870
all 37 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 152 points 9 months ago

I always thought it was a man at the gallows, not someone killing themselves.

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 81 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I thought the implication was that in the lore of whatever pretend reality the game takes place in, the penalty for losing the game is getting executed by hanging

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 26 points 9 months ago

I never thought that deeply about the game but I had some teachers who would rather draw a house or something instead of the hanging man

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 48 points 9 months ago

If you can't guess the word, you will be saddled with a hefty mortgage that has an unreasonable interest rate.

[-] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago

Oh jeeze that is worse.

[-] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I played Hangaroo when I was little so the penalty was not even done to me lol

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 71 points 9 months ago

Some people do a very thorough job.

"Jim killed himself."

"My, god. How?"

"He constructed his own gallows, complete with support to ensure his weight wouldn't bow or split the noose beam, and dangled above the well crafted platform."

"Wow. That's Jim to a T."

"Yes. Tragically a T would have prevented all of this."

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

In the Bible, there are two accounts of the death of Judas. In one, he hangs himself. In another, he goes out into his field and his guts spill out and he dies.

And I had a Christian tell me that first he hanged himself and then his guts spilled out and then he died.

So apparently, he went out into a field, built a gallows, tested the gallows, hung himself from the gallows, didn't die, so God had to complete the job by making his guts spill out and not, I don't know, break his neck?

[-] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Fun note too that theologians have decided it wasn't betraying Jesus that got him damned to hell for eternity that would have been fine and they could have all enjoyed heaven together but he got depressed and killed himself which damned him to hell

Jesus just watching with a shrug as his friend who helped him carry out his whole destiny of saving us from original sin burns on agony

Also one of Jesus closest friends who'd been there with loads of the proving Jesus is Christ moments still didn't really believe in him enough to actually think he was the literal son of God who reigns over heaven or surely he'd understand the his earthly death isn't really a big deal to him - like when I log off a video game and I'm back in my bedroom.

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

...did they spill out of his butt?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Can't say I blame you.

[-] MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I've heard that Judas went and hanged himself over the edge of a cliff, and then the rope snapped (because Judas apparently couldn't handle hanging himself properly), and he fell into the field, where his guts spilled out.

That said, the person I heard that from is one of the Christian pastors I'm related to, whose only real claim to knowledge on the subject was a one-week "Bible tour" of Israel.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Did they explain why the edge of a cliff and not, say, a roof rafter?

[-] MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

"So everyone could see what happened," is the best reason I could get.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

[-] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 66 points 9 months ago

You want to wreck someone at hangman? Choose "jazz". Getting "A" as the second letter is no help at all, and "J" and "Z" are the last letters anyone guesses.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 21 points 9 months ago
[-] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I still remember getting that in Wordle. I think I stopped playing after that.

[-] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago
[-] Aux@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Play hangman in a language with more letters. For example, the Russian alphabet has 33 letters, Hindi has 50 and Khmer - 74.

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

It's even funnier when the Russian alphabet is so misleadingly similar to the Latin one.

[-] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Blame those greek monks, who created Cyrillic alphabet!

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Wait.

Are we the weird ones for making the R look like this "P"?

[-] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

If "we" are Greeks - then yes!

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

Me: "Ah you give up? You got the last letter! Ok here..."

Мой друг: "What the fuck is a пиздес?!"

[-] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago
[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

Ну пизлец.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

You are devious and evil.

I like you.

[-] fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 months ago

I've always had pretty good luck with "purr" as well

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Oxidize is also a good word to wreck someone at hangman.

[-] pikasaurX4@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

“Hymn”

You basically lose just guessing the 5 vowels

[-] stallmer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 9 months ago

The dumber you are, the more people you hang.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I always thought it was funny how media depicted kids not wanting to play dodgeball in gym when I had the exact opposite experience in real life all through school. We loved to beat the shit out of each other with rubber balls! It sure as hell beat running a mile.

[-] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Hell yeah. Although I only played a few times.

this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2024
870 points (98.5% liked)

Lemmy Shitpost

26788 readers
2707 users here now

Welcome to Lemmy Shitpost. Here you can shitpost to your hearts content.

Anything and everything goes. Memes, Jokes, Vents and Banter. Though we still have to comply with lemmy.world instance rules. So behave!


Rules:

1. Be Respectful


Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.

Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.

...


2. No Illegal Content


Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.

That means:

-No promoting violence/threats against any individuals

-No CSA content or Revenge Porn

-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)

...


3. No Spam


Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.

-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.

-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.

-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers

-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.

...


4. No Porn/ExplicitContent


-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.

-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.

...


5. No Enciting Harassment,Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts


-Do not Brigade other Communities

-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.

-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.

-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.

...


6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.


-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.

...

If you see content that is a breach of the rules, please flag and report the comment and a moderator will take action where they can.


Also check out:

Partnered Communities:

1.Memes

2.Lemmy Review

3.Mildly Infuriating

4.Lemmy Be Wholesome

5.No Stupid Questions

6.You Should Know

7.Comedy Heaven

8.Credible Defense

9.Ten Forward

10.LinuxMemes (Linux themed memes)


Reach out to

All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules. Striker

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS