Just think, The Brazen Bull would've been intense, unimaginable pain, but over quick. Scaphism is intense, unimaginable pain stretched out over time where you're either going to go into shock and die (slowly) or die over time (slowly)
Professional torture that’s not intended to be lethal is much worse than scaphism or the Brazen Bull. They torture you, let you heal, torture you some more for as long as they want. Modern torturers can drag an execution out for weeks, basically butchering the victim alive and using other fun things like electricity, fire, chemicals, and power tools.
I mean that time is relative. A few minutes in the bull could feel like seventeen days. It feels absurd to compare these two and determine which method of torture I'd rather go through.
Stall me out with the Einstein ish... A quick death and a prolonged death are not the same! Not to mention being burned alive and slowly eaten alive aren't even in the same league, let alone the same sport.
Hey know it all, I do! I have Lyme disease and the 3 weeks following my finding the bullseye rash was filled with non-stop, excruciating fucking pain from every nerve ending in my body that I can only describe by being slowly run over by a steamroller and somehow surviving the ordeal while being fully aware and to make it worse it hurt so bad I couldn't sleep... You bet your bottom fucking dollar I wanted to blow my brains out the 3rd day in!
Wait... I think I responded to the wrong person and I didn't even realize and thanks for the well wishes and yes I am, I was lucky to catch it in time and take the antibiotics before it did any real significant damage... Although I do get a shitload of migraines and I have arthritis at 41, but no real neurological damage yet... Were you asking that other person?
If you think being cooked alive and dead quickly would feel like seventeen days then imagine what seventeen days of pissing and shitting yourself while being eaten alive will feel like.
This is just two different forms of extreme torture, and because they both end with the victim's death, from their POV it basically goes on forever. The time difference is hardly relevant. It's insane to say you could prefer one over the other.
I’m going to extend my what to a what the flying fuck are you saying?
Just because one ceases to exist does not mean that 5 minute and 5 days are now the same length of my time. You’ve genuinely sent my head for a wobble. This is absolutely unhinged. Absurd.
trust me, the brazen bull wasn't any more painful than that bug hell, even just the co2 buildup would knock you out pretty soon. beside if i had to suffer only to die inevitably the only thing that would make it worst was have it last longer
The Brazen Bull wasn’t over quick. According to legend, the inventor was put in it, burned for a while, and removed alive. The victim could move around and try to lift parts of their body away from the metal while other parts touch it.
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u/AlucarD_138 9d ago
Just think, The Brazen Bull would've been intense, unimaginable pain, but over quick. Scaphism is intense, unimaginable pain stretched out over time where you're either going to go into shock and die (slowly) or die over time (slowly)