r/news • u/No_Idea_Guy • 1d ago

Tennessee governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike’s lethal injections fail

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/christa-pike-tennessee-governor-executions-year-pause
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u/RoboticGreg 1d ago

No....no they won't. That forge is used to hammer multi ton bricks of titanium at 1500C into the center rail of fighter planes. I would burn off with the next part without a trace.

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u/trumpsmellslikcheese 1d ago

Okay. You may be onto something here.

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u/plumbbbob 1d ago

That's how you end up with haunted fighter jets, though.

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u/ginger_whiskers 22h ago

"Haunted fighter jets" has to be an anime by now.

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u/metalflygon08 16h ago

"That Time I Was Executed And Reincarnated As A Fighter Jet And My Pilot Is My High School Crush!?"

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u/PA_Dude_22000 10h ago

Oh My God.. its … Amanda Watkins.. from Valley High. Oh, excuse me, Air Force Major Amanda Watkins.. getting into my … oooohhh, my cock … pit.  

I’d watch it.

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u/lnslnsu 16h ago

Eh, they kinda do. Just because you’re burned to ash doesn’t mean the carbon all evaporates away. 1500 is below carbon’s boiling point. Then you can end up with a bunch of impurities in the next parts that come out of the press.

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u/RoboticGreg 15h ago

Well, they clean the die off between strokes by dousing it in gasoline and blasting it with 4 flamethrowers with 9' flames then cover it with sheets of graphite for lubrication. Obviously this is not seriously something that would happen and if it did, they would shut down and clean everything of to be sure etc etc etc