Submitted by Osrever101 t3_11dhxri in todayilearned
Almost as bad as beating 8 people to death with a steel dildo while being dressed as Bugs Bunny.
I am sorry nobody is getting this deep George Carlin reference
That reference was for you pal.
Back in Town is the first Carlin special I ever experienced; I almost know it word for word.
I think it’s his best special
And that was considered a good way to go
Say what now?
>“I bet you say that to all the wabbits.”
"Be vewwy, vewwy quiet..."
It was duck season.
Is this dude for real or is he playing Saints Row IRL?
He openly asked for help and people not only ignored him they kept listening to him?!?! I mean I see the people in government who I know are bat shit insane but at least they pretend not to be.
he did not openly ask for help. he secretly sought treatment in a country other than his own.
It was obviously a trick. A bogus cry for help. Anyone taking it seriously was in line for some bizarre execution, guillotine by razor blade or something.
"On Christmas Eve 1969, he had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus. While the executions were going on, amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". 150 were shot or hanged with the remaining 36 being ordered to dig ditches in which they were buried up to their necks and eaten alive by red ants over the next few days."
Thats some fucked up stuff!
> Thats some fucked up stuff!
And this is the least fucked up thing he ever did.
Equatorial Guinea, for those of you who were curious.
That country that had a brutal and murderous dictator for 11 years, then removed him from power, executed him and replaced him with his nephew - who's been a brutal and murderous dictator for 44 years now. Cool beans.
Wow now that is class A+ fucked up.
State terrorism level: mid-20th century Africa
Those were the days!
> In mid-April 1979, Macías Nguema's wife travelled to North Korea for surgery, taking their three younger children, Monique, Maribel, and Paco with her.
ok, if you fucked up so much that your family has to flee to north Korea, then you really fucked up
His successor is not much better. Has been accused of eating his enemies.
And that guy is still in office. Wow.
Was this plan put together by Dennis Hoppers' character from Blue Velvet?
More like a scene out of A Clockwork Orange.
Dennis Hopper actually got drunk and invited a bunch of people to a speedway and sat in a chair while everyone watched and lit dynamite beneath it, it exploded and he survived. There is actually video of it. Another weirdly tangential stadium story for you.
That was an amazing watch! On an unrelated note, but it reminded me of Kiefer Shuterland jumping in a Christmas tree.
Fuck Heineken
Dont look at me- DONT YOU F@#$^$G LOOK AT ME!!!
I bet those executioners had flashbacks every time they heard that song
Not defending this guy, but there actually isn't a lot of evidence for the part about the executioners being dressed as Santas.
Public executions were a real thing under Nguema, and he did have over a hundred executed on Christmas Eve 1969, but the Santa suits is something I need to see actual fact-checked information on.
Of the two sources cited on Wikipedia for this awful event, one mentions the Santa costume thing as likely unfounded. The other makes no mention of Santa costumes.
This sounds like an Alan Moore comic. Goddamn.
I remember learning about him because I was listening to the song. One day I searched it up and saw an banned ad and clicked on it. This was it: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ls1VCPoN9GI&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE
That was amazingly weird. I feel like it’s familiar, like I’ve seen it, but it could just be the meta-elements.
Aye. Thanks for replying to me, hope you have a wonderful day/night.
Randomly it reminded of this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oEA6zK_8u8
Proof that humans can find humor in anything. God damn
Aye. It’s one of our better traits. We take away the terror something instills in us by replacing it with comedy. Thanks for replying to me, hope you have a wonderful day/night.
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You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, get ready for Dictator in the Stadia
this guy had some weird fetishes
Violently masturbating on the JumboTron!
This guy makes Idi Amin seem like Wayne Brady
He's sometimes called Africa's Pol Pot. Almost a quarter of Equatorial Guinea's population was killed during his rule.
And his crazy nephew is still in charge. Remind me never to go to EG
It is one of those places we tolerate for its oil.
I think coal was traditional for people who'd displeased Santa's, not... this
When krampus doesn't take it this far
I have not seen a single primary source say they were dressed up in santa clause costumes.
Well, who doesn't love an insane murderous dictator?
Apparently, you need the /s…..
Alright, next celebrity/character that saves Christmas? This is your assignment. Fix this.
Mr Hankey: Hiiiiiiideehoooo
Grotesque. Hope this isn't to harsh for this appt
This is crazy because my moms husband is the son of one of the people closest to the President for work purposes. This is WAF
That is some next level Jame Bond villain shit.
This doesn't sound at all like the Equatorial Guinea I know. This must be an outlier.
“So crazy that it just might work!”
Sick stuff!!
When I have children, I'll show them this. But tell them it was the real Santa and those murdered were just on the naughty list.
Humans are evil
At least he got in the Christmas spirit.
Dictators have all the fun
moose098 t1_ja8re5f wrote
This dude was bizarre to say the least, he even sought out mental health treatment in Spain because he knew he was insane. Executing 189 people wearing a Santa costume is one of the more sane things he did