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I'm going to be a bit morbid here, but of all the diseases or mechanical ways to die, which would be your LAST CHOICE if given a preference. Dead last, so to speak. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine would probably be Rabies.

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[–] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

fire or drowning probably

[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think fire is by far worse. Every single nerve ending is sending pain signals until your nerves eventually burn away. You'll be suffocating at the same time in the smoke of your own burning flesh. Fucking awful way to die..

[–] quicklime@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, drowning is known to be quite painful but only for a very brief time before unconsciousness sets in.

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've almost drowned twice and there was no pain, just panic.

[–] quicklime@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't mean this to invalidate your experience in any way; I'll just state sources to make clear where I got that idea.

https://medilexinc.com/a-spoonful-of-medicine-blog/the-process-of-drowning

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8928428

[–] calypsopub@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. This describes my experience pretty well, up to the point where I couldn't hold my breath any longer and took an involuntary lungful of water. However, while the chest spasms and all the rest of it were uncomfortable, I didn't consider it painful, per se. I was a strong swimmer at the time and accustomed to holding my breath to my limits of endurance, so maybe that made the difference.

[–] quicklime@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this. I'm glad you didn't have to deal with searing pain since panic is already more than enough.

[–] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

let's hope for the smoke to do its thing while we sleep