Blinding, De-Nailing & Branding: Gruesome Medieval Punishments for Low-Level Criminals...

[@portwills]

To think of all the people that have been through unimaginable pain and torment throughout history. It really makes me cherish the modern comfort that I already cherished even more now

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

They brought it on themselves.

[@jrfw96]

It still happens in this day and age. Just not the place youre from. Africa, latin america, and south east asia all do very painful methods of killing

[@damianlozano5966]

@@gimmethepinkelephant3685 what if they were wrongly convicted? i feel like back then it was more common to be falsely accused and punished for something you didn’t do. saying they brought it on themselves isn’t really cool 🤨

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

@@damianlozano5966 most of them brought it on themselves. Occasionally people get wrongly convicted. But it's rare. I think what you're talking about were the laws. They were more strict so people ended up being put to death for things that some may see as laughable today. But still, the law is the law. So if they knew the consequences and did the crime anyway then it's on them. I've been to jail numerous times. It took getting older to get it through my thick skull that it was my fault. Just as it often is in jail. Most people in there are guilty as sin. They just don't like being in jail for certain crimes. They feel that the punishment doesn't fit. But that's besides the point. Do you understand what I'm saying?

[@stone678]

These times are cuming back its 100 percent sure society is been eroded down morals and our new way of life will soon be gone get ready we are 5 years away from the reset no turning back now

[@bobbytheblade2550]

People don't realize just how easily humanity could return to this form of punishment. Freedom and civil rights are fleeting and fragile when the mob gets riled out of anger and fear.

[@RosieWilliamOlivia]

I think the last couple of years have been a little warning.

[@iansalsich6508]

We definitely take our freedoms for granted

[@patrickcummins79]

Agreed. I've heard some Horror stories from people who lived on the streets of Kensington, philly.. people being being burned, gang raped, ect.. it's some disturbing shit..

[@YouTubeViolates1A]

When domestic terrorist groups like BLM turned Atlanta into a warzone and killed children in the process, I'm all for bringing back barbaric punishments. And before any idiot wants to kid themselves, no. I'm not a racist. Same punishments should apply to people like the KKK. I believe in savagery unto savagery. Not necessarily because it'll make things better but because it's simply the right thing to do, like it or not.

[@blenderbanana]

Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia; things can get worse; quickly.

[@antonyholditch8849]

Mans capacity for cruelty knows no boundry even in this day and age.

[@jackiereynolds2888]

" ... knows no boundry ... " is what should never-ever be forgotten or foolishly believed to be now gone. The selfsame impetus for cruelty and violence in people is currently every-bit still in place; it was NO misadventure in reasoning, violence in people is an 'emotional' exercise. Our current practice in an alternative is VERY tenuous at-best. It will be interesting to see just how well some of these efforts with 'cerebral' intervention hold up. So Anthony I think when you mentioned 'no boundry' you were closer to the real truth than most could admit. Good call. 👍

[@kadirozer4744]

2024 dangereus Netanyahu

[@valentinkambushev4968]

Another example of blinding in Bulgarian history is Vladimir Rasate. He was the son of Boris the first, who is the one who made Bulgaria into a Christian country. He didn't do it because he was a believer, but because he knew it would have good political impact. Unlike many rulers he didn't rule till death, but retired, leaving the throne to his son, Vladimir. But Vladimir didn't want his country to be Christian so he tried to bring to old religion back, which angered his father. Boris came back to the capital, dethroned Rasate, blinded him and imprisoned him. Boris them gave the throne to his younger son, Simeon.

[@waterbird91]

Geeze, those were horrible times to be living in.

[@Kurious2no]

Thanks for sharing this story! Now I know something new.

[@PonderousEclectica4383]

what was bulgaria before christianity?

[@seafoxx777]

It always amazes me when people glorify the past and think we are too “soft” nowadays…

[@matt_1983]

We ARE too soft now. Criminals are being treated like kings and queens! Back then….They got the pain they deserved!

[@newshound2521]

You soft bastards you!

