this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
507 points (97.2% liked)

Memes

51109 readers
1326 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 32 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

B, you're trying to sever the brain from the body, not the neck

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Also Argentinasauruses are like worms. If you leave too much of the neck attached it'll survive and grow a new body.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

As a French, I can offer my expertise on Guillotine executions : it's B

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'd go with B for obvious reasons

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's far from obvious

I'd bisect the neck

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

The good one

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

The evil one

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No way, I'd go for A. Wouldn't want that long neck wriggling about after the cut.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why not just use two guillotines so you can do a and b. Best of both worlds.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Who the heck has the budget for 2 guillotines??

It's clearly B. If you ever needed to put that head on a pike to send a message, you wouldn't want to carry that big neck around.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Thats a very convincing argument

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Exactly what I thought about

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Maybe it depends where you would cut a human head of? In either way here is the skeleton of a Argentinosaurus:

Skeleton of an argentinosaurus

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I do believe that Argentinosaurus has cancer between the 23rd and 24th vertebrae. They might want a second opinion.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Alright! Now we can really start diving in. Would the gaps between vertebrae get larger at the base of the neck compared to the base of the skull? I'd imagine those thick bones could pose a problem for a guillotine blade.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That looks like a way too small heart for such a huge body. It looks only about 3-4 times bigger than human heart

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, is that what that is? Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure either but it's my best guess

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Wasn't there a significantly higher concentration of oxygen 65 million years ago or something? That might make it easier for big things to get enough oxygen for aerobic processes.

I don't know shit about fuck with chemistry and biology it just sounds right

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'm not seeing a human head on the dinosaur tho

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

this is a much better skeleton of Argentinosaurus

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

B but I also wouldn' use that guillotine, I'd use the 300ton one that the US government has for decapitating B52s

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

This makes me sad for the poor Argentinasaurus

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I feel weirdly uncomfortable with both and I would choose c) in the middle of the neck And I am not sure how to view you as a human being if your perception differs

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

B, obviously

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

A because its a smaller one and therefore easier to decapitate.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I would say B. Also, you would need a bigger basket for the head to fall into and probably a few more people on hand if you wanted to lift the head up to display to the crowd.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Why not both.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Look at the picture like : BABABABABABABABABABA ... To unlock a new power

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

You guys don't understand, you're supposed to make slices from a to b