The worst way to die.

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23 Mar 2006, 12:32 AM
burgundy

The worst way to die.

Fatal familial insomnia.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6822468/?GT1=6190
23 Mar 2006, 12:37 AM
George

This reminds me of the condition "Undine's Curse." It's a physiological illness where every breath drawn must be a conscious action, so if one were to ever go to sleep, they would die by asphyxiation.
23 