Cancer is a horrible way to die but pancreatic cancer is arguable the worst of the lot. Apparently the pain can be utterly unbearable without being doped up so much on painkillers that the patient barely knows where or who they are.
Getting hit by a bus may not instantly kill you. It depends on a number of factors.
A guillotine, while quick, may not be painless since your brain is still active.
The closest thing to an instant, painless death would be either a large bullet or a spike plunging into your brain stem [guns.com]. As the saying goes, you'll be dead before you hit the ground.
Wasn't there a person, during the French revolution, and after a too close shave with the guillotine, whose head was still seen counting till 12 before actually dying?
Here is the Wikipedia link [wikipedia.org], describing another more recent experience.
Nitrogen asphixiation. If you feel anything before the lights go out, it's like the fun part of being drunk. Amongst divers, it's known as nitrogen narcosis [wikipedia.org], and it's a killer.
Because there's no buildup of CO2 in your bloodstream, you don't feel out of breath or anything. Then the oxygen content in your blood drops below 27 mbar and out go the lights.
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Poor guy (Score:5, Informative)
Cancer is a horrible way to die but pancreatic cancer is arguable the worst of the lot. Apparently the pain can be utterly unbearable without being doped up so much on painkillers that the patient barely knows where or who they are.
Condolenses to his family.
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Indeed, but is there really a "good way" to die?
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Yes hit by bus so it’s instant, or in your sleep
Getting hit by a bus may not instantly kill you. It depends on a number of factors.
A guillotine, while quick, may not be painless since your brain is still active.
The closest thing to an instant, painless death would be either a large bullet or a spike plunging into your brain stem [guns.com]. As the saying goes, you'll be dead before you hit the ground.
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Wasn't there a person, during the French revolution, and after a too close shave with the guillotine, whose head was still seen counting till 12 before actually dying?
Here is the Wikipedia link [wikipedia.org], describing another more recent experience.
Re: Poor guy (Score:5, Funny)
Reminds me of the following line attributed to either Bob Monkhouse or Will Rogers:
Lord allow me to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like the passengers in the bus he was driving.
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Reminds me of the time a midget clairvoyant escaped from jail. The headlines said "Small Medium at Large".
You owe me a keyboard and a monitor cleaning.
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or in your sleep
Klingons would strongly disagree with you.
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Indeed, but is there really a "good way" to die?
You can go peacefully in your sleep like my grandfather, instead of screaming in terror like his passengers.
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In my own bed.
At age 80.
With a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my cock.
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Death by snu snu!
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motorboating cleavage while trying to open the women's bra with my teeth?
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Nitrogen asphixiation. If you feel anything before the lights go out, it's like the fun part of being drunk. Amongst divers, it's known as nitrogen narcosis [wikipedia.org], and it's a killer.
Because there's no buildup of CO2 in your bloodstream, you don't feel out of breath or anything. Then the oxygen content in your blood drops below 27 mbar and out go the lights.