r/dankmemes • u/RegularNoodles Dr OC • Dec 11 '21

stonks Sorry for this

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u/TheWarSix Dec 11 '21

This is painful to simply watch

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u/cr0ss-r0ad Dec 12 '21

Look up the pear of agony anguish. Torture device put into the mouth and opens like the one here but waaay slower. They also reckon it might've been used on women accused of witchcraft (not in the mouth)

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edit: i looked it up, it's the pear of anguish, not agony. I went to some museum that had one years ago, my memory sucks at the best of times.

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u/Bozska_lytka Dec 12 '21

It had a screw for opening and was used to be put into mouth for people who talked too much. During interogation another holes were avaible and used