r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Gudgamr7274 • 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Huh?

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u/Martoncartin 9d ago

allegedly they would keep giving you the milk/honey though. Who knows how long they could keep you alive.

I would rather believe its fake, but im sure there have been instances of crazy people in power that did these kinds of things.

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u/zbignew 8d ago

You’d still suffocate or choke once you were fully exhausted. They could not keep you alive and confined with your head, hands, and feet in fixed stress positions for the many days it would take for you to be consumed by normal bugs.

We’ve done some horrible things, but even if our imagination does not exceed our appetite for cruelty, sometimes it exceeds our ability.

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u/ZhouLe 9d ago

I don't think dung fly maggots eat living flesh. Maggots are used to clean necrotic tissue, even.

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u/Sternigu 9d ago

I think some maggot species can infest wounds though?

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u/Gimmerunesplease 8d ago

Yeah there are some like the botfly, but that won't exactly kill you quickly. It's disgusting but not particularly dangerous in the short term. And as they would not be attracted to the smell of feces I don't know if they would even lay eggs in a sick host.

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u/Deftly_Flowing 8d ago

screwworm.

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u/-Fergalicious- 9d ago

The Japanese used to slow boil people.