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[-] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 weeks ago

Fun fact: their design is in the public domain

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

grotesque but would be kings and queens need to have that fear in them

all would be monsters need to know that you will still hear and see for long after your head is separated from your neck

this is the punishment for the crimes against humanity

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago

Not to split heirs, but "long after" in this case is ~12 seconds, IIRC โ€” which is still gruesome AF, but worth being scientifically accurate, I feel. โœŠ๐Ÿผ

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

I am very much in favor of splitting heirs.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

All the way down. ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿผ

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

one account, dude had his name called and reacted 3 times.... thats pretty long aF!

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hol'up. What?! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

wonder if they could still move their eyes and mouth for as long as there was oxygen left in the blood

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

in the historic account, the guys eyes were clearly moving in reaction to the doctor's voice

one other time I remember that someone described the persons head as stuck in a scream but no sound came out

[-] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

It's time for guillotines! ๐ŸŽต

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, the salami slicer.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I just think they're neat

[-] oji@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

A bobsled sled from the 18th century, when the sport was the extreme domain of the aristocracy.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sorry, what? ๐Ÿซฃ

[-] oji@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

You know - a typical sled with a built-in finish line. Optimized so that participants don't have to spend a lot of time descending (from political heights).

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

I was just trying to sort out why "sled" followed "bobsled". ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] oji@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, I didn't delete one of the words when I was deciding which one would fit better. Well, let's keep it that way. ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

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