This town throws pennies at people. They hurt.
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The Honiton Hot Pennies ceremony is the result of 800 years of tradition: from when rich people would entertain themselves by throwing scalding-hot pennies o...

You don’t need to watch the video. Tom Scott/None of the interview subjects ever point out how fucked this is, but basically the story is rich sadists would put coins in boiling water and then throw them at poor children to watch them endure injury for small amounts of money as a form of entertainment.

  • Aria@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    11 months ago

    And so obviously they stopped celebrating it, right? The last line in the video is

    We’re about making certain that these wonderful old quaint customs continue.

    Backed by the sound and visual of Tom clapping.

    If you think I’ve misunderstood this documentary designed to bring awareness of a social ill, then fair enough. In that case my criticism is that Tom didn’t make a video that communicated that well enough, and my criticism of the town remains unchanged.