D&D Demotivators Episode VI: Return of the JPEG

[Alcyius]

Funny thing is, I'm pretty sure it's still one of the most reliable and painless methods of execution, the rep it's gotten is just so bad no one who uses the death penalty uses it.

Except for the 30 seconds or so when the brain still has oxygen to function. I'd imagine it'd be utter agony. Also, if the head is in wrong, it can get stuck in say the jaw bone, like ex-King Louis XVI.

[Silus]

Funny thing is, I'm pretty sure it's still one of the most reliable and painless methods of execution, the rep it's gotten is just so bad no one who uses the death penalty uses it.

Hell, if I was on Death Row, I'd wanna be guillotined in Times Square.

[Dienekes]

Funny thing is, I'm pretty sure it's still one of the most reliable and painless methods of execution, the rep it's gotten is just so bad no one who uses the death penalty uses it.

That's a bit of a tangled one. Though no one has done experiments for awhile (at least not legally), there are a few camps on the topic just by reasoning through the problem. The current camps are:

1) Oh yeah, dude's dead.

2) It's possible, however unlikely, that the blade of the guillotine is so fast that some individuals do not pass out do to shock, so theoretically they'd be conscious until their brain runs out of oxygen in 6-13 seconds.

[Fable Wright]

Except for the 30 seconds or so when the brain still has oxygen to function. I'd imagine it'd be utter agony. Also, if the head is in wrong, it can get stuck in say the jaw bone, like ex-King Louis XVI.

I'm not quite sure about this. Oxygen deprivation, like the kind that would be caused by a lack of circulation, causes dizziness and not pain, and massive trauma has been known to cause numbness rather than intense, searing pain. If you did feel the pain, you would probably pass out rather than experience the agony due to the trauma of the experience, dying relatively painlessly.

EDIT: I also wish to note that if I did have to die, I would definitely choose death by Guillotine over the Electric Chair or the Lethal Injection. Aside from being (probably) less painful, it would be a better spectacle, and my family would get a neat decoration if they chose to keep my skull.

[AngelSword]

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[Alcyius]

I'm not quite sure about this. Oxygen deprivation, like the kind that would be caused by a lack of circulation, causes dizziness and not pain, and massive trauma has been known to cause numbness rather than intense, searing pain. If you did feel the pain, you would probably pass out rather than experience the agony due to the trauma of the experience, dying relatively painlessly.

EDIT: I also wish to note that if I did have to die, I would definitely choose death by Guillotine over the Electric Chair or the Lethal Injection. Aside from being (probably) less painful, it would be a better spectacle, and my family would get a neat decoration if they chose to keep my skull.

I have to agree with you there. Although, one french doctor who lived during the Reign of Terror(whose name escapes me) was able to blink 11 times before dying, so it is possible. I guess we don't really know enough about having our heads chopped off to make a definite conclusion, though I would think people would be right about it going numb instead. As tax:

[Morph Bark]

EDIT: I also wish to note that if I did have to die, I would definitely choose death by Guillotine over the Electric Chair or the Lethal Injection. Aside from being (probably) less painful, it would be a better spectacle, and my family would get a neat decoration if they chose to keep my skull.

Let them get your hand as well, and pose them with a piece of cloth and a crown like your avatar.

I have to agree with you there. Although, one french doctor who lived during the Reign of Terror(whose name escapes me) was able to blink 11 times before dying, so it is possible.

Blinking happens mainly reflexively though, so that's an alternative explanation. Personally though, I don't want to test it.

[Doorhandle]

Morph bark! NOOO! You were too beautiful for this world, but not pretty enough to avoid decapitation!

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Did I ever tell you that death skwadron is the best comic ever?



Because it is.

[jaybird]

[NikitaDarkstar]

Cookies for anyone who can at least name the band(s) he plays with.

[Alcyius]

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Cookies for anyone who can at least name the band(s) he plays with.

Tobias Sammet, of Edguy and Avantasia, also did about a dozen guest appearances, including Rhapsody of Fire and Ayreon.

[NikitaDarkstar]

Tobias Sammet, of Edguy and Avantasia, also did about a dozen guest appearances, including Rhapsody of Fire and Ayreon.

Indeed! *hands over the cookie jar*

[AngelSword]

[enderlord99]

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[Gray Mage]

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[Alcyius]

In continuing with the theme:

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Go on, you know you want to.

[Yora]

Wait... Is that them?

What did Herr Hürsch do to his hair?


And to the Melee Bard:

"Decapitation!!!"

[enderlord99]

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[Dimonite]

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[Morph Bark]

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Whuzzat?

Y'know, in a lot of cases knowledge on the subject of the posters themselves is useful.

[enderlord99]

Whuzzat?

Y'know, in a lot of cases knowledge on the subject of the posters themselves is useful.

He wrote and sung this.

If you listen to it, that should be enough.

[Morph Bark]

He wrote and sung this.

If you listen to it, that should be enough.

The music and the "papapadipapope" sound incredibly familiar!

[Eldan]

This one is probably his most familiar one.

[Morithias]

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[Arbane]

Who's the 'Demon" girl? Is that from one of the Princess Maker games?

[Morithias]

Who's the 'Demon" girl? Is that from one of the Princess Maker games?

That's "Patricia" from Princess Maker 4. If you play through all the plot lines you find out she's actually

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The daughter of the demon king and a human female. If she becomes the Maou in one of the endings she ends the war between humans and demons and peace reigns for all.

[Venger]

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And now, ladies and gentlemen, for a tap dance!

[LongVin]

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Source please!

[jaybird]

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EDIT:

Challenge: make a Demotivator from a Star Wars pic!

I'll start:

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[enderlord99]

Source please!

Here you go!