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How would you rather die?
Immolation?
Or drowning?

Discuss.

MasterDRD wrote:How would you rather die?
Immolation?
Or drowning?

Discuss.

I nearly drowned once. Once you get over the initial panic it's really not that bad.

I say drowning.

Well I pretty much almost drowned as a young child, so I'm going to say fire.

Scary topic, but, I would have to say definitely drowning, I'm a chronic asthmatic and i've heard that drowning is very akin to having an accute attack, and whilst it's not comfortable or pleasant the pain is bearable until you pass out gulping for breath.


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Drowning for me as I almost drowned once and I sure prefer that then burning.

Burns hurt way more

I've also almost drowned before, don't remember too much about it but I sure as hell remember the panic.

Nearly every single time I've almost died, it's been from some sort of suffocation, and I'd still prefer to drown ten times over before I was ever burned alive.

The real question should be whether you wanted to be frozen alive or burned to death, as they're on opposite ends of the spectrum and include nerve damage that's at least somewhat similar.

Drowning...in flames...

Don't panic just relax and it'll be over quite peaceful if you drown that is, I imagine it would be hard to relax while burning to death? although the monk on the front of rage against the machines album looks pretty calm!.....the power of inner strength eh!

Quoted from somewhere else -

I would rather die peacefully in my sleep like my Grandfather did;
Not screaming like everyone else in his car.

How about if a shark grabs you while you're drowning peacefully and shakes you back and forth!

nerdfest09 wrote:Don't panic just relax and it'll be over quite peaceful if you drown that is, I imagine it would be hard to relax while burning to death? although the monk on the front of rage against the machines album looks pretty calm!.....the power of inner strength eh!

That was actually done in protest to the Vietnam War.

Buddhist monks are some hardcore motherfethers.

Drowning in cheer girls rather than scorched to death by the disapprobation of Mrs Kilkrazy..

Drowning - fire hurts like a bugger.

Drowning is almost certianly less painful. I would also prefer to freeze to death than burn to death. I've heard that it can be reletively pain free (epseicially compared to being set on fire).

The only way I would like to burn to death is if the smoke had already knocked me out before the flames reached me.

I once heard a story of an 80 year old man who suffored a heart attack on his yhate while with an 18 year old girl.

Thats how I really want to go out.

Otherwise I guess drowning would be much better then burning to death.

Catyrpelius wrote:I once heard a story of an 80 year old man who suffored a heart attack on his yhate while with an 18 year old girl.

Thats how I really want to go out.

Even if it was your granddaughter?

You sick, sick man...

Drowning.

Fire hurts more.

I'd go in the street, blow my head off with a shotgun.
And leave a mess for the public services, that'll teach them!

Drowning.

I'd have someone light the water on fire, then drownnolate myself in burning water. That way, if I don't die from lack of oxygen, I'll still get it good from the flames

Haveing been on set fire and also almost drowning im gona say drowning in my own puke after a 74hr drink women and drugs binge lol

I too almost drowned as a child,but, I have also had molten metal drop onto my hand while cutting plate steel with a blow torch.

Given a choice I'll take drowning...although the 18 year old girl(or two) on the yacht would be my top choice

From the point of the exercvise you cannot escape your fate, the obvious first solution. So you might as well direct it. I would say fire because as you have a choice you can get to choose properly. Choose a really really hot fire, like a proper high temperature turbo fan incinerator, or an ore smelter. You want a hot smelter too, a Bessemer furnace for molten steel not the far less hot lead smelter. Thus you go from human to ash in a second or two and die in the first moment of the process. Climb in the incinerator while its cool and off, and die when the switch is hit, or get suddenly dropped in an active smelter.

You are still alive when water fills your lungs, it is at that point you start to suffocate. Those who have experienced near drowning havent really experienced drowning in most cases, they experienced the shortness of breath .

Drowning is still far preferable to a slow drawn out burning though like the stake or a petrol job.

metallifan wrote:I'd have someone light the water on fire, then drownnolate myself in burning water. That way, if I don't die from lack of oxygen, I'll still get it good from the flames

You sir, have won!