I know this sort of image is somewhat popular.
Realistically, if the meatboy was impaled like that - with the spit going through its body and through its mouth - he
would almost certainly be dead (or at least unconscious), with no way to 'enjoy' the heat, or to 'enjoy'
the sadistic laughter of those who watch him cook.
Therefore, if I were the meatboy, instead of being impaled like on this image (and thus 100% dead already, as I cook),
I'd prefer being only TIED to the spit (what works even better : tied to a rotisserie with two parallel spits), because only
so would I still be alive and 'enjoy' the heat , and 'enjoy' the feedback of the cooks, as they laugh at me for having been so stupid to volunteer ... to end up as their meal ...