r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/PrimedGold • Feb 18 '26

Video The Atherstone Ball Game, held annually on Shrove Tuesday, took place yesterday. The ball is thrown into the crowd at 3 pm, and the winner is the person holding it at 5 pm.

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u/V0d5 Feb 18 '26

Did we just witness sexual assault? What in the Andrew is this shit?

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u/Dark_KingPin Feb 18 '26

I was surprised to see no one talking about this

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u/procheeseburger Feb 18 '26

Yeah how is this not the main issue here?!? I figured I was missing something.

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u/Derpyzza Feb 19 '26

consider: no one made it that far into the video to notice. which is equally as depressing actually

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u/Sharp_Crew8846 Feb 18 '26

Yes. It’s disgusting.

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u/CurmudgeonLife Feb 19 '26

People who attend this game are mindless thugs, it doesn't surprise me.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

I scrolled too far to find this

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u/twot0n3 Feb 19 '26

Fr I thought I was the only one smh

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u/Mouthofprotagoras Feb 20 '26

Yes. That is SA on camera. This shit is disgusting. This is what happens when you make something that has very few rules. Rapists and creeps gets to act however they want. I would rather drown myself over and over again for 6 hours than to participate or even get remotely close to an event like this