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To The Pain

Posted by michael on from the pain-and-consequences dept.

Reedo writes: "If you enjoy gaming and pain, this is for you. Two German designers have developed the Painstation, which is basically a revamped Pong. Except for one major difference - The PEU(Pain Execution Unit), which delivers a dose of pain to your left hand in the form of heat, punches or electroshock, when you mess up."

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  1. To The Pain - The Reference by screwballicus · · Score: 5, Informative
    In case you've been living on another planet for the past generation, here's what the phrase "to the pain" should mean to you:

    From The Princess Bride

    Humperdink: "...to the death"

    Westley: "No. To the pain."

    Humperdink: "I don't believe I'm familiar with that phrase."

    Westley: "I'll explain, and I'll use small words so you'll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon."

    Humperdink: "That may be the first time in my life a man has dared insult me."

    Westley: "It won't be the last. To the pain means the first thing you lose is your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrist. Next your nose."

    Humperdink: "Then my tongue, I suppose. I killed you too quickly the first time, a mistake I do not mean to duplicate tonight."

    Westley: "I wasn't finished. The next thing you lose will be your left eye, followed by your right."

    Humperdink: "And then my ears, I understand, let's get on with it."

    Westley: "WRONG! Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why. It's so that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out 'Dear God, what is that thing' will echo in your perfect ears. That is what to the pain means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever."

  2. Re:hm by frantzdb · · Score: 4, Informative
    It's not like the pain this machine delivers is extremely intense



    Oh yea? Have a look at this. These people are sick.

    --Ben

  3. the bad guy is always a german... by koekepeer · · Score: 2, Informative

    as you know, the bad guy almost always has a fake-german (or russian) accent. it's a shame american actors are so bad at these accents... that's why the hire dutch guys for it (eg rutger hauer, jeroen krabbe).

    score: -1, informative :-)

  4. Re:villain's accents by jgalun · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Klingons were not Nazis, they were the Soviets, and the Romulans were the Chinese. Hence, in Star Trek 6, the Cold War ends because the Soviet Empire falls apart (shades of Chernobyl).

    The Klingons in 60s Star Trek bear great resemblance to the Krushchev-era Soviets - belligerant, aggressive, bombastic, but not actually willing to start a full war. There are no Nazi-elements to them.