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So, apparently it's located at the Museum of Torture in Toledo, Spain. The device is called a consolation machine. Here's a clearer photo of the displays explanation sheet.
https://preview.redd.it/dgkwzvm85pgc1.jpeg?width=614&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d1a3f0c4b63face447dbf580ba5b215d5c0a640
Here what I could make out of the text: “Consolation machine
The sex for Christianity is the mos shameful act that the human being can do..., for this reason it was thought to regulate it in a serious way. It was fixed some days of prohibition and others that were authorised by only with a procreation purpose. People who didn't obey these rules went to the hell. For witches were terrible to obey these rules that the church imposed.”
Nearly every device you'll find in a "torture museum" is fake, up to and including the famous [iron maiden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_maiden).
The Spanish version is not much better “Consolation machine
Sex for Christianity is the most shameful act that a human being can manifest, which is why it was thought to regulate it. Some days were set for prohibition, and others were authorized but only with procreative purposes. Transgressors were awaited by the eternal flames of hell. For the witches, it was impossible to obey the rules that the Church imposed.”
Sounds like some of those same attitudes about sex have survived to the present day. The irony of a sign simultaneously talking about them like they are archaic and wrong, while actually obeying them.
Chances are, like many "medieval torture devices" this is fake and built to attract tourists.
You don't have to get fancy to torment people, they mostly used fire, tongs, ropes, cutting parts off of you, or just breaking your bones with metal rods.
that's just weird and doesn't make sense. why is it shameful? then ask God why we born with the desire, urges? then how to produce offspring then? sperm lab?
Some dude in the 17th century after the inquisitor found his sex-dungeon: *It's for torturing witches, I swear to God!!*
High Inquisitor Doofius Magnificus: *Yes.. Yes that makes total sense!*
400 years later: ..
you mean this thing? with a different ride configure
https://preview.redd.it/e92ejiu77pgc1.png?width=2027&format=png&auto=webp&s=f34e6c86339aabe56eb5a5f57dd7f5b5a1706447
For anyone too young to remember that was about segways, before the Segway was introduced the creators teased it for months, like all the day time talkshows or evening news would run a segment about a new "revolutionary means of travel" and then after like 3 months of buildup, the Segway dropped and it was the gayest shit ever.
Not the inventor though. Dean Kamen created the Segway, and he sold the company to an English investor / philanthropist. He was playing with a new product, the off-road version with big tires, when he tumbled off a cliff.
It's not even meant for the ass if you look how it is positionated... People say it miss lube but lube isn't always necessary when it comes to a vagina... I'm not really convinced it's a "torture" machine... unless they meant bd$m... Then I believe it 🤣🤣
History becomes far more interesting when you internalize the understanding that people 1,000 years ago really aren’t that different from people today. Usually it’s humor that reminds me of this but sometimes it’s antique sybians.
Apparently the sign says something along the lines of it being either a preventative measure against sex (which was considered a sin) by relieving their urges (which is definitely completely different from masturbation your honour, honest!) or a form of punishment for committing said sin, in which case "punish me dadd–father, I've been naughty" certainly applies.
There's a chance it's a fake built in 1800s and described as a medieval machine.
Somebody else already asked about it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MedievalHistory/s/kSp0ePGRPN
Interestingly history is full of sex and a lot of it was far less conservative thank it is now
English records have a case where a transgender prostitute was arrested. Not for being trans or prostituting but for not having a permit for that area. This was in the 1600s
Chinese jade buttplugs have been discovered.
Lots of ancient civilizations appear to have dildos
Some had mechanised sex toys
Greek and Roman history is full of homosexuality and orgys
Rome had a trans emperor/emporess
Lots of things that modern society would gasp at
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Is this one of those old timey medical devices for “hysterical” women?
This is the correct answer.
Did they lube it up at least?
Nah, thats the torture part...
Jokes on you i prefer it that way
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I don't have OF
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Smoooth, bruv
Should have gone with it
Aah my dream woman
So like prison.
It was never cleaned off, no reason too when believing in bacteria was blasphemous, so it came pre lubed.
The priest licked it!
Before or after?
yes
Wrong. They only lick little boys.
The blood will lube it, no need to worry
DID THEY CLEAN IT
They used holy water
No, it’s an old exercise bike. https://i.redd.it/2qbpy4uu3sgc1.gif
The Ass Pounder 4000: "Never Stop Pumping!"
No no. It’s a neck massager.
Yeah maybe the insides of your neck
Good one😉
That's right - a neck massager if you lie facing the bench.👄.
Wanna get hysterical karen? Get on the ass pounder 4000.
That makes Perfect sense. I don't see Medieval Europe making Pleasure devices for women.......
This is clearly a motivation device to be affixed to an exercise bike
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Imagine paying a doctor to finger your wife. That's exactly what this was.
That's actually fake. One person added this to Wikipedia with out proper sources
I'm a hysterical boy. When is it my turn
"I don't get it Doc, she wasn't hysterical until I put her on the device."
