French People Are Going To Take Dumps In The Seine In The Name Of Protest Ahead Of Olympics

France has a long history of citizens butting heads with the government, and it looks like they're starting to run out of ways for how that can manifest itself. That's because right now, people are upset with a $1.5 billion plan to clean up the River Seine ahead of the Paris Olympics so that it can be used for long-distance swimming events like in 1900.

So, how are they planning on protesting?

Well, if you guessed an organized effort to all rip deuces in the Seine on the day that the President of France and Mayor of Paris said they'd take dips in the river to show how clean it is, then pat yourself on the back for thinking like a Parisian.

I'm sure it'll get the point across, but we're a long way off from the storming of the Bastille…

The Seine — which will also be the setting for the snooze-inducing boat parade that is planned to open the games — is a cesspool. It's filthy, and a sewer issue last summer led to the cancelation of a swimming event around that same time.

So, according to Newsweek, that's why the $1.5 billion is being pumped in to clean up the nasty water.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said they'd go for a swim when it was cleaned up.

"You bet I will," Macron told reporters, according to Metro. "I will do it. But I won’t give you the date, or you risk being there."

That was a good call to keep his swim on the down-low, but Hidalgo wasn't as savvy. She announced that she'll take a dip on June 23, which led to the hashtag #JeChieDansLaSeineLe23Juin trending online.

That translates to "I s--t in the Seine on June 23."

Real ones. Not some fake Marcel Marceau pretend ones.

This Fecal Flash Mob Is An Unprecedented Coordinated Effort

If you thought this act of civil disobedience was going to consist of people indiscriminately grabbing a copy of that day's edition of Le Monde, dropping trou, and offloading last night's coq au vin, you're mistaken.

There's already a website set up where people can set a location where they plan to drop a chocolate croissant on June 23.

*Triumph The Insult Comic Dog voice*: This is the most coordinated mass-defecation event since Taylor Swift dropped two albums in one night. 

You see, because her music is s--t...

I feel like there are always stories about people being upset with their government ahead of the Olympics, but being so mad you start taking coordinated dumps in a river is a new one.