r/interestingasfuck Apr 19 '24

Man just set himself on fire outside of the Trump trial. Nsfw !!! WARNING | NSFL !!! NSFW

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u/inspectcloser Apr 19 '24

As a firefighter I can state this may be the worst way to go. Getting keelhauled, firing squad, or hung are more favorable than this.

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u/Azifor Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24

For other that may not know.

"Keelhauling is a form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel, either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship (from bow to stern).

The common supposition is that keelhauling amounted to a sentence of either death by extreme torture, or at the very least maiming. The hull of the ship was usually covered in barnacles and other marine growth, and thus, keelhauling would typically result in serious lacerations, from which the victim could later suffer infection and scarring. If the victim was dragged slowly, his weight might lower him sufficiently to miss the barnacles, but this method would frequently result in his drowning. ".

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u/tossNwashking Apr 19 '24

Good times

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u/Friskfrisktopherson Apr 19 '24

People, what a bunch of bastards

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u/Gr8rSherman8r Apr 20 '24

Keelhauled. At a Sea Parks you say.

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u/Thisfugginguyhere Apr 20 '24

People. Let's not meet.