[HN Gopher] Dark Humor in the Dark Ages (2014)
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Dark Humor in the Dark Ages (2014)
Author : diodorus
Score : 15 points
Date : 2021-11-17 02:46 UTC (20 hours ago)
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| 1cvmask wrote:
| Monty Python is the first thing that came to my mind when I saw
| the title.
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python
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| I also love the phrase gallows humor:
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| Robert-Francois Damiens, a French man who attempted to
| assassinate king Louis XV, was sentenced on March 26, 1757 to be
| executed in a gruesome and painstakingly detailed manner. He
| would first be led to the gallows, holding a torch with 2 lbs of
| burning wax. Pliers would then be used to tear his skin at the
| breast, arms and legs. Then his right arm, which held the knife
| he had used for his crime, would be burned with sulfur. The
| aforementioned areas with ripped skin would then be poured upon
| with molten lead, boiling oil, burning pitch, wax and sulfur. His
| body would then be dismembered by four horses, the members and
| trunk consumed in fire, and the ashes would be spread in the
| wind. After hearing the sentence, Damiens is reported to have
| replied: "Well, it's going to be a tough day."
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| During the French Revolution, Georges-Jacques Danton, who had
| facial scars from smallpox, when he was about to be beheaded with
| a guillotine on April 5, 1794, is reported to have said to the
| executioner: "Don't forget to show my head to the people, it's
| well worth it!"
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy
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| Edit: After reading the author references Monty Python
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