[@IntoxicatedGhost1]

Criminals get treated better than low class people, just remember people get upset over words

[@willywonka7812]

Conservatives want to bring back feudalism

[@huntertrum3658]

@@matt_1983 all of this sounds good until you're committed of a petty crime and have your fingers removed. I bet you'd want a judge and jury then. Criminals being confined inside walls away from others is a sign of a civilized society. We're past having to crucify people to get the message out.

[@spookyskelly5276]

Getting your eyes melted by radiant heat has to be one if the worst things I've ever heard.

[@tashpitman8150]

De-Nailing, yeah thats where i start feeling sick. Be headings, guts and blood im fine, BUT finger nails being pulled, no thanks. Amazing videos by the way. Really enjoying them all. Thank you

[@LuvBorderCollies]

I used to think getting a nail pulled was much better than suffering through torturous hours of FEMA training.

[@richardphillips1971]

Pulling out toenails was one of the favourite methods of Gestapo torture

[@patrickcummins79]

Anytime I get a small piece of wood accidentally jammed into the flesh under my nail, I want to Cry,my nuts retract towards my body and I Think of that Awful punishment.

[@SpiltBowlOfCereal]

I feel this way when I hear about flaying. Think about how badly just a small hangnail hurts, the burning searing pain, and then imagine that all over your body for hours or even days

[@Icarus_II]

I've had two fingernails ripped off by accident at different times, and hell yeah, it's blinding searing pain whenever you touch anything, even with bandages, for about 3 weeks. At first I would even kind of lose consciousness for a half a second even. You can't even grasp or hold anything. I tried using metal finger braces, but again, if I accidently touched something, it still hurt. Good times.

[@TheMinarus]

De-Nailing is definitely up there as something I would shit my pants over if I was condemned to it…Like holy shit hearing the description gave me a picture alll too vivid lol

[@clootuscleetus4219]

Man... this shit really makes you realize how much we've advanced as a society. Even though we very much still have our problems, we've definitely improved a lot. It both makes me lose and gain faith in humanity lol

[@s.f.i736]

Well this was just Europe

[@wef.rubbish4714]

Advanced??

[@ivorwindybottom7364]

We haven't 'advanced' per-se. We are still controlled by fear for greed. They've just got better at hiding their techniques. The evils us humans perform on one another for wealth and control will continue, right up till we cease to exist as a species.

[@ivorwindybottom7364]

@@s.f.i736 Mutilation as a punishment still exists and is practised outside of Europe today.

[@ricksanchez9669]

Have you scene Zero Dark Thirty? Read The Shock Doctrine? MK Ultra ring a bell? Our torture has just advanced, not gotten anymore humane.

[@drewzalo]

I’ve watched all the punishment series up until this point…this is the only one I made faces at thinking about what that must have been like to get my eyes scooped out.

[@davidbradley6040]

Red hot tools were let cool to black as red heat burned too much flesh away making the brand unreadable. Slave brands tended to be made of silver as it used less heat and made a more readable marks with less damage.

[@donaldbadders3970]

David I want to be branded and tortured

[@ericsimonds3631]

This channel is so interesting and entertaining thank you for your work!

[@peterloohunt]

This is one of the best channels on youtube.

[@TheHunterGracchus]

It's surprising how long some of these punishments lasted. In the US, branding was used down to the second half of the nineteenth century. In France, female parricides had a hand chopped off before execution down to the Bourbon restoration.

[@tqft]

This makes staying in on a Friday worth it… it’s time for medieval madness!

[@lh317]

Never thought Id think of branding as one of the less horrible punishments

[@fish_bacon]

Indeed. Give me a brand over the nail stuff anyday. I'm not squeamish, but the talk of stuff driven under finger and toe nails had my chest and spine physically hurting.

[@rticle15]

The middle ages is a great example of how being "tough on crime" is ineffective when not well thought out.

