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submitted 2 years ago by Boris_Johnson@geddit.social to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] Plibbert@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Apparently this was a punishment for drunkards in parts of Europe and supposedly some parts of the US.

[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunkard%27s_cloak](Drunkards Cloak)

[–] Hank@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I hope that started as a reference to Diogenes living in a barrel.