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I'm seeing Gävle goat popping up more on my TL. Feelings are mixed. For your consideration: - People have been trying to burn this thing down since 1966, when it was first erected. It was first burnt down on NYE 1966. - Burning the goat is illegal and carries a fine and/or prison sentence. - That punishment is somehow part of the appeal. - 38 out of 57 Goats have been vandalized. - Both sides keep trying. Neither side has let up. That's the joke now. Also: Gävle has a website, with a countdown for when the goat gets put up! There'll be a webcam and everything! -> https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat
Also Also: The official twitter account literally leans into the joke. It's bio reads:
"Jag är världens mest kända halmbock, gillar jul och har svårt för tändstickor. I’m THE straw goat of the world, I fancy Christmas and I don't play with matches."
I'm team burnination. I'm also team "if they legalize it, the fun of it actually ends". Is arson bad? Yeah. Is it bad to want the goat to burn? Nah. I think this is a very human thing to want.