[@YouTubeViolates1A]

I don't think we should care how effective it is. To me, it's not about eradicating crime as much as it is about doing the right thing. I think home intruders should be tortured before death. They're crossing a line when they disturb the sense of security and intimacy that a home brings. Look at r*pists too. Do you really think jail time is enough? That right there is an example of how more modern efforts at reformation are just as futile. Fact is, we can't annihilate crime. Whether we try via brute force or with utter stupidity like these European countries that offer glorified 5 star hotels to reform hardened criminals. Like I said, we shouldn't bother eradicating crime. We should simply do the right thing by enacting and adequate level of punishment. Even if said punishment is draconian.

[@TheSMR1969]

Spot on, punishment has never been effective at reducing offending or dettering crime

[@justbeingMe-IN-idaho]

spoken like a true Democrat.

[@isthattrue1083]

@@justbeingMe-IN-idaho Spoken like a true Nazi-lover on an obviously fake account.

[@africanelectron751]

In south africa they burn criminals to death... It has a 100% success rate at preventing further crimes.

[@Wandering_Nowhere]

The upbeat "cheers" at the end completes the topic.

[@SpamMouse]

Hello Lisa/James. Thank you for the time and energy you put into these most enlightening videos. The older paintings of this period acts as a barrier to make them appear as some breed of humans that are different from us, yet any one of them could come to today and function normally as perhaps we could go back. Has the human condition (mindset) and experiences changed that much in 500 years? We would still be struggling to get three-bars on our phones and scared of catching the Pox in 1550 ! 🧕

[@carlyrennae3963]

This channel is just the best ❤️💕 love it can't get enough madness 😍

[@ivorwindybottom7364]

Imagine being a soldier and being ordered to assist in such barbarism ? I mean it, must take an extremely disturbed individual to carry out these mutilations.

[@eriklarsen3345]

yeah..can you imagine ths horror..100 blinded men..Jesus..

[@angelaatwood46]

@@eriklarsen3345 Jesus is correct. They did this in his name. They really don't know Jesus. Can you even imagine Jesus coming down and saying, "This Is Not What I Meant!" Lol.

[@gtopnotch6012]

This channel needs way more subs

[@RamoArt]

Who were the people that carried out the punishments? You've gotta be a special kind of crazy to cut off facial features or body parts for a living

[@kennethpaultargett5483]

Absolutely Fascinating Report....

[@jamesdeleon1485]

Please get a Twitter! I wanna talk about how amazing ur channel is. I've already written 3-4 solid tracks on medieval torture.

[@trevorkuun199]

I had a finger nail removed years ago and will never forget the excruciating pain

[@JM-sz3to]

Hi MedievalMadness, your videos are so good, I have just come across them. Don't know if it would work but, could you do one on how common/prevalent the topics discussed in this video (and others) would likely to be have experienced by the common person back then. Are these the kind of things that in these days the average Joe would see on TV only and only the criminals and prosecutors experience or would the general public regularly get a flavour of what was to come if they stepped out of line? Sorry if you have covered this point already... Thank you :)

[@miko3895]

This reminds me of my father. He was an evil sadist who would focus his sickness, anger/???? on us children. I often wished bad things upon him. I'm a senior now and he's long gone, but I still suffer from PTSD.

[@richardmoores]

Oh dear I’m sorry about what you went through

[@joshfranklin1894]

No wonder murders and violent sadistic serial killers still pop up in populations so often, they're probably distantly kin to these evil torturous people from back in the day that thought up these punishments

[@Ujuani68]

3:05: As a Dane,I have to say:" We apologize for this barbary!" 😖😥😡

[@IntoxicatedGhost1]

Why? The past has nothing to do with the current generations and government.

[@redmi9834]

The children cannot be held responsible for the sins of their fathers. In the old Testament Yahweh stated that every man shall be responsible for his own sins which abrogated the law of the sins of the father's falling onto the children to the third and fourth generation. God makes the laws and they are His to change as he wills.

