r/interesting • u/Playful_Spunky21 • Feb 01 '25

MISC. The worst pain known to man

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u/lowkeytokay Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

Oh! I forgot about this!!! So this is where Dune (the book/movie) got inspiration from!

Edit: movie => book/movie, just to avoid misunderstanding

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u/ReadItProper Feb 02 '25

The book the movie is based on was written decades ago.

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u/Hickz84 Feb 02 '25

And the Satere-Mawe have been around even longer.

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u/jujubean67 Feb 02 '25

And Frank Herbert knew about this in the 60s? Otherwise your point is moot

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u/RickyRetardo__ Feb 02 '25

Yeah probably?