It seems to be a common practice among despots to have their prisoners tortured while they're feasting (the despots that is).
Vlad Tepes (the historical Dracula) and the
Mogul Emperor Jahangir are two examples of this behavior. For some time now I've wondered why they did this. Were they so busy that they could find little time during the day and thus had to combine both eating and torture? Or did the act of torture that is the pain of the tortured add flavor to the food? I may explore this today when I attend the
Indy BlogMeet. I'll take a bite of my food and note its flavor. Then I'll ask someone like
Joanna to punch someone. Then I'll take another bite of my food and see if it tastes better. I'll post the results here.
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Your experiment will need a control subject. Have Joanna swing and miss at the control subject.
Sorry I can't be there this time. Stuck in D.C.
Sorry, man. I can't make it to this one. Try me again next week ...
Um, isnt this sort of a...disincentive?
Only a disincentive for the punchee. ;)
Turk:
Good point. Witnessing Joanna take a swing at someone might release endorphins that would cause the illusion that the food tastes better.
Still a win, though! ;)
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