[@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou]

These people were truly psychopaths. This is why it's so important to not let psychopaths corrupt society, culminating in a downward spiral. It is also a cautionary tale on reconciling justice with humanity. A "tough on crime" mentality is a sensitive balancing act, and as appealing as it may be to let criminals "really have it", the truth is that innocent people get caught in the cross hairs of a flawed justice system all the time, and so it is important for punishment to reflect both the gravity of the crime and the degree of certainty about the offender's guilt.

[@brized]

"Beyond a reasonable doubt" is the standard in criminal trials in the West for a reason.

[@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou]

@@brized Unfortunately, it is a somewhat vague and even cryptic idiom that many if not most people would fail to accurately articulate or define. After all, we know for a fact that innocent people can and have been wrongly convicted-some of them were even subjected to capital punishment. I think a tiered approach ought to be taken, in which there is a distinction between absolute certainty (witnesses, camera footage, and/or the "suspect" was apprehended at the scene of the crime) and "beyond a reasonable doubt" (when the jury has to deliberate about whether the defendant is actually guilty). A binary, black-and-white approach may be simpler but is not an ideal approach to justice, especially in the US justice system where third parties often have an incentive to prosecute, and even when the wrongly convicted is later proven innocent, those who knowingly worked to wrongly convict that innocent person face no repercussions.

[@michaelmontagu3979]

They weren't psychopaths, social and criminal beliefs were different then. You really can't judge the past according to current standards.

[@historylover2]

Watch out for Sharia Law!

[@theonlineanimal6009]

They were not phycopaths. The world was just very different

[@ДаДа-п8о]

Love watching such content while having my breakfast…

[@alikhodajani6075]

Enjoy your breakfast and be careful holding knife and fork !

[@Antibionic50]

Ah, the lovely creativity of mankind... I've learnt so much from this channel 🤓

[@ryanhayes5598]

I can't stop binging this channel

[@skeletontoes7692]

Love your content : )

[@thomasmeyer6407]

I agree! I'm so glad that I found your channel!

[@davidelabarile1634]

i fully agree with you

[@cantonascollar8782]

As a history nerd, I love your shit 👍

[@Spacecorgi]

That “cheers!” at the end always makes me happy 😃

[@larriehanus7472]

Not gonna lie man found your channel like 3 days ago and been watching your stuff non stop

[@CarrionCrow993]

The de-nailing bit made my toes curl. Ouch!

[@markcumbriauk]

I love this channel.

[@samwise6757]

As much as I cringe, your content is historically attractive…

[@masterofnone8400]

I bought 'going to church in medieval England' and u showed the cover of the book at start of your video 😊

[@FRANKMUSIKOFFICIAL]

Nailed it

[@bogbody9952]

What sick minded, foul, hideous monsters our ancestors were. How people thought to do such horrible things and then carried out these punishments makes me ashamed of being human. Sadly this wasn't all that long ago as evidence of such behavior can still be found in the modern world. What a shame how we are still a long way from being civilized.

[@sydinzeplin1209]

Having horrible thoughts and ideas is different then acting them out.

[@christ34fj]

The fact that Grand Theft Auto is a multimillion dollar selling game should tell you how ''good'' humanity's soul is

[@bogbody9952]

@@sydinzeplin1209 Of course. I certainly agree. Yet I don't understand what that has to do with my comment? Perhaps you could elaborate a bit more so I can catch your meaning?

[@bogbody9952]

@@sydinzeplin1209 I get it now. I didn't see the other comment. And yes I agree with you. A video game is no substitute for the real thing. In fact I find that comparison ridiculous.

[@bogbody9952]

Wait a minute? Your comment appeared before the video game comment. So I don't think either one of you seems to follow what I'm saying here. Chopping off some dudes balls off before burying him alive or peeling a person's skin off then coating them with salt...these actions are beyond sick and twisted. Playing video games or having some creepy imagination isn't comparable to actually performing such actions. While I can imagine ramming an old, empty whiskey bottle up some assholes asshole I couldn't actually do such a thing, right? People are f-ed up.

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

Just making lunch. Nothing better than a good video on maiming over a nice omelet... That sounds much worse than intended.

