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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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It's easy to imagine yourself withstanding torture in order to save a loved one... until you hit your thumb with a hammer or stub your toe IRL (lemmy.world)

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Sorry fam, I can buy you maybe 5 minutes. Make 'em count.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Unfriendly reminder, and absolutely unfun fact, that torture's entire point is to break a person's will so they'll say and do anything the torturer wants. So, if you can withstand days or just a few seconds is completely irrelevant. Even if you give up right away before the torture even starts, you'd be tortured anyways, because it's not about the cognitive and rational surrender, it's about the visceral subconscious surrender of agency to another's will. Disregarding all rationality.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

In the book The Blade Itself, Glotka is getting ready to torture someone who is clearly a patsy. The guy screams "I don't know anything! I swear!", to which Glotka responds, "I know, yet the questions must still be asked".