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First woman dies in ‘suicide capsule’ in Switzerland (www.volkskrant.nl)

submitted 2 months ago by Philosofuel to c/futurology

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In a first, an American woman used a suicide pod to take her own life. The process took place in Switzerland. It's done by pumping in only nitrogen gas, so the person will lose goes dizzy, loses consciousness and eventually dies. Enter futurama memes.

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[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is nitrogen even expensive to get? It's absolutely everywhere, 70% of air is nitrogen

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I bet it's more expensive than a plastic bag.

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not rare but it's a pain in the ass to purify and transport. Semiconductor place I used to work had a gigantic 1000 gallon tank of the stuff they had to get refilled every month. Had to have some specialty chemical tanker truck it out. Then there's problems with icing your whole setup once you actually have the stuff and try to use it. It's less of an immediate fiscal strain and more of an expensive infrastructure problem.

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago

I see, thanks for the info. I had no idea