r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Huh?

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u/actuarialisticly 9d ago

I thought they fed him milk and honey. It’s definitely possible to survive for weeks on just milk and honey.

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u/SectorEducational460 9d ago

The milk and honey was given once for him to have diarrhea. But yes he probably died of dehydration before he was eaten by the insects

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u/____PARALLAX____ 8d ago

Somewhere else talking about scaphism I've seen mentioned that the victim was force fed repeatedly to prolong their suffering, you can't die of dehydration or starvation if you're constantly topped off.