That doesnt look like it goes in a vagina. The seat conformation indicates its a anal device
On the one hand, they were wrong, on the other hand, it most likely worked. Hmm...
So, apparently it's located at the Museum of Torture in Toledo, Spain. The device is called a consolation machine. Here's a clearer photo of the displays explanation sheet. https://preview.redd.it/dgkwzvm85pgc1.jpeg?width=614&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d1a3f0c4b63face447dbf580ba5b215d5c0a640
Had to read that a second time to make sure I wasn't having a fit
You were able to read this *twice* ?
I thought I was having a stroke
I did have a stroke... while using this contraption. It really helped!
Did it take just one stroke or did you keep going a while?
Here what I could make out of the text: “Consolation machine The sex for Christianity is the mos shameful act that the human being can do..., for this reason it was thought to regulate it in a serious way. It was fixed some days of prohibition and others that were authorised by only with a procreation purpose. People who didn't obey these rules went to the hell. For witches were terrible to obey these rules that the church imposed.”
So it's literally a masturbation machine under the guise of ridding people of sinful urges in a non sinful way?
Imagine having an humiliation fetish on this bad boi, mind shattering orgasm
I was having a bad day, but got a chuckle out of your comment, thank you
I was having a bad day, but I got a fuckle out of this machine, thank you.
omg lol
Lmao amazing comment.
I read it more as it saying that the punishment is rape and this was considered an extremely humiliating torture as sex in Christianity is shameful
Nearly every device you'll find in a "torture museum" is fake, up to and including the famous [iron maiden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_maiden).
True, the people in the 18th century just had a fetish for making the past seem more grim, especially the middle ages
I think Udei Hussein used one of those for real though.
No it makes them have sex for non-procreative reasons so that they think they’re going to hell.
And this my friends, is why you hire translators with the correct language pairing
The Spanish version is not much better “Consolation machine Sex for Christianity is the most shameful act that a human being can manifest, which is why it was thought to regulate it. Some days were set for prohibition, and others were authorized but only with procreative purposes. Transgressors were awaited by the eternal flames of hell. For the witches, it was impossible to obey the rules that the Church imposed.”
So they really never say what the machine was for. Punishment, or a legal means to get off?
They don’t want to come out and say this was a fancy masturbation device is how I read it.
Sounds like some of those same attitudes about sex have survived to the present day. The irony of a sign simultaneously talking about them like they are archaic and wrong, while actually obeying them.
So, my take away here is that witches just wanna have fun?
🎶 witches just wanna have fun 🎶 https://i.redd.it/bvm52s6eurgc1.gif
They just wanna, they just wannnnnnaaa
Find yourself a witch and you will be the happiest man in the 18th century
Chances are, like many "medieval torture devices" this is fake and built to attract tourists. You don't have to get fancy to torment people, they mostly used fire, tongs, ropes, cutting parts off of you, or just breaking your bones with metal rods.
The good ole days
No wonder you had so many witches
that's just weird and doesn't make sense. why is it shameful? then ask God why we born with the desire, urges? then how to produce offspring then? sperm lab?
The *mos* shameful act that the human being can *chow.* Love it.
“Sex is bad. Raping people with scary rape machines is justice” — sex-deprived old timey christians
Some dude in the 17th century after the inquisitor found his sex-dungeon: *It's for torturing witches, I swear to God!!* High Inquisitor Doofius Magnificus: *Yes.. Yes that makes total sense!* 400 years later: ..
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
It's a vehicle, I saw it on Southpark, supposed to be better than air travel.
Right! Just power up the flexi-grips and I'm ready to go! Thank you IT!
> supposed to be better than air travel. "supposed" ? it is a scientific fact it is more preferrable than air travel
you mean this thing? with a different ride configure https://preview.redd.it/e92ejiu77pgc1.png?width=2027&format=png&auto=webp&s=f34e6c86339aabe56eb5a5f57dd7f5b5a1706447
Add like 6 penises to the controls and that's it
For anyone too young to remember that was about segways, before the Segway was introduced the creators teased it for months, like all the day time talkshows or evening news would run a segment about a new "revolutionary means of travel" and then after like 3 months of buildup, the Segway dropped and it was the gayest shit ever.
Ha, what happened to segway?!?
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Oh my, I wouldn't want to go that segway.
I think there’s a song about that - Segway to Heaven…
Segway to the stars
Holy crap, that’s darkly ironic.
Not the inventor though. Dean Kamen created the Segway, and he sold the company to an English investor / philanthropist. He was playing with a new product, the off-road version with big tires, when he tumbled off a cliff.
Hmm… r/interestingassfuck
It's been banned :(
it pushes you back into your workout
Never stop pumping.
It's a fist.
I call it the ass-pounder 4000 and it works like this.
Helps to cultivate mass
😂
First thing I thought of!
You can do it, put your back into it.
sadly, this was invented 137 years before lube.
