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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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[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 month ago (38 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Ya CO2 is basically the feeling of normal suffocation. Might as well hold a plastic bag over their head.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Faster if it's pumped in, but yeah, still terrible.

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