Is there such a thing as a merciful death?

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Re: Is there such a thing as a merciful death?

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Belinda wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2017 10:31 pm I understand that dying at Dignitas costs about £9,000. Not everyone who wants to die when they choose has so much money. Dignitas is good, however the journey has to be accomplished while there is enough strength left, which necessitates dying earlier than one would want.
I suppose I could always just shut myself in the garage with the car running. I always like the smell of exhaust fumes.
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Hobbes' Choice wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:38 pm I suppose I could always just shut myself in the garage with the car running.
You've had worse ideas.
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Harbal wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:14 pm
Hobbes' Choice wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:38 pm I suppose I could always just shut myself in the garage with the car running.
You've had worse ideas.
So is this a joke? Your humour is getting more obscure.
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Hobbes' Choice wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:32 pm
So is this a joke? Your humour is getting more obscure.
No, I was being serious.
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Harbal wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:38 pm
Hobbes' Choice wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:32 pm
So is this a joke? Your humour is getting more obscure.
No, I was being serious.
LOL
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Hobbes' Choice wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:38 pm
Belinda wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2017 10:31 pm I understand that dying at Dignitas costs about £9,000. Not everyone who wants to die when they choose has so much money. Dignitas is good, however the journey has to be accomplished while there is enough strength left, which necessitates dying earlier than one would want.
I suppose I could always just shut myself in the garage with the car running. I always like the smell of exhaust fumes.
Not foolproof. You could just end up a vegetable. I read about someone once who first set himself on fire and then jumped off the roof of a tall building--just to be sure.
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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:28 pm
Hobbes' Choice wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:38 pm
I suppose I could always just shut myself in the garage with the car running. I always like the smell of exhaust fumes.
You could just end up a vegetable.
He's already tried that.
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Harbal wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:36 pm
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:28 pm
Hobbes' Choice wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:38 pm
I suppose I could always just shut myself in the garage with the car running. I always like the smell of exhaust fumes.
You could just end up a vegetable.
He's already tried that.
Well this site is a veritable vegetable patch, PE being the biggest turnip, but I wouldn't put Hobbes in that category (he's not American, for a start).
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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:34 am
Harbal wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:36 pm
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:28 pm

You could just end up a vegetable.
He's already tried that.
Well this site is a veritable vegetable patch, PE being the biggest turnip, but I wouldn't put Hobbes in that category (he's not American, for a start).
But he did start out that way and you're a cabbage head. :lol:

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Philosophy Explorer wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:00 am
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:34 am
Harbal wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:36 pm
He's already tried that.
Well this site is a veritable vegetable patch, PE being the biggest turnip, but I wouldn't put Hobbes in that category (he's not American, for a start).
But he did start out that way and you're a cabbage head. :lol:

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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:46 am
Philosophy Explorer wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:00 am
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:34 am
Well this site is a veritable vegetable patch, PE being the biggest turnip, but I wouldn't put Hobbes in that category (he's not American, for a start).
But he did start out that way and you're a cabbage head. :lol:

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The only normal Americans are the ones who have left. It's a mystery why. I think the Govt. adds something to the water to induce idiocy. Apparently it's not permanent, as long as you leave permanently. Short-term exposure is relatively harmless.
Ofc you know that isn't true. Whenever I want to hear phony stories, I know I can count on you.

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Philosophy Explorer wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:04 am
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:46 am
Philosophy Explorer wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:00 am

But he did start out that way and you're a cabbage head. :lol:

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The only normal Americans are the ones who have left. It's a mystery why. I think the Govt. adds something to the water to induce idiocy. Apparently it's not permanent, as long as you leave permanently. Short-term exposure is relatively harmless.
Ofc you know that isn't true. Whenever I want to hear phony stories, I know I can count on you.

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You are my evidence. Just keep posting, genius.
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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:21 am
Philosophy Explorer wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:04 am
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:46 am
The only normal Americans are the ones who have left. It's a mystery why. I think the Govt. adds something to the water to induce idiocy. Apparently it's not permanent, as long as you leave permanently. Short-term exposure is relatively harmless.
Ofc you know that isn't true. Whenever I want to hear phony stories, I know I can count on you.

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You are my evidence. Just keep posting, genius.
And you are my evidence so keep on posting (and I hope you don't miss any sleep).

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Philosophy Explorer wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:00 am
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:34 am
Harbal wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:36 pm
He's already tried that.
Well this site is a veritable vegetable patch, PE being the biggest turnip, but I wouldn't put Hobbes in that category (he's not American, for a start).
But he did start out that way and you're a cabbage head. :lol:

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You and I have been instructed by the moderator to not insult one another.
Please desist.
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I have always wondered what it feels like to be death'd by shotgun.

I wonder if it feels strange.
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