Plato did also occasionally convince people of his arguments by challenging them to a boxing match.

Because it’s a spoof of the “think, Mark, think” meme from Invincible.

Ah ok... it was just different enough that I didn't pick up the reference, so it just seemed weird.

In a barrel?

Did you mean: "Out in the open right in the middle of market square?"

Also all that searching for an honest man gets you swole when you're contorting your body to use as cups and shit along the way.