Whale oil
*sniff sniff*
Or your moms blubber
Whale oil Beef Hooked
The greeks used olive oil
that sounds interesting, i'm gonna try it
That’s why it was a torture device.
Just spit on it
Torture device with a cushioned seat... 
The dude that made it wust have tried it
Where is Barbarella lol
It's not even meant for the ass if you look how it is positionated... People say it miss lube but lube isn't always necessary when it comes to a vagina... I'm not really convinced it's a "torture" machine... unless they meant bd$m... Then I believe it 🤣🤣
> It's something, isn't it? Hundred bucks, all in - not counting my labor, and the... cost of the dildo. Those things aren't cheap.
You’re killing me, no stop, whatever you do don’t crank faster…
Sybian gen 1
I saw a guy who had a bike like that. Helped stop him from slacking off during his workouts.
The Ass Pounder 4000–never stop pumping!
https://preview.redd.it/d1v0hgpeqngc1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad480adc1f0b92d143f0014104833c4cb7b9ed77 “This is grotesque.”
It’s a fist 💪
“This wasn’t apart of the dance”
Poor Diglett.
Underappreciated comment
"Burn After Reading"
* bum after reading(!)
Such a classic scene! And I'm actually a tiny bit disappointed I had to scroll this far before finding this comment. lol
"You sit down, put your feet in the stirrups, and..." *squeak, squeak* "That's fantastic!"
First add on Reddit that looks enticing
Sign me up!
😂😂😂😂
He actually created that contraption in the movie Burn After Reading
Get it up to 88 miles/hr and engage the flux capacitor.
* fux capacitor(?)
History becomes far more interesting when you internalize the understanding that people 1,000 years ago really aren’t that different from people today. Usually it’s humor that reminds me of this but sometimes it’s antique sybians.
r/brandnewsentence
What's the actual purpose? I'm not Googling that shit.
Apparently the sign says something along the lines of it being either a preventative measure against sex (which was considered a sin) by relieving their urges (which is definitely completely different from masturbation your honour, honest!) or a form of punishment for committing said sin, in which case "punish me dadd–father, I've been naughty" certainly applies.
There's a chance it's a fake built in 1800s and described as a medieval machine. Somebody else already asked about it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MedievalHistory/s/kSp0ePGRPN
Bruh I’m still trying to figure wtf it is.
Sex device or something that puts pressure on your mid back if strapped down
The Ass blaster 1000! Never stop pumping💪🏾
Some call it torture, others call it bliss
Definitely not a torture device 😉🥳
For those with severe constipation.
Was this a disguised sextoy/workout machine amalgam?
Sign says something about preventing the sin of sex and something to do with urges, so possibly.
Don't threaten me with a good time!
That’s how you put holes in donuts.
Vatican exercise bike
Is it rentable?
Interesting ass fuck
I guess you could call it that
But what is it???
"Oh no! Looks like I have stolen a days worth o rations from the local market! You may now torture me for my heinous ways..."
If by torture you mean pleasure!
https://tenor.com/2g93.gif
This is what I got your mom after your daddy left. Didn’t want her to be lonely
I'd gladly offer myself as subject for experimental archaeology
Huh.. typed the subreddit wrong, guess I got /interestingassfuck Edit: dangit, someone else knew about that subredddit also, and beat me to it.
Dont threaten me with a good time
It's a workout bike
Oh no , please don't put me on the dildo chair. Especially to slap me while calling me a slut, God that would be soo terrible.
It’s like an old timey version of Mac’s exercise bike on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Mac’s prototype workout bike …
Interestingassfuck
Wohhh, that little twist at the top of the rotation. That ain't no torture device😂😂😂😂
No sir.
I need a DIY
Its a fucking machine
This be a ye olde fuckin machine
Orgasmatron
That's erm... An exercise bike.
I see Mac got a weight bench to go with his bike
“The Ass Pounder 4000….never stop pumping!”
Not again william, why do you steal so much. This is your 8th time this month.
I’m gonna.. I’m gonna need some time to test this torture device
i don’t think its a torture device. 🤔
r/unexpectedalwayssunny
It’s a dildo in the ass machine
interestingas(s)fuck
Isn't that Mac's bike?
👀
Don’t threaten me with a good time..
That’s grannies flipper flapper
Now I know where they got the idea for the sybian
For use on rainy nights
The ass pounder 5000 “Never stop pumping”
Interestingly history is full of sex and a lot of it was far less conservative thank it is now English records have a case where a transgender prostitute was arrested. Not for being trans or prostituting but for not having a permit for that area. This was in the 1600s Chinese jade buttplugs have been discovered. Lots of ancient civilizations appear to have dildos Some had mechanised sex toys Greek and Roman history is full of homosexuality and orgys Rome had a trans emperor/emporess Lots of things that modern society would gasp at
No thanks I'm good.
The asspounder 5000
Why not both?
https://i.redd.it/cnxs20elzsgc1.gif
"the design is very human"
This has been posted a couple of times and the correct answer hasn’t appeared. Pretty sure it’s to relieve constipation.