Learning How to Be a Better Bottom, Tony Soprano: MAGA Bro and a Brief History of Getting a Drink Thrown in Your Face

I thought I didn’t need to read this hilarious Miles Klee investigation on whether Tony Soprano would’ve been a Trump supporter, but damn if I’m not glad I did.

Of course he’s into MAGA, I thought. The dude loves crime, loves power even more and is the kind of guy who thinks it’s perfectly normal to bury hundreds of thousands of dollars in bird feed. I mean, if that doesn’t sound like a Trump guy, I don’t know what does.

But if you read the piece, it becomes clear there’s compelling arguments for the alternative, and now I’m beginning to waver.

Don’t trust me, though. Read it and make up your own mind, but once you do, be sure to cast your vote, here:

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Which got us thinking: How did throwing a drink (or food, for that matter) on someone become the de facto means to express displeasure, and who was the first to throw a rotten cabbage at another in rage? Unsurprisingly, the practice goes back thousands of years.

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Jeff Gross

Jeff Gross is MEL’s senior editor for social media and content marketing. His daily ICYMI column, which chronicles all things meta on the site, is the quickest way to catch up on MEL, and the funniest thing you’ll read all day. Follow him on Twitter.