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> How many times have you said something along the lines of “I will kill you if you put that picture of me on Instagram!” But his threat was much more graphic
by jacobolus 6y ago
> How many times have you said something along the lines of “I will kill you if you put that picture of me on Instagram!”
But his threat was much more graphic and specific. How many times have you e.g. emailed your friend’s whole family with a message along the lines of “If you post that picture online I will eviscerate you and then hang you from your mother’s dining room ceiling by your intestines as a warning.”
That is not normal friendly exaggerated banter, and would be pretty hard to play off as a joke.
- googthrowaway42 6y ago"Heads on a pike" is a common expression. "Eviscerate you and then hang you from your mother’s dining room ceiling by your intestines" is not.
- jacobolus 6y ago“Heads on pikes” is used as a hyperbolic shorthand for any kind of public shaming, especially when someone is fired. But “Mount their heads on pikes at the corners of the White House as a warning the way they used to do to traitors in Tudor England” is nothing close to a common expression.
- googthrowaway42 6y agoThat's not a direct quote so why put it in quotes? Why can't you just be honest about what the guy actually said?
- ZeteticElench 6y agoIt is actually a completely insane thing to say.