Hey Seattle,

In the play Come from Away, there’s a song where the locals offer to make their visitors honorary Newfoundlanders by making them drink terrible alcohol and kiss a freshly caught cod.

This got me thinking: what kind of silly ritual could be used to dub someone an honorary Seattleite?

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[–] 12 points 7 months ago

Eating a bag of Dick's?

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Eat a teriyaki chicken take-out meal on a clear day while loudly proclaiming that "The mountain is out!"

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    As someone who grew up with real teriyaki from Japan (yes, I know that the story is "real teriyaki" is from here, but the Japanese style of making it is not), I feel this so much. I'm with you on the mountain being out, but the teriyaki is American style (not my preference) and I will die on that hill.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Catching a tossed fish and kissing the gum wall.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago*

    People don't connect like that here. If they did, the first rite would surely be to step over a homeless person without making eye contact.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago*

    Finally!

    I was aiming for creativity with this question. I really like the idea of ceremonially retiring an umbrella for a raincoat. Much more pleasant than getting someone’s socks wet, which is the best I’d come up with to acknowledge the rain.

    One I saw during a comedy show: someone has invited you to an event. Acknowledge the invitation as kindly as possible without committing that you’ll be there.

    “WOW that sounds fun!”

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    I've lived all over the world, and I think there are very few places which have what you're asking for. The best we have here is correcting people for calling it Pike's Place.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Cops are fascist

    💩💩💩

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