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Re:Sarco suicide capsule ‘passes legal review’ in Switzerland by jonnybgood on Sunday December 05, 2021 @01:01PM (#29451215)
What can a person do if they change their mind? I’m assuming it can be stopped. I think about those who jumped from the Golden Gate and survived. Them changing their mind after jumping.
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Re:Sarco suicide capsule ‘passes legal review’ in Switzerland by throwawayboise on Sunday December 05, 2021 @02:20PM (#29452113)
Presumably there's a "cancel" button, for if you change your mind before you lose consciousness.
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Re:Sarco suicide capsule ‘passes legal review’ in Switzerland by Biganon on Sunday December 05, 2021 @02:42PM (#29452339)
And now due to the prolonged hypoxia, you're a vegetable.
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Re:Sarco suicide capsule ‘passes legal review’ in Switzerland by hatesinterviews on Sunday December 05, 2021 @02:51PM (#29452434)
No. If you are still conscious (it takes <30 seconds before losing consciousness) then you haven’t experienced sufficient oxygen deprivation to have severe permanent side effects. Brain death takes several minutes of sustained hypoxia. If you’re unconscious then obviously there’s no cancelling by your own will.
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Re:Sarco suicide capsule ‘passes legal review’ in Switzerland by throwawayboise on Sunday December 05, 2021 @02:51PM (#29452449)
I think if you're still conscious enough to press a cancel button, you'd be OK in that regard (but I'm not an expert on the subject, to be sure).
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