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

submitted 1 month ago by Philosofuel@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today

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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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[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Physical trauma makes sense for large animals. If you have 50 lab rats that you need to euthanize, a gassing setup can make more sense than individually whacking them.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Completely agreed, but at that point, just use nitrogen, it's insane that this isn't the standard practice.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

It makes sense and is more convenient, yes, but they were saying that it's more humane to do the physical instead.

If you had the time and patience to do a tiny bolt gun to the brain of all 50 rats individually it would probably be more humane. But it's inconvenient and difficult.

[–] shades@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

yeah 50 bullets would be kind of expensive. Why not just: https://youtu.be/S1rUooUhZAo?t=301

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Why ....why are there so many can crushing videos.... I'd thought I've seen everything on the net by now

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

This man has the voice, stance, and credibility of a true farmer.