[mishima1970]

Probably used a Mach3 blade.....

[Jockolantern]

Originally Posted by Desensitisation ↗

Based on know research with sheep and pigs, consciousness is retained between 4 and 8 second post-decapitation. The sudden loss of blood pressure when the main vessels are severed "shocks" the brain into unconsciousness very quickly. So, you'll be conscious long enough to feel your head hit the ground, maybe get a glimpse of your body from an angle you've never seen it before if they didn't blindfold you, perhaps watch a spurt of blood shoot out from your neck, and then it's lights out.

I'm afraid not.

When the brain stem is severed, death is instantaneous. There's no 3 seconds of consciousness. To put it at it's simplest, any electrical activity in the brain is not as a result of consciousness, but synapses and neural pathways expending the last few vestiges of energy contained within the brain. Any movement of the face or body post decapitation is as a result of muscles expending whatever residual cellular energy remains, or indeed as a result of the muscles relaxing.

For my Neuroscience PhD we tested freshly decapitated rats using sensory stimuli, and noted that the areas of the rat's brain pre-decapitation did not respond in the same way to the same stimuli post-decapitation. In fact, there was no response at all. Muscular movement was varied, from whisker twitching to ear movement.

[charlieq]

holy shit.... LMAO.... in front of kids and everything... that's pretty fruitful

[quetza]

Originally Posted by Desensitisation ↗

Based on know research with sheep and pigs, consciousness is retained between 4 and 8 second post-decapitation. The sudden loss of blood pressure when the main vessels are severed "shocks" the brain into unconsciousness very quickly. So, you'll be conscious long enough to feel your head hit the ground, maybe get a glimpse of your body from an angle you've never seen it before if they didn't blindfold you, perhaps watch a spurt of blood shoot out from your neck, and then it's lights out.

Frankly, this is pretty "humane" from the perspective that it's a quick death, minimal suffering. Of course, it's about as barbaric as you can get in every other sense. Glad the swordsman kept a sharp sword and knew what he was doing.

do you happen to have a source for that research?

[scabyolen]

Nice clean kill

[davebaron666]

Uhm im just curious, whats your take on 100.000-130.000 children who killed by US army between 2002-2014?

[seleukosnikator]

Originally Posted by Eterion ↗

I like how the executioner had the sense to "wipe" his blade off the shirt of the guy whose head he just chopped off

Emily Post recommends a clean wipe of the blade on the posthumous' backside. It's as well known a rule of execution etiquette as tying a man's shoes before dropping him on the gallows. You wouldn't want the poor chap kicking his shoes off in a death spasm; the impropriety!

[jonnboi]

Originally Posted by nyazzip ↗

...actually....that's not a machete either. machetes are specifically for slashing through thick jungle underbrush, and are common near the equator in africa, the americas, SE asia......the blade is straight, not curved; wide; and the steel is quite thin, so it can be swung for hours on a march through the bush. the sword this arab savage has is probably specifically for beheading executions

Some type of custom scimitar....

[schleifspur]

islam is peace!

[deliverance_]

senseless