[@jameshughes525]

I'm surprised they didn't eradicate crime completely with these types of consequences I know I for one would try my best not to break the law and if I was forced to there's definitely no way I'd be taken alive being that I knew what experiences were going to come my way

[@NoNameEst1992]

I somewhat agree, obviously it's hard to say "I know I wouldn't do it" when your not living in times where you could die painfully no matter what and still be tortured for next to nothing. Unless your truly starving it's hard to say you wouldn't steal just because you might be the odd one to get caught and tortured, you'd probably take the risk, however I completely agree with the likes of the soldiers for example, if I saw 90 of my fellow soldiers systematically being brutally blinded, I would be fighting as hard as possible up to the point where they decide killing me is easier

[@TheDenssy]

on that times very few criminals where actually caught so people knew that their chances of getting away with their crimes where higher than the possibility of getting this kind of punishment. That's why you should put your effort in a good system of security rather than a cruel system of punishment. Increasing the life levels of people, giving them the possibility of a dignified life will always be the best way to combat crime because criminals never think on the punishment and the consequences, they always do crimes thinking they will never get caught

[@mkailov13]

It's almost as if harsh sentences don't actually reduce crime.

[@anderslundtoft2315]

If you were as dumb and religious as they were, you probably losten when the priest or king or a person in their name told you so.. the crazy part of this message is that people, TODAY, still belive in religion and god as raise their priest above many others

[@WildsDreams45]

Technology and education makes people soft. These people are hard and dumb mostly.

[@justme8593]

i binge this channel all the tine

[@cinein5503]

More crime and punishment videos! Honestly your video on animal trials changed my view of pigs forever . . .

[@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou]

How so?

[@cinein5503]

The sheer number of accounts involving pigs eating people, way more than I would have thought

[@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou]

@@cinein5503 Pigs are omnivores like humans. If they're not well fed, they'll do what they must to survive. After all, far more humans eat pigs than vice versa...

[@jennklein1917]

Rosie the circus elephant deliberately killed her trainer.It was late 1800's and the public were outraged.It was decided that Rosie was guilty and could not be reformed.She was sentenced to death by electrocution, poor girl.Another elephant in the same time period was hung up on a crane!Wow🐘🐘🐘🐘

[@waterbird91]

Animals deserve better. Animals are not livestock, they are living creatures. Humans maim them, humans torture them, humans kill them. Humans are not worthy. Animals on the other hand ARE the worthy ones.

[@dougieh9676]

I’m completely horrified! Thanks! 🤣

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

..so "clipping" coins was basically short changing a customer...if the punishment for getting caught doing this were to be re-introduced( Cutting the private parts off) a cashiers salary would skyrocket.

[@chrishateley5582]

How is it that de-nailing is probably one of the least long term debilitating things on that list and yet it's the one that causes the most wincing?

[@mgthestrange9098]

Would somebody’s nails grow back after that?

[@Fenom007]

@@mgthestrange9098 As someone who's had nails removed multiple times in my life, I can say it would probably depend on how it's done. If using heated metal that cauterizes the wound like the video said some of them did, then no, they wouldn't grow back, as cauterizing can cause nails to stop growing. If it was just ripped off without causing any extra unnecessary damage to the nail bed or matrix, then they would likely grow back, just very slowly.

[@tensense5872]

I live in Lancaster :) the judges lodgings is full of history and the castle and dungeon there ;)

[@sarahader8118]

More videos like this please. Are we bad people for wanting to watch videos like this? 😅😂😆

[@garryleeks4848]

Very bad indeed, more videos please

[@Vengeful_Octopus]

Ah, yes. Medieval torture methods. The perfect thing to watch while I’m eating lunch.

[@redmi9834]

Caligula used to have criminals and those who had offended him castrated and tortured while he had breakfast.

[@freeshrugs63]

What savages we are, humans.

