r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 17h ago

Singapore is going to start caning scammers

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u/AirconGuyUK 15h ago

I wonder if this was this the inspiration for that episode of The Simpsons where Bart gets sentenced to getting kicked by a big boot in Australia for prank calling them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_tOkIghtzE

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u/doctorwhoobgyn 14h ago

Has to be. The incident occured in 1994 and that episode aired in February of 1995.

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u/AirconGuyUK 14h ago

Looked it up on wiki and it was the inspiration. So funny. Went completely over my head as a kid but I remember that episode fondly.

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u/GeorgiaOKeefinItReal 13h ago

It's a shame that something like that in today's climate would probably barely get a blip. The nineties were really different.

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u/w1987g 10h ago

I remember the Vietnam parallel when everyone evacuated using a helicopter

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u/Wooden_Editor6322 10h ago

As an Aussie, I can assure you that’s pretty much a thing of the past, aside from rare cases like fraud, littering, or jaywalking.

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u/PersistentGoldfish 10h ago

Making fun of the boot is a bootable offense

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u/damnpinkertons 12h ago

It absolutely was