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[–] sxan@midwest.social 46 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I would argue that "instantly killed in a horrifying way" is oxymoronic. I don't care that I'll be torn to pieces by rabid centipedes while being boiled alive in a vat of acid, as long as it's an instantaneous death. Horrifying, maybe, to observers, but any instantaneous death makes the means irrelevant to the killed.

[–] Lupo@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not instantaneous; just too fast for you to see the trouser snake.

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe he's not the only one who is horrified by it?

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

They do form social bonds so there is a chance a friend of his saw it happen.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Of course the meaning is horrifying to the observers and to those contemplating it.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

How do you actually know instant death is painless? What if every single cell individually experiences the most horrifying pain possible?