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> 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
by 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 agoGiven 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.