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Posted by Ryan Sproull in ,



Here's a curious thing. Scylla, at the Straight Dope message board, decided to try waterboarding himself to see what the fuss is all about. For those who don't know, waterboarding is an interrogation technique used by American intelligence on detainees. It simulates the sensation of drowning without actually drowning you, triggering the Fuck I'm Gonna Die reflect.

Read Scylla's report here.

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Dominic  

I'm sick of people whose entire understanding of waterboarding is that "they make you lie down and then they pour water over your face".

I mean, you can show them a diagram of the water-line, and the positioning of the lungs, and try to make them think about what it would feel like. But it's all academic.

They need to read this.

2:04 PM, January 16, 2008

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