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True, but then you have that whole weird… few seconds of being able to move your eyes and possibly make facial expressions while your head rolls around thing haha.
And yes, a properly sharpened, weighted and … drop heighted… guillotine will lop off your head every time.
Takes a fair amount of strength and finesse to chop someones head off on a block. IIIRC, there are more than a couple recorded instances of bad executioners having to make a number of swings to totally off somebody’s head. Bleeeegh.
They should each construct a giant mecha and duel each other for various territories ala Robot Jox:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wgKqKggYdDE&pp=ygURcm9ib3Qgam94IHRyYWlsZXI%3D