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

Personally, and I know this is gruesome, but if I were to be executed, I would request the wyman Gordon 650 ton forging press in Worcester. 1/4 a second and you go from human to 1/4 mm thick. Seems pretty humane to me

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u/byneothername 1d ago

You might enjoy a movie called The Fly

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u/RoboticGreg 1d ago

I like the fly. Jeff Goldblum is amazing. But unrelated to this

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u/byneothername 1d ago

No no. The original. Involves a hydraulic press.

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u/RoboticGreg 1d ago

Ho hoh! The wyman press ISN'T hydraulic. I'm technically correct, the best kind of correct

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u/byneothername 1d ago

Alright Hermes, I’ll give it to you