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[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Opioid overdose in a pit full of puppies.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree about the OD but prefer a warm bed more than puppies

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Nice try, robot. I'm more of a kitten guy, but no HUMAN turns down final puppies.

[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're a roller coaster enthusiast, you might get a kick out of the Euthanasia Coaster, or as I like to call it The Sui-Slide

[–] infinite_ass@leminal.space 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Elegant. But is 10Gs pleasurable? Maybe if you got really high first.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

The G forces deprive the brain of oxygen, something that will get you extremely high all by itself. Ever get nitrous oxide at the dentist? It would be like that but much more intense, although I'd think you would become unconscious almost immediately within the first loop so the high would be very short lived.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago

I want to die in my sleep like my grandpa, not screaming for my life like his passangers...

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nobody mentions an instant divine lightning strike at the climax while sleeping with a bunch of porn stars at once while high? I am severely disappointed in the lack of creativity here

[–] infinite_ass@leminal.space 7 points 3 weeks ago

That is truly inspired. Thank you.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Once I had to get a surgery, and in recovery was waking up, nurse thought it too soon and said "let's just dial this up" and put me back to sleep with a dose of whatever opiate was in the IV and that is absolutely the only way I'd want to do that. So gentle.

[–] infinite_ass@leminal.space 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Opiates are pretty awsome.

There's something lost when it's refined to a medical product tho. The high becomes cold.

Fresh black opium goo is superior, imo.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

That's fine, I just want someone experienced to dose it like that. It was soft and pleasant. Really my first thought when I got home was that would be such a wonderful way to die. Not surprised or in pain, there's enough of that in life, at the end you shouldn't be worrying.

[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't know about pleasant but I imagine breathing in nitrogen is among the least unpleasant ways to go. You first pass out and then suffocate while you're unconscious. I believe that carbon monoxide acts in a similar fashion.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The first nitrogen execution in the USA did not go well. And arguably the first nitrogen suicide pod they tried in Switzerland went even worse.

[–] kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you look up industrial accidents with nitrogen, it isn't at all like the accounts of that execution. It takes one breath of pure nitrogen and you'll just fade out. There have been plenty of accidents where someone connected a respirator up to nitrogen and put it on, and they passed out immediately and didn't even know to take it off. If you are trying to hold your breath for as long as you can, it is very painful as the buildup of CO2 in the body is what triggers us to breathe.

[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, that's the thing with gasses like nitrogen, helium or carbon monoxide: it feels like breathing air except since it contains no oxygen you'll just go from feeling light headed to passing out and suffocating. CO2 would otherwise work the same way except that inhaling pure CO2 instantly causes panic and the sense of suffocation.

Infact, I've heard of people who euthanize pet rodents with CO2 and recommend others doing the same which is terrifyingly bad advice. That's a fucking awful way to go. Just imagine being so ignorant and doing that to your pet. Makes me feel sick to even think about it.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Someone forgot to tell them to use the gas and not the liquid

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

No, I don't think it does. Carbon monoxide is actively poisonous to you while Nitrogen just displaces Oxygen.

Very relevant to all of these discussions is the fact that your body doesn't give you a feeling of suffocation from a lack of oxygen but from an abundance of carbon dioxide. This is why if you exhale while holding your breath it provides some relief.

[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

Carbon monoxide similarly replaces the oxygen in your red blood cells. There are even suicide tutorials online by using carbon monoxide as it's a painless way to go.

Also, this is not advice and it's also potenttially lethal to the people coming to save you. Don't do it and if you do, for the very least, leave a sign warning others about it.

[–] infinite_ass@leminal.space 3 points 3 weeks ago

I figured that, in addition to no feeling of suffocation, nitrous oxide would also provide a righteous high.

[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago

Death by snusnu

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Heroin overdose would probably be alright.

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless you go out like Jane, choking on your vomit.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 9 points 3 weeks ago

Doesn't matter when you're flying through paradise.

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] trollblox_@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

we don't know how much time passed between when they realized they wouldn't be coming home and when they imploded...

[–] BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

In Wagner’s estimation, it takes 13 milliseconds for the brain to process information from the eye, a hundred milliseconds to feel pain. But 13 milliseconds into the implosion, there is nothing left intact of the cylindrical section of the Titan.

“They would have been dead ten milliseconds ago,” says Wagner. “They wouldn’t really feel anything or see anything coming. They would just be instantly dead

Source

[–] trollblox_@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I meant when they knew they were going to die before it even imploded

[–] BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, I misread that, fair point. 👍

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Whatever it was, I'll lay good odds it probably felt far too long...

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Between the first crack and them dying was a fraction of a second

[–] trollblox_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I meant when they knew they were going to die before it even imploded

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

DMT + skydiving from the edge of the atmosphere

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

I was in the hospital back in January, I woke up one morning and they told me my heart stopped for 8 seconds. I never knew. Seems like an ideal way to go.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 10 points 3 weeks ago

Death by snoo snoo

[–] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago
[–] infinite_ass@leminal.space 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I was thinking sex + nitrous bag but I can't think of a way for them to work together smoothly.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What combination is that...

But to answer your question, the most pleasant would probably be the quickest. Maybe shotgun to the head. Best if I didn't even expect it and didn't know it was going to happen, just suddenly no consciousness during any normal activity, all of the person erased, nothing, but that's obviously impossible (to be euthanasia).

[–] infinite_ass@leminal.space 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I figure you'd want to be strongly distracted by a great pleasure. Then, while you're all caught up in that, woosh.

I hear that heroin od is nice

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I hear that heroin od is nice

Are you a junkie medium?

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Would be hard for the other person in that scenario to get in the mood

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Especially with me holding a plastic bag over their head

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

most pleasant

It depends on your kind of perversion, obviously.

For normal people, it is no pleasure at all.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

So, just like life then

[–] VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I would just prefer to live the rest of my life in the matrix

[–] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I am at the point a med-sci student could convince me to let them attempt to preserve my brain.

My life now is such that life in a VR* network ran by non-profit scientists in the future would be an improvement. Though I would like to have options for existence, so long as homeostasis is not an issue (ideally organic and symbiotic systems rather than fully tech). Toasters should get to enjoy nature once-in-a-while, too.

*= Which maybe you could say is Virtual Retirement

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If it wasn't clear, I am talking about physical preservation (not "uploading", as I know that would be a copy).

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, yeah, I do think that would be 'safer' in a way

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know the science, but I would venture hypothermia.

That said, the fact someone is looking for painless ways to go often puts into question how bad their life is, as someone with a truly bad life could be said to see even the most painful ways to die as a drop in the bucket. Based on such thinking, I would recommend that anyone who is thinking of doing the unthinkable spends more time rethinking it.

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