Worst instruments of torture?

Anyone raising kids will relate to this: Barney.
 
Simple, cheap, and effective.


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The Turks were known and feared as master torturers.
Death by breaking of bones was greatly feared.
 
I read a book about the Inquisition a few years ago, and for a group of people who claimed to be "Christian" and "loving," they sure invented a lot of horrible ways to maim and kill people.
 
In the future we will be able to directly stimulate the mind to create extreme unbearable torture at an intensity beyond that we currently experience, and we'll be able to keep doing it far beyond the natural human lifespan.

We can invent hell. :goodjob:
 
Oh, someone has read Altered Carbon. Or Surface Detail. Or both.
 
GoodSarmatian said:
Oh, someone has read Altered Carbon. Or Surface Detail. Or both.
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I CAN COME UP WITH MY OWN IDEAS. MOM WOULD BE PROUD. :smug:

I am looking to get into the Culture Series, how is Altered Carbon?
 
It's been a couple of years since I read Altered Carbon and I liked it. These days i might find the sex, violence and sexual violence a bit much, but it makes sense in context.
 
Valka D'Ur said:
I read a book about the Inquisition a few years ago, and for a group of people who claimed to be "Christian" and "loving," they sure invented a lot of horrible ways to maim and kill people.
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Give some examples.
 
Perfection said:
In the future we will be able to directly stimulate the mind to create extreme unbearable torture at an intensity beyond that we currently experience, and we'll be able to keep doing it far beyond the natural human lifespan.

We can invent hell. :goodjob:
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Probably works even better if you give the victim a taste of heaven first.
 
Camikaze said:
I would say the bagpipes.
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As long as they're in tune, I love bagpipe music! :)

classical_hero said:
Give some examples.
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The title of the book is The Grand Inquisitor's Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God. The author's name is Jonathan Kirsch. Feel free to read it yourself, as there are too many references to list here. But I recommend that you don't read it during or right after a meal. Stomach-turning doesn't begin to describe it.
 
I've never encountered bagpipes up close but I don't see why they're so disliked. Sure, it's not the most pleasant sound, but it certainly beats dubstep and related things that are considered music these days.
 
I used to live a block away from one of the Department of National Defense armouries. There was a pipe band that used to use their parking lot to practice in, for the summer parades and the annual Highland Games.

When they held their practices, I would go and sit on a nearby tree stump and get a free concert. :D
 
Farm Boy said:
Just pump somebody full of a muscle relaxant like they use to paralyze people for lethal injection in the US, then put them of the floor of a room filled with hungry rats.
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Playing "the witcher 3"? Last week I did a quest in witch a character died that exact way.

Regards :).
 
Unreturned love
 
FredLC said:
Playing "the witcher 3"? Last week I did a quest in witch a character died that exact way.

Regards :).
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I don't have a spare Skynet to play it on!

I imagine it's going to wind up like the last two witcher titles for me. "Oh! I'm definitely going to play that when it gets cheaper/I have more time." I haven't played the first two witcher titles yet. :p
 
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