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It is not the most cheerful offering. But euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke says he is about to revolutionize how we die.
At a funeral fair in Amsterdam last week, he showed off his suicide machine. The Sarco, short for sarcophagus, is designed to provide people with a death when they wish to die, Nitschke, an Australian national, told the news agency Agence France-Presse. It comes with a detachable coffin and a hookup for a nitrogen container.
Here is how it would work, according to Nitschke. Users would first take an online test to determine whether they were sane. If they cleared the test, they would be sent an access code, valid for 24 hours. They would then get into the capsule, close the door and press a button to have the nitrogen pipe in. Nitschke says users would pass out within a minute.
The person who wants to die presses the button, and the capsule is filled with nitrogen. He or she will feel a bit dizzy but will then rapidly lose consciousness and die, he told AFP.
The Sarco's design is meant to echo that of a spaceship, Nitschke told Newsweek. It is intended to give users the feel that they are traveling to the great beyond.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/15/a-euthanasia-expert-just-unveiled-his-suicide-machine-at-an-amsterdam-funeral-fair/
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)from Springsteen?
I sure could have used that last night. Am feeling much better today, though.
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)Meaning I get what your saying.
The thing Ive found with those sorts of feelings is that they pass. If I can make myself soldier on I usually feel better in the morning of the next day.
(As a disclaimer, I have had a number of suicide attempts over the years, including one that hospitalized me for nearly 4 months.)
Id be curious to know what the online sanity test portion would be like. As with any test like that, Im sure you can totally fake the answers.
safeinOhio
(32,690 posts)Sure sounds better than jumping off a building and less clean up.
struggle4progress
(118,298 posts)Mosby
(16,319 posts)andytheteacher
(37 posts)well said!!!!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Even if you were ready to die, some people have a real problem with claustrophobia.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)MASH. 1969