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[โ€“] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So it's basically one of those retractable knife toys used to "fake-stab" people but instead of being in good fun, it was used as pretext to get you convicted of being a witch and put to death. Sheesh, that's pretty depressing

[โ€“] AGD4@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Now that looks familar... ๐Ÿค”

Fitting that the Bene Gesserit "Witches" should adopt such an implement to test their own subjects, lol.

Probably an intentional reference by Herbert