The amount of self determination it must take to smell the gasoline and still strike the match makes me think that the people who do this are capable of living with the consequences of their actions.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 56 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think someone who has the self determination to go ahead with this expects to not survive. Doing it and unexpectedly surviving and having to live a likely painful rest of your life is different.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That just means he can do it again.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

With severe burns, that won’t be true for likely several years, maybe never.

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