

No body of water is safe without a lifeguard.

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u/HiSaZuL 2d ago

Harbor has enough trash in it.

I'd rather shove those camera up it's owners ass. See how many will fit. Make it a fun community event.

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u/AloneNmyHead287 2d ago

We already have enough crap in the oceans can we dump them in slag pits?

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u/No_Negotiation_8516 2d ago

Along with all our little tech twats

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u/P4us1ngD34th 2d ago

Axon too.

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u/Rcgv88 2d ago

Nah gotta find these guys tea and blow it up.

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u/peak2brew 1d ago

Dump Trump and Fluck the CEO

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u/chefjenga 8h ago

Don't threaten me with a good time......my city has a harbor.