All I can think about is Bender pulling the quarter back out of the suicide machine in Futurama.
All I can think about is Bender pulling the quarter back out of the suicide machine in Futurama.
Switzerland has just legalized a new way to die by assisted suicide. The country’s medical review board has just given authorization for use of the Sarco Suicide Pod, which is a 3-D-printed portable coffin-like capsule with windows that can be transported to a tranquil place for a person’s final moments of life.
Conventional assisted-suicide methods have generally involved a chemical substance. Inventor Philip Nitschke of Exit International told the website SwissInfo.ch that his “death pod” offers a different approach. “We want to remove any kind of psychiatric review from the process and allow the individual to control the method themselves,” he said. “Our aim is to develop an artificial-intelligence screening system to establish the person’s mental capacity. Naturally there is a lot of skepticism, especially on the part of psychiatrists.”
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Switzerland has just legalized a new way to die by assisted suicide. The country’s medical review board has just given authorization for use of the Sarco Suicide Pod, which is a 3-D-printed portable coffin-like capsule with windows that can be transported to a tranquil place for a person’s final moments of life.
Conventional assisted-suicide methods have generally involved a chemical substance. Inventor Philip Nitschke of Exit International told the website SwissInfo.ch that his “death pod” offers a different approach. “We want to remove any kind of psychiatric review from the process and allow the individual to control the method themselves,” he said. “Our aim is to develop an artificial-intelligence screening system to establish the person’s mental capacity. Naturally there is a lot of skepticism, especially on the part of psychiatrists.”
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It just occurred to me this thing looks like a tanning bed. I hope the tanning salon and the Sarco franchise aren't next to each other.
It just occurred to me this thing looks like a tanning bed. I hope the tanning salon and the Sarco franchise aren't next to each other.
Oh ya right; that's bullshit. You want that so bad; it's so obvious.
Oh ya right; that's bullshit. You want that so bad; it's so obvious.
In my libertarian days I would've welcomed this as giving people a choice--freedom--to die how they want. But now I'm not so sure. Having an easy and socially acceptable method of suicide is sure to lead to more suicides. What's even more disconcerting is there can be pressure to suicide by family members or institutional pressure by doctors and nurses. It's easy to get older folks to agree to anything as long as you act friendly and ask leading questions. With the demographic cliff approaching there is incentive to get rid of old folks.
In my libertarian days I would've welcomed this as giving people a choice--freedom--to die how they want. But now I'm not so sure. Having an easy and socially acceptable method of suicide is sure to lead to more suicides. What's even more disconcerting is there can be pressure to suicide by family members or institutional pressure by doctors and nurses. It's easy to get older folks to agree to anything as long as you act friendly and ask leading questions. With the demographic cliff approaching there is incentive to get rid of old folks.
I am not so sure. Old folks are a cash cow for insurance companies, doctors, and lawyers. Lots of different revenue streams, depending on wealth of the person, medical conditions, etc. Of course there are shitty kids who want daddy's money and dad might fall off his scooter into a suicide pod by accident but I do see this being marketed at whites and middle aged people. Maybe even with propaganda like "debt is wiped out when you die" or "life got you down...you can get a fresh start" with some propaganda with the church supporting an afterlife.
I am not so sure. Old folks are a cash cow for insurance companies, doctors, and lawyers. Lots of different revenue streams, depending on wealth of the person, medical conditions, etc. Of course there are shitty kids who want daddy's money and dad might fall off his scooter into a suicide pod by accident but I do see this being marketed at whites and middle aged people. Maybe even with propaganda like "debt is wiped out when you die" or "life got you down...you can get a fresh start" with some propaganda with the church supporting an afterlife.
Imagine being a Europoor and not even having a car with a garage.
Imagine being a Europoor and not even having a car with a garage.
"The pod can be activated from inside and can give the person intending to die various options " but method is by reducing oxygen levels quickly. => Might as well just suffocate for free in an old refrigerator.
"The pod can be activated from inside and can give the person intending to die various options " but method is by reducing oxygen levels quickly.
=> Might as well just suffocate for free in an old refrigerator.
Will bug spray work in large amounts?
Will bug spray work in large amounts?
Suffocating is painful, and terrifying. Replacing oxygen with an inert gas tricks your brain into thinking you’re breathing until you just pass out, and eventually die
Suffocating is painful, and terrifying. Replacing oxygen with an inert gas tricks your brain into thinking you’re breathing until you just pass out, and eventually die
needs dis
He say he tired of being hen pecked at dah Chicago baf house
@STUPIDBIRD needs dis
He say he tired of being hen pecked at dah Chicago baf house
nah mane I alreddy ded
nah mane I alreddy ded
Mane
Mane
Can we get a jumbo size model the size of a large room?
Can we get a jumbo size model the size of a large room?
What a horrible way to die.
What a horrible way to die.
"Hey wifey I got you a new tanning bed try it out"
"Hey wifey I got you a new tanning bed try it out"
And the creator is... Drumroll
And the creator is... Drumroll
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSTOcyevIOE
Not me, I'm going to hang around as long as possible and be the biggest pain in the ass as long as possible. It's one on one with every motherfucker on the planet. They get one life, I get one life. Some haven't been very good citizens. that's on them. I wouldn't kill them if I could. Not my place to.
Not me, I'm going to hang around as long as possible and be the biggest pain in the ass as long as possible. It's one on one with every motherfucker on the planet. They get one life, I get one life. Some haven't been very good citizens. that's on them. I wouldn't kill them if I could. Not my place to.
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