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SuicidalGuidedog t1_j36usm7 wrote

It feels a lot like the wheel is superfluous to this execution. My final words would probably be "sure, I mean it hurts, but why call it a Breaking Wheel? You could have broken my limbs and tied them to just about anything... hey, come back, I'm not done berating you."

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deaddonkey t1_j3apl0g wrote

Perhaps it came from an older tradition where the wheel was a little more relevant.

Or a wheel was just the most common spoked object you can wrap someone around.

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