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A game involving pain tolerance is called „pain station“ and e.g. playable in the computer games Museum in Berlin. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PainStation

A game involving pain tolerance is called „pain station“ and e.g. playable in the computer games Museum in Berlin. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PainStation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PainStation Each time your opponent scores a hit in pong against you, you get an electric shock. The person first letting to of the metal handle delivering the shocks loses.

throwbadubadu 3y ago
Also heat and get your hand whipped.. and the hand whipping is actually the most painful and leaves a permanent mark for few days (so you can keep mocking your visiting friends/colleagues for the rest of their trip :D). See it in action here: https://youtu.be/JEfCGsXIeRY https://youtu.be/JEfCGsXIeRY
latchkey 3y ago
Such a great scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI9_cLu5-JY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI9_cLu5-JY
Karellen 3y ago
> Dave continues, discussing a P.K. Dick story in which the characters take turns holding their fingers in a cigarette lighter. In the story, they're not burned, because Dick, but you could imagine playing this as a brutal game in our non-Dick universe. In fact I thought I might have heard of people playing exactly this game, but I'm not sure. Reminds me of Lawrence of Arabia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvQViPBAvPk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvQViPBAvPk > Ow. It damn well hurts! > Certainly it hurts. > Well what's the trick then? > The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.
- yamtaddle 3y ago
  Given the amount of influence the book Seven Pillars of Wisdom pretty clearly had on Dune, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if that's a case of the film Lawrence of Arabia (1962) influencing Dune (1965)—that little exchange could plausibly be the seed of inspiration that became the Gom Jabbar scene.
gavaw 3y ago
When I was a kid, I remember seeing an arcade cabinet which was decorated with tacky paintings of Uncle Fester, but instead of having a screen with controls it only had metal rod that was like a joystick that you had to hold. It would give you electric shocks of ever increasing power until you gave up, and that was your final score. I always wondered if it ever killed anybody...
- TulliusCicero 3y ago
  I remember Disneyland having pain machines in the 90's. Sounds weird to say, but, yeah, they had these grips that would start to shock you until you let go. I remember them being near other things that took quarters like the fortune teller machine. Edit: found an old forum post talking about this so I know I'm not insane: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-arcade-shocker-at-disneyland/294339 https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-arcade-shocker-at-di...

throwbadubadu 3y ago

Also heat and get your hand whipped.. and the hand whipping is actually the most painful and leaves a permanent mark for few days (so you can keep mocking your visiting friends/colleagues for the rest of their trip :D). See it in action here: https://youtu.be/JEfCGsXIeRY https://youtu.be/JEfCGsXIeRY

latchkey 3y ago

Such a great scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI9_cLu5-JY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI9_cLu5-JY

Karellen 3y ago

> Dave continues, discussing a P.K. Dick story in which the characters take turns holding their fingers in a cigarette lighter. In the story, they're not burned, because Dick, but you could imagine playing this as a brutal game in our non-Dick universe. In fact I thought I might have heard of people playing exactly this game, but I'm not sure. Reminds me of Lawrence of Arabia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvQViPBAvPk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvQViPBAvPk > Ow. It damn well hurts! > Certainly it hurts. > Well what's the trick then? > The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.

yamtaddle 3y ago
Given the amount of influence the book Seven Pillars of Wisdom pretty clearly had on Dune, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if that's a case of the film Lawrence of Arabia (1962) influencing Dune (1965)—that little exchange could plausibly be the seed of inspiration that became the Gom Jabbar scene.

gavaw 3y ago

When I was a kid, I remember seeing an arcade cabinet which was decorated with tacky paintings of Uncle Fester, but instead of having a screen with controls it only had metal rod that was like a joystick that you had to hold. It would give you electric shocks of ever increasing power until you gave up, and that was your final score. I always wondered if it ever killed anybody...

TulliusCicero 3y ago
I remember Disneyland having pain machines in the 90's. Sounds weird to say, but, yeah, they had these grips that would start to shock you until you let go. I remember them being near other things that took quarters like the fortune teller machine. Edit: found an old forum post talking about this so I know I'm not insane: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-arcade-shocker-at-disneyland/294339 https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-arcade-shocker-at-di...