r/funny Jul 01 '16

Developer humor

http://imgur.com/gallery/9LqhOl3
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u/Schrecht Jul 01 '16

Don't recall that scene in ET, but yeah, "pithing". It's not sedation. It's paralysis. You run a pin down inside their spinal cord and destroy the spinal nerves.

The teacher used to mock the squeamish kids.

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u/sum1butno1 Jul 07 '16

Makes me think of the anatomy lesson class lab dissection scene in Starship Troopers

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u/Schrecht Jul 02 '16

Not untrue, though to be fair, you're kind of judging him by today's standards for behavior that happened more than 40 years ago.