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Re:In China, 'Fortnite' Penalizes Minors for Playing Too Much by thaumasiotes on Saturday March 23, 2019 @06:42PM (#19472731)
Ancient Greece had a couple major festivals of Dionysus in which it was perfectly acceptable behavior to get roaring drunk and stagger crazily through the public square. You weren't expected to do this, but you could. (One or two times a year.)

It makes me curious whether having the rare festival allowing the activity might make it easier to get everyone not to do it the rest of the year.

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Re:In China, 'Fortnite' Penalizes Minors for Playing Too Much by kgwgk on Saturday March 23, 2019 @08:12PM (#19473109)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival
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Re:In China, 'Fortnite' Penalizes Minors for Playing Too Much by nsillik on Saturday March 23, 2019 @06:44PM (#19472745)
Also, see: Purim [0]

0: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim

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Re:In China, 'Fortnite' Penalizes Minors for Playing Too Much by thaumasiotes on Saturday March 23, 2019 @06:49PM (#19472760)
I believe the European Christian tradition also had a holiday of this type, which was Christmas.

But Christmas now is pretty different.

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Re:In China, 'Fortnite' Penalizes Minors for Playing Too Much by nsillik on Saturday March 23, 2019 @06:51PM (#19472769)
Hedonist festivals were a lot more popular historically.

I was born at the wrong time.

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Re:In China, 'Fortnite' Penalizes Minors for Playing Too Much by throwaway663 on Saturday March 23, 2019 @09:04PM (#19473391)
The Purge?
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