Posted on 12/07/2021 2:33:03 PM PST by Rummyfan
A coffin-like capsule that allows people to end their life could be used in Switzerland from next year, its creators say.
The Sarco suicide pod allows a user to lie down and activate the process themselves within a matter of minutes.
Individuals are asked a series of questions before they can press a button, which brings oxygen down to a critical level.
Nitrogen fills the 3D-printed device, quickly bringing oxygen down from 21 percent to only 1 percent in about 30 seconds.
A “disorientated” and “euphoric” feeling then follows, before they eventually lose consciousness.
Death takes place due to hypoxia (low oxygen in the body’s tissues) and hypocapnia (reduced carbon dioxide in the blood), followed by critical oxygen and carbon dioxide deprivation.
Dr. Philip Nitschke, whose Exit International organization came up with the capsule, told local media there is “no panic, no choking feeling”.
“The machine can be towed anywhere for the death,” he said.
“It can be in an idyllic outdoor setting or in the premises of an assisted suicide organization, for example.”
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Bill Gates should give it a whirl.
OTOH, maybe it could be used for executions. Where capital punishment is still legal.
Can we nominate ppl to “volunteer” for this? I have a few in mind.
This is what you get when you deny the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death.
So, states need to adopt this for executions and watch Lib heads explode.
https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Suicide_Booth
Suicide Booths are booths found on nearly every street in the year 3000. They are roughly the same size as a phone booth. When in use, a sign above the entrance lights up. They showcase the light attitude towards death in the 31st century.
Suicide booths were invented somewhere between 2006 and 2008. Since 2008, America's most important brand of suicide booths is Stop'n'Drop. Stop'n'Drop suicide booths have two modes of death: "quick and painless" and "slow and horrible", which is apparently synonymous with "collect call", and "clumsy bludgeoning". A suicide in a suicide booth usually costs 25 cents.
“the 3D-printed device”
How sinister!
You will live in zee pod.
Soylent Green!
What will they think of next!
nitrogen almost got me once, Lance too, I pulled him out..
More pleasant than Zyklon B, perhaps, but both products of the same evil.
It gives me chills.
carbon dioxide deprivation? what nonsense..
being on a sub with half the O2 and double the CO2 is a bitch
The world has gone crazy.
If “Heidi” was remade in 2021, she would use this device on her grandfather so she could inherit his house and land and put a meth lab on the property.
"Why, it's just a tanning booth. Step right in!"
German engineered?
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