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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by joomla199 on Saturday October 11, 2025 @11:18AM (#45549833)
In a similar vein India also has/had Thalaikoothal, which is more of a traditional method of homicide than suicide.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalaikoothal

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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by titanomachy on Saturday October 11, 2025 @02:47PM (#45551582)
"They are given an oil bath and made to drink glasses of coconut water"

I'm surprised that someone can be killed in this way. Is it the electrolyte imbalance? There's a lot of potassium in coconut water.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland by mattkrause on Saturday October 11, 2025 @03:42PM (#45552056)
Yup—too much potassium.

Apparently you can (almost) do it unintentionally if you play tennis in the heat—though 88oz (2.6L) seems like a lot!

Here’s a case report:

Hakimian, J., Goldbarg, S. H., Park, C. H., & Kerwin, T. C. (2014). Death by Coconut. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 7(1), 180–181. https://doi.org/10.1161/circep.113.000941

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