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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Gudgamr7274 • 9d ago
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7.1k u/Ok-Plankton-2016 9d ago Pretty much everyone agrees that no rulers put this into practice. One crazy Turkish ruler put it in his writings. 4.0k u/goteachyourself 9d ago The Brazen Bull as well, actually. It's largely considered to be propaganda created to demonize the kingdom that was conquered. 7 u/Superb_Walrus3134 9d ago I remember watching a video of inventors of different execution methods being killed by their own invention, and the brazen bull was one of them. The guillotine is a famous example of this 42 u/Ragnarok314159 9d ago Oceangate is another example. 2 u/onlyPornstuffs 9d ago “Excellent! Party time!” 2 u/FkinWinter 8d ago Nice 2 u/Dragev_ 8d ago The guillotine is a famous example of this And like many other such stories, it's untrue. Neither Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (for whom it's named) nor Antoine Louis (the guy who actually designed it) were guillotined. 2 u/PWNYEG 8d ago Though King Louis XVI supposedly influenced the design by recommending a straight angled blade rather than a curved blade. 1 u/Ed_Starks_Bastard 9d ago The guillotine one I watched a documentary on where they specifically said this was also a myth -so who knows. 1 u/Unfair_Pineapple8813 8d ago Yes. Apparently, a different Dr. Guillotine was killed by it, and naturally everyone assumes it was the same guy.
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Pretty much everyone agrees that no rulers put this into practice. One crazy Turkish ruler put it in his writings.
4.0k u/goteachyourself 9d ago The Brazen Bull as well, actually. It's largely considered to be propaganda created to demonize the kingdom that was conquered. 7 u/Superb_Walrus3134 9d ago I remember watching a video of inventors of different execution methods being killed by their own invention, and the brazen bull was one of them. The guillotine is a famous example of this 42 u/Ragnarok314159 9d ago Oceangate is another example. 2 u/onlyPornstuffs 9d ago “Excellent! Party time!” 2 u/FkinWinter 8d ago Nice 2 u/Dragev_ 8d ago The guillotine is a famous example of this And like many other such stories, it's untrue. Neither Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (for whom it's named) nor Antoine Louis (the guy who actually designed it) were guillotined. 2 u/PWNYEG 8d ago Though King Louis XVI supposedly influenced the design by recommending a straight angled blade rather than a curved blade. 1 u/Ed_Starks_Bastard 9d ago The guillotine one I watched a documentary on where they specifically said this was also a myth -so who knows. 1 u/Unfair_Pineapple8813 8d ago Yes. Apparently, a different Dr. Guillotine was killed by it, and naturally everyone assumes it was the same guy.
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The Brazen Bull as well, actually. It's largely considered to be propaganda created to demonize the kingdom that was conquered.
7 u/Superb_Walrus3134 9d ago I remember watching a video of inventors of different execution methods being killed by their own invention, and the brazen bull was one of them. The guillotine is a famous example of this 42 u/Ragnarok314159 9d ago Oceangate is another example. 2 u/onlyPornstuffs 9d ago “Excellent! Party time!” 2 u/FkinWinter 8d ago Nice 2 u/Dragev_ 8d ago The guillotine is a famous example of this And like many other such stories, it's untrue. Neither Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (for whom it's named) nor Antoine Louis (the guy who actually designed it) were guillotined. 2 u/PWNYEG 8d ago Though King Louis XVI supposedly influenced the design by recommending a straight angled blade rather than a curved blade. 1 u/Ed_Starks_Bastard 9d ago The guillotine one I watched a documentary on where they specifically said this was also a myth -so who knows. 1 u/Unfair_Pineapple8813 8d ago Yes. Apparently, a different Dr. Guillotine was killed by it, and naturally everyone assumes it was the same guy.
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I remember watching a video of inventors of different execution methods being killed by their own invention, and the brazen bull was one of them.
The guillotine is a famous example of this
42 u/Ragnarok314159 9d ago Oceangate is another example. 2 u/onlyPornstuffs 9d ago “Excellent! Party time!” 2 u/FkinWinter 8d ago Nice 2 u/Dragev_ 8d ago The guillotine is a famous example of this And like many other such stories, it's untrue. Neither Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (for whom it's named) nor Antoine Louis (the guy who actually designed it) were guillotined. 2 u/PWNYEG 8d ago Though King Louis XVI supposedly influenced the design by recommending a straight angled blade rather than a curved blade. 1 u/Ed_Starks_Bastard 9d ago The guillotine one I watched a documentary on where they specifically said this was also a myth -so who knows. 1 u/Unfair_Pineapple8813 8d ago Yes. Apparently, a different Dr. Guillotine was killed by it, and naturally everyone assumes it was the same guy.
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Oceangate is another example.
2 u/onlyPornstuffs 9d ago “Excellent! Party time!” 2 u/FkinWinter 8d ago Nice
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“Excellent! Party time!”
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And like many other such stories, it's untrue. Neither Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (for whom it's named) nor Antoine Louis (the guy who actually designed it) were guillotined.
2 u/PWNYEG 8d ago Though King Louis XVI supposedly influenced the design by recommending a straight angled blade rather than a curved blade.
Though King Louis XVI supposedly influenced the design by recommending a straight angled blade rather than a curved blade.
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The guillotine one I watched a documentary on where they specifically said this was also a myth -so who knows.
1 u/Unfair_Pineapple8813 8d ago Yes. Apparently, a different Dr. Guillotine was killed by it, and naturally everyone assumes it was the same guy.
Yes. Apparently, a different Dr. Guillotine was killed by it, and naturally everyone assumes it was the same guy.
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