Is Painless Death Possible?

[Emma]

Is there truly a means by which one can die painlessly? Or, is this impossible? By pain, I mean anything more than simply experiencing the sensation of falling asleep.

[hecticjon]

Lethal injection, duhhuhduhduhd

[DarkMatter]

At A few seconds ago, EmmaVolt wrote: Is there truly a means by which one can die painlessly? Or, is this impossible? By pain, I mean anything more than simply experiencing the sensation of falling asleep.

probably if you were right underneath a nuclear explosion, but even then you'd probably feel the strange sensation of being on fire for a milisecond before you were vaporized.

[Gigit]

Maybe if you died while under an anesthetic.
But I'm not sure.

[Hemlok]

Fall off a building.

Head first.

[JoSilver]

At A few seconds ago, EmmaVolt wrote: Is there truly a means by which one can die painlessly? Or, is this impossible? By pain, I mean anything more than simply experiencing the sensation of falling asleep.

Well, If you be so kind as to try a few things out for us and tell us how painful it was that would be nice.

[Skwurll]

Lethal injection, carbon monoxide poisoning, stroke during sleep, etc.

So yes.

[SnoopyChicken]

Carbon Monoxide poisoning.

[FairSquare]

You can die in your sleep, so yes.

[Emma]

At A few seconds ago, JoSilver wrote:

At A few seconds ago, EmmaVolt wrote: Is there truly a means by which one can die painlessly? Or, is this impossible? By pain, I mean anything more than simply experiencing the sensation of falling asleep.

Well, If you be so kind as to try a few things out for us and tell us how painful it was that would be nice.

I'll try out the best suggestion and get back to you in the afterlife.

[Jarvis-Ganon]

At A few seconds ago, EmmaVolt wrote: Is there truly a means by which one can die painlessly? Or, is this impossible? By pain, I mean anything more than simply experiencing the sensation of falling asleep.

I can imagine a gunshot to the head or something similarly powerful is far too quick a death to feel any sensation (fuck-ups excluded). Carbon monoxide will just lure you into sleep from what I've heard. Pills perhaps as well, if you sleep, but you could easily wake up in a world of pain without the proper dosage.

[MoriChax]

At 1 minute ago, Skwurll wrote: Lethal injection, carbon monoxide poisoning, stroke during sleep, etc.

These.

[ih8dude]

At 2 minutes ago, EmmaVolt wrote: Is there truly a means by which one can die painlessly? Or, is this impossible? By pain, I mean anything more than simply experiencing the sensation of falling asleep.

The exit bag is completely painless. Since your body can't use helium you die but because it's odorless and a gas you don't experience any displeasure or awareness of your own demise. You suffocate due to lack of oxygen but your lungs fill with a gas that feels like oxygen so your sensory system doesn't panic while your internal organs shut down.

[Jawdyn]

I hope we're not secretly telling someone how they can easily kill themselves or euthanize a loved one.

PS. I hear being cut into several pieces with a blunt knife is pretty much a walk in the park.

[Xenomit]

At 4 minutes ago, EmmaVolt wrote: Is there truly a means by which one can die painlessly? Or, is this impossible? By pain, I mean anything more than simply experiencing the sensation of falling asleep.

Yeah, sneak into a car compressor when no-ones looking, and induce a coma. If your lucky, the operator wont notice you until you've been liquified.

There are several other things you can do after inducing a coma, thats just the first one that came to mind

[TheGrim]

SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FUCKING HEAD

[Xenomit]

At A few seconds ago, TheGrim wrote: SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FUCKING HEAD

Even then, you still have a few seconds of feeling.

Even when the bullet goes right through your brain, your still capable of feeling pain and everything for a few moments. Your last few seconds on earth are seconds of unimaginable pain. damn.

[LiquidFire]

At 11 minutes ago, DarkMatter wrote:

At A few seconds ago, EmmaVolt wrote: Is there truly a means by which one can die painlessly? Or, is this impossible? By pain, I mean anything more than simply experiencing the sensation of falling asleep.

probably if you were right underneath a nuclear explosion, but even then you'd probably feel the strange sensation of being on fire for a milisecond before you were vaporized.

I think it would happen so fast that your brain wouldn't be able to process the pain fast enough.

[ih8dude]

At 7 minutes ago, Skwurll wrote: Lethal injection, carbon monoxide poisoning, stroke during sleep, etc.

So yes.

Lethal injection can be quite painful, the Sodium thipental used in most states is inadequate for anesthesia in humans and the Pancuronium Bromide used as a muscle relaxant causes labored breathing and extreme discomfort in the chest.

[SpaceWhale]

Hugged to death. So happy and fluffy that you'd be drowning in love faster than death.

[benmitchell0036]

Cardiac arrest in your sleep is probably painless.

[Kunera]

It would be hard to say, the only people that could answer that are already gone. I mean, even if you're asleep, the pain might wake you up for one split second, before you pass on.

[Skwurll]

At 2 minutes ago, Xenomit wrote:

At A few seconds ago, TheGrim wrote: SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FUCKING HEAD

Even then, you still have a few seconds of feeling.

Even when the bullet goes right through your brain, your still capable of feeling pain and everything for a few moments. Your last few seconds on earth are seconds of unimaginable pain. damn.

Roughly 5% of people shot in the head survive. I don't really care for those odds. While I'm not disputing a head shot can cause instant death, not all of them are instant.

[Xenomit]

At A few seconds ago, benmitchell0036 wrote: Cardiac arrest in your sleep is probably painless.

ugh

When your asleap, your mind still processes pain, haven't any of you felt pain while asleep?!?

[Entice]

At 5 minutes ago, Xenomit wrote: Even when the bullet goes right through your brain, your still capable of feeling pain and everything for a few moments. Your last few seconds on earth are seconds of unimaginable pain. damn.

Nope. The bullet destroys the part of you that detects that pain, it happens so quickly that there can be no conscious feeling.

[Jarvis-Ganon]

At A few seconds ago, benmitchell0036 wrote: Cardiac arrest in your sleep is probably painless.

Cardiac arrest and painless are not mutual feelings.

[sweet21]

Anything that will instantly destroy your brain.

[Asperchu]

At 20 minutes ago, EmmaVolt wrote: Is there truly a means by which one can die painlessly? Or, is this impossible? By pain, I mean anything more than simply experiencing the sensation of falling asleep.

Morphine and a gunshot.

[MushookieMan]

At 20 minutes ago, DarkMatter wrote: probably if you were right underneath a nuclear explosion, but even then you'd probably feel the strange sensation of being on fire for a milisecond before you were vaporized.

I think you would vaporize before the nerve signals could reach your brain.

[Xenomit]

At A few seconds ago, sweet21 wrote: Anything that will instantly destroy your brain.

The only thing i can think of that will "Instantly" kill you would be anything going faster than light, such as an overcharged tachyon.

Problem is, we dont have the technology to overcharge, or even stabilize a tachyon particle.