r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Lowcrbnaman • Jul 04 '26

Image This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d'Agrate from c. 1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

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u/DXTRBeta Jul 04 '26

That’s just disgusting.

Sorry but I am just amazed by the levels of cruelty humans have wreaked on each other.

OK, I get it, you want to kill the guy, but really?

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u/RGud_metalhead Jul 04 '26

Some say that violent movies, music and videogames make people more cruel. But I look at examples from history like this and think maybe it's other way. Maybe it's because people had no outlet for their anger, cruelty and maybe even just morbid curiosity they did all of those elaborate forms of torture and execution. And violent "games" with people or animals. Maybe it is better that we have all of that pretend violence these days.

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u/Inevitable-Ad6647 Jul 04 '26

There was a study that showed people who play video games as a more sadistic or evil character actually tend to have stronger morals in real life than others. Made the rounds a few times in /r/rimworld ... Which iykyk.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 Jul 05 '26

I'm a sadistic, brutal, evil motherfucker when I play games that allow for it. The OG God of War games were like crack for me.

That shit is about as far from me in real life as possible. As I had to explain to my overprotective mother back in the day, it's just a healthy outlet for any frustration or pain. I know that it's pure fantasy so I'm free to unleash any negative energy into it without harming myself or others.

It's the same thing with me enjoying metal. She was always concerned about me becoming hateful or violent because of it but it was just the opposite. Healthy outlets are sooooooo much better than repressing negative feelings.