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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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[-] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 104 points 3 weeks ago

On a pet forum people regularly talk about (and suggest to others) how they euthanize their old / sick rodents at home using carbon-dioxide unlike nitrogen like this capsule uses. I looked into what's the difference and it turns out inhaling pure carbon-dioxide instantly causes panic and the sense of suffocation and it's a horrible way to die. They were even able to cause an panic attack on a person physically uncapable of experiencing fear. There are videos online about killing pigs like this and it's not a pretty sight. Suffice to say I no longer take advice from those people.

[-] Zementid@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

Wouldn't NO2 work too at similar cost? Or Helium?

[-] 9bananas@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

NO works better, because it doesn't cause a feeling of asphyxiation.

helium is expensive af, so it's not an option. (it's also basically non-renewable and we're probably running out of helium in the medium-to-far future...so not a good idea)

[-] Zementid@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes... I know. I thought from the perspective of someone who is willing to kill his pet with makeshift solutions, the helium scarcesty won't be No 1 priority.

I thought maybe NO2 (Laughing Gas) would be more humane.

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