Topic: Death by helium asphyxiation
Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #96,317
How could this even work? Surely the bag would merely fill and pop, causing you to shriek in a high pitched chipmunk voice?
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 24 minutes later[^] [v] #1,086,670
You put a big bag over your head and leave a bit open at the bottom for excess gas to escape. It doesn't have to be perfect, you just have to get the oxygen in the bag low enough to die.
You'd probably be better off with a heavier than air gas like argon and digging a deep hole and filling it with argon then crawling in. (Argon asphyxiation due to it being heavier than air is actually a serious industrial hazard and many people have unintentionally died from this). But helium is easy to obtain because balloons.
One could also do this with propane or butane or really any gas which is not oxygen or CO2 (the buildup of which in the blood is what causes the "suffocation" feeling).
Interesting sidenote: breathing 100% oxygen is actually incredibly toxic and will kill you. So in theory you could kill yourself by putting a bag full of 100% oxygen over your head ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity
You'd probably be better off with a heavier than air gas like argon and digging a deep hole and filling it with argon then crawling in. (Argon asphyxiation due to it being heavier than air is actually a serious industrial hazard and many people have unintentionally died from this). But helium is easy to obtain because balloons.
One could also do this with propane or butane or really any gas which is not oxygen or CO2 (the buildup of which in the blood is what causes the "suffocation" feeling).
Interesting sidenote: breathing 100% oxygen is actually incredibly toxic and will kill you. So in theory you could kill yourself by putting a bag full of 100% oxygen over your head ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity
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Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 26 minutes later, 51 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,681
LUTZ -- Two college students were found dead inside a large, advertisement helium balloon after apparently pulling it down and crawling inside it, officials said.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20060605/News/605222083/SH/
https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20060605/News/605222083/SH/
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,685
There's at least 1000 ways to die.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 6 years ago, 33 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,689
50 ways to love your liver
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,732
@1,086,670 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Any lack of oxygen is enough I guess. I once heard about a guy at a paint shop plugging his mask into a nitrogen line rather than an air line and passing out and suffocating. Close to three quarters of what we breathe every day is nitrogen. It's not a particularly dangerous gas. It's bizarre to think nitrogen asphyxiation is a real thing.
Helium or argon asphyxiation is the way to though. A truly noble death.
Any lack of oxygen is enough I guess. I once heard about a guy at a paint shop plugging his mask into a nitrogen line rather than an air line and passing out and suffocating. Close to three quarters of what we breathe every day is nitrogen. It's not a particularly dangerous gas. It's bizarre to think nitrogen asphyxiation is a real thing.
Helium or argon asphyxiation is the way to though. A truly noble death.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 2 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,805
@previous (E)
Damn! They really should make the nitrogen and air fittings physically incompatible (like left vs right-handed threaded connectors) because that sounds like an accidental death waiting to happen.
I think the coolest way to do an asphyxiation suicide would be to get some scuba tanks filled with an inert gas (nitrogen I guess), put on the wetsuit and all the gear and weight yourself down, then go scuba diving and go to sleep with the fishes.
Damn! They really should make the nitrogen and air fittings physically incompatible (like left vs right-handed threaded connectors) because that sounds like an accidental death waiting to happen.
I think the coolest way to do an asphyxiation suicide would be to get some scuba tanks filled with an inert gas (nitrogen I guess), put on the wetsuit and all the gear and weight yourself down, then go scuba diving and go to sleep with the fishes.
Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 2 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,862
Best idea would be to have Shakira to fuck you to death.
Anonymous E replied with this 6 years ago, 2 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,902
@1,086,805 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Have I got just the link for you!
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253647263_Suicidal_Nitrogen_Inhalation_by_use_of_Scuba_Full-Face_Diving_Mask
I guess suffocating in nitrogen is hard to notice at first because it sure feels and smells like you're breathing normal air. I would guess some poor schmuck working in an industrial setting would assume he stood up too fast or any number of other things before he questioned the air he was breathing.
@previous (D)
She's the birthday girl, so okay! I'm game.
Have I got just the link for you!
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253647263_Suicidal_Nitrogen_Inhalation_by_use_of_Scuba_Full-Face_Diving_Mask
I guess suffocating in nitrogen is hard to notice at first because it sure feels and smells like you're breathing normal air. I would guess some poor schmuck working in an industrial setting would assume he stood up too fast or any number of other things before he questioned the air he was breathing.
@previous (D)
She's the birthday girl, so okay! I'm game.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 11 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,904
@previous (E)
> Within the medico-legal literature, there has been only one similar case of suicidal nitrogen inhalation described
I'm actually surprised by that. I mean the scuba mask is specifically designed for an airtight seal, easily commercially available, and ensures a good asphyxiation. It would require planning, research, and a determination to go through with it (I don't think this is a very good "cry for help" method). I guess these traits are negatively correlated with suicide?
If I did an asphyxiation suicide, I would want the gas cotton candy flavored. So you know you're breathing the right "air" and also because it just seems like a pleasant thing. I mean if you're gonna off yourself just do it nice. You only get one death, make the most of it. Have a nice dinner, relax, put on some nice music. Set the mood.
One thing though I would insist on doing a scuba suicide (scubacide?) in the water. You just look silly laying on a hotel bed with scuba gear on.
> Within the medico-legal literature, there has been only one similar case of suicidal nitrogen inhalation described
I'm actually surprised by that. I mean the scuba mask is specifically designed for an airtight seal, easily commercially available, and ensures a good asphyxiation. It would require planning, research, and a determination to go through with it (I don't think this is a very good "cry for help" method). I guess these traits are negatively correlated with suicide?
If I did an asphyxiation suicide, I would want the gas cotton candy flavored. So you know you're breathing the right "air" and also because it just seems like a pleasant thing. I mean if you're gonna off yourself just do it nice. You only get one death, make the most of it. Have a nice dinner, relax, put on some nice music. Set the mood.
One thing though I would insist on doing a scuba suicide (scubacide?) in the water. You just look silly laying on a hotel bed with scuba gear on.
Anonymous E replied with this 6 years ago, 11 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,905
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)It doesn't look too bad. The article has pictures. Now I feel like Kook looking for pictures of dead people.
It doesn't have quite the same panache as jumping off a bridge and the gear and tanks cost far more than $20 to even rent. I feel like I would be too worried about traumatizing some poor hotel cleaning staff to actually go through with it that way.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,907
@previous (E)
That's why I'd do it in deep water. I wouldn't want to leave a body where it would be easily found. I guess there's always the chance the Coast Guard or police rescue divers or whoever does these things would find me but at least they would know from the outset they were looking for a body and would presumably be more prepared to handle it as professional body finders.
If you do it like he did some innocent hotel maid is now fucked up for life.
Cost wouldn't be an object I don't think because you wouldn't care about emptying accounts, maxing out credit cards, selling possessions, taking out loans, whatever.
That's why I'd do it in deep water. I wouldn't want to leave a body where it would be easily found. I guess there's always the chance the Coast Guard or police rescue divers or whoever does these things would find me but at least they would know from the outset they were looking for a body and would presumably be more prepared to handle it as professional body finders.
If you do it like he did some innocent hotel maid is now fucked up for life.
Cost wouldn't be an object I don't think because you wouldn't care about emptying accounts, maxing out credit cards, selling possessions, taking out loans, whatever.
jodi !ariasXXmaE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 14 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,086,910
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
maybe your body would be preserved but irretrievable and become an expert scuba destination. the dead plus sized scuba guy
maybe your body would be preserved but irretrievable and become an expert scuba destination. the dead plus sized scuba guy
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