[@stephenbowers7901]

"I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass.!' Fridays wouldn't be the same without your splendid work. Thank you MM keep em coming 🃏

[@ohionative5237]

I like the pulp fiction reference

[@stephenbowers7901]

@@ohionative5237 yeah man - Mr wallace.... glad you got it 😁

[@adabsurdum5905]

These videos always make me want to go back and hand out M-60's to all the peasants so they could fight against this kind of stuff

[@HarenunHoppus]

Time travel just for that will lead to much worse consequences. We leave the timeline as it is and learn from it.

[@chris9650]

They wouldn't have fought back. People have been trained that they are powerless to raise up to more powerful things.

[@blenderbanana]

They'd problaby just holocaust the jews. The widows, and the other Christians. Peasents are as shitty as the men who ruled them.

[@sinthoras1917]

@@chris9650 they did fight back many many times. See the Jacqueries, the English 1381 peasants revolt, the Finnish Club wars, the german peasants war, etc etc. These are only a few of hundreds of examples, and from Europe only.

[@robertwhite2449]

Clipping was another horrendous punishment for low level crimes. They would use some large shears to cut off the prisoners ears and nose

[@mukhumor]

Now you could just lock someone in a room without a phone.

[@Aztesticals]

Hey were not all that bad. Some of us are so apathetic to it all that we can pass the time staring blankly at a wall

[@mukhumor]

@@Aztesticals 50/50. half are apathetic, the other half are highly strung and hysterical. I keep my head down.

[@Oliver4everismine]

I don't want to hear anybody ever say they think people are basically good. humanity is truly depraved! look at the horrors we inflicted on our own kind

[@blenderbanana]

I had nothing to do with those.

[@Jerseyboondocks]

Humans can be so brutal and it's upsetting. They still are although getting a little bit more civilization. Humans are mean and cruel.

[@trawsoza2926]

Humans are not becoming more civilized. Things are getting worse

[@manxkin]

Well, so much for the “good old days”.

[@michaelmontagu3979]

At least the punishment would be a deterrent. Bet they didn't have repeat offenders the way we do now.

[@GNParty]

You're such a good story teller that your descriptions are making me cringe...

[@alexwest2573]

“Thieves were hard to catch” nowadays we got guys pulling up in pickup trucks to haul away an atm on camera

[@blenderbanana]

The Wolf of Wallstreet is gloating on podcasts, and the Enron architects do lecture circuits. In 10 Years, Martin Skheli will be gloating on a San Diego beach on a mountain of dead and tormented diabetics.

[@bellsandspices]

This was extremely hard to watch! 😬😬😬

[@jollyrancher8727]

These were our ancestors. These people bred and created us today. Savagery and evil is literally in our DNA, how crazy is that?

[@damijanruzic9128]

Similar things went on during ww 2 and later wars in Yugoslavia, I saw people with bored through shin bones in India for repeated crimes punishment some 40 years ago.

[@donallally4892]

We also must remember that up until the relatively recent times most people couldn't even read or write

[@Skevzie]

I love this channel

[@donallally4892]

We must remember there were no Lawyers or Legal Defense, especially for the defense

[@LifeInPink999]

Can you imagine being the guy who had to sit there and imagine all the horrible tortures. I mean was it like ”the king asked for another creative way to make a prisoner speak... again, do it.” or someone actually enjoyed inventing this and was like ”wow what a productive day I already came up with 15 new torture methods I hope at least one will be approved”. One thing is ask for a scary punishment to make people afraid of you another be the mind who invents the method.

[@michaeld5770]

Lets not forget many countries today still practice this cruelty.

[@redmi9834]

The drug barons of South America are often reported as doing unspeakably cruel things to their rivals.

[@KingRumar]

@7:00 they used this device on Esmeralda in the Hunchback of Notre Dame novel

[@davidelabarile1634]

when the movie is worse than the book

[@KingRumar]

@@davidelabarile1634 it is Disney after all, they want to turn dark novels and stories into family films for some reason. Ariel was told by the sea witch after failing to woo the man that in order to spare herself the contract, she must kill him. She chooses not to in the end and dies (turns into sea foam).

