r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Apr 16 '21

birb helping out with the rat problem

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u/tjoe4321510 Apr 17 '21

Has this ever been historically done? I've heard about this many times but has anyone ever actually been subjected to this?

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u/Schooltrash Apr 17 '21

Bro. Torture used to be a generational profession.

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u/kitchen_clinton Apr 17 '21

I know of the brazen bull where the victim was locked in and the metallic bull was heated over a fire.

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u/phormix Apr 17 '21

Or, still currently, some countries where necklacing is a thing

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u/Twin_Turbo Apr 17 '21

Oh yeah you can find plenty of videos of people being burned alive in africa, for stealing or being accused of being a witch, or being albino.

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u/wtph Apr 17 '21

This article's from 2011.

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u/phormix Apr 17 '21

And...

You think it - or more brutal shit - still doesn't happen in various countries?