Comment by JumpCrisscross

Comment by JumpCrisscross 8 days ago

> this is quite far away from the top entries in the list of worst ways to go

Genuine question: is it? I would have thought it's quite peaceful. Particularly since pentobarbital overdose is how we put down our pets [1]. (Not an opiate, but also renders you unconscious.)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentobarbital#Euthanasia_and_a...

egorfine 8 days ago

It doesn't even matter whether this is painful for the body or not because you (as in your consciousness, your mind) are not there to witness the process and experience any physical feelings.

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JumpCrisscross 8 days ago

> doesn't even matter whether this is painful for the body or not because you (as in your consciousness, your mind) are not there to witness the process and experience any physical feelings
We have no known way to know this.

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- egorfine 8 days ago
  
  I believe we do, given that thousands or perhaps tens of thousands of people go into a controlled opioid coma every single day to spare experience of pain and suffering and then come back alive and well, me included. I'm talking about sedation of course.
  
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