[@natilyfe]

Idk what's worse the fact that they did, the fact that someone actually made blueprints for it, or the fact that someone had no problem carrying it out😂

[@canofanger]

Right after the part about flaying, KZbin put an ad for Schneider's Bacon. Lovely.

[@gregorpamula8939]

Probably intended effect, but when I heard Short. Sharp. Shock. I heard the guitar of "us and them" playing in my head Is it an expression in some part of England/UK?

[@joseph-fernando-piano]

A few years ago I got hit on the tip of my pinky finger with a hockey puck that broke off my fingernail from the back. I definitely learned why pulling out fingernails is used as torture or punishment, one of the most painful things I've experienced for sure!

[@qualityesports7802]

First! Love the channel.

[@TINSTAAFL1]

The narrator joyous voice fits well with the brutal treatment of criminals in the old days.

[@white5mage]

I'm done, can't watch this until the end lol

[@BosheefaJohnstone]

Is "A short, sharp shock" part of the British lexicon in terms because when the narrator said it, I remembered it from Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon.

[@lilbullet158]

'Blind Them' ! I have to say that sounds like the Perfect punishment for those who prey on and hurt children. It's Highly unlikely that they'd Ever do it again.

[@murderycatdoll1380]

I blame Rock Music and Games!!! XD

[@psychicrenegade]

Can anyone tell me why all these monarchs had a scepter-type thing with a fleur-de-lis on top??

[@ishouldbesleeping1354]

I cannot finish watching this video…history or not, it’s horrible

[@laurbster2680]

the blinding by basil was done specifically so that those blind men would become a burden on their country, having to take care of them and feed them.. as well as instill mass fear.

[@blenderbanana]

Child Molesters rationalize their offenses as well. We still despise them.

[@mattieuw2]

I had one of my nails ripped out by a surgeon in the ER once. Fortunately, they gave me some novacain.

[@MyName-pl7zn]

What was the punishment for violating the espionage act?

[@slyaspie4934]

Ah humanity always thinking outside the box when it comes to horrific ways to mutilate or kill each other

[@JohnSmith-rw2yn]

Some serious skill to take the skin off without damaging muscle. Literal skin walker. I'd be impressed if I could pull that off, especially if they survived.

[@blenderbanana]

You need to be on a registry.

[@JohnSmith-rw2yn]

@@blenderbanana register. Just simply saying it would have been a serious skill to achieve. 😁😅😂

[@donaldbadders3970]

Smith you can usemy fat body

[@Graeme_Lastname]

All approved by the church. ;)

[@speedyspeeds]

Nearly puked when we got to the denailing section.

[@mathewrichards2713]

Water boarding doesn’t sound as bad as some of these

[@dotalicious4754]

All these stuff and far more worse things are being done to people all around the globe, just not in public.

[@MiljanGacevic]

People are sick.

[@garryleeks4848]

I hit my toe on one of the legs of a table, the pain was terrrrrrrrrible, and started some terrible dance 😬😬

[@BigSad49702]

All of these are awful BUT GOD DAMN THE FINGERNAILS

[@ThePapawhisky]

Theocracies are rough places to live. Let’s not have one here.

[@michaellyons5208]

So, the more boring there was, the less bored they were!

[@diogenesborealis7852]

It's amazing how little things have changed. Granted, you don't get killed for a "wrong" opinion, but you will get your life destroyed.. Especially if you are a person of any merit.

[@jimmylight4866]

People have always been like this, from Witch hunts, Communist hunts etc. People like to persecute each other then look back on how wrong and dumb it was then do it all over again. People have never changed.

[@winsalot84]

What a ridiculous comment, lol.

[@kyleowens9344]

I don't understand this comment. How have things not changed dramatically in every conceivable way? Criminals get 3 hots and a cot... Nobody's getting their eyes plucked out...

[@theonlineanimal6009]

I can't be the only one who feels the commenter is quietly hinting at race.

[@maurverngallard4607]

Rulers . Rulers had never changed. Wait till the zero zoning comes, carbon credits come & Megacity walls would come up. Let’s see how many would be brave enough to hunt the masters deer.( I WISH that I was kidding).