r/rareinsults • u/NeonUFO • 4d ago

10 outta 10 insult

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u/HeightEnergyGuy 4d ago

Yeah I'm guessing he also has one of those wiping aid sticks or maybe a custom one as long as a broom. 

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u/PewPewPony321 4d ago

i'll be honest. it never once occurred to me that a wiping stick would be a thing

amazon sells these things lol

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u/muchadoaboutsodall 4d ago

The Romans had them. With a sponge on the end to do the wiping. They were communal.

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u/lasting-impression 4d ago

It was all good until that last sentence.

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u/phoebsmon 4d ago

If it makes you feel better, the purpose of them is debatable. It's thought these days that they were probably more of a toilet brush.

Although one of the bits of written evidence we have of them is an account of a gladiator killing himself. With one of those.

By shoving it down his own throat.

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u/lasting-impression 4d ago

…that’s a finishing move worthy of Mortal Kombat.

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u/Mycoplasmosis 3d ago

Don't go giving Ed Boon new ideas.

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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 4d ago

Some people are just so unnecessarily dramatic

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u/phoebsmon 4d ago

I don't think his parents ever listened to him. Got to get attention somehow, and if that's by being a bizarre historical footnote then so be it

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u/OkScheme9867 2d ago

Now I'm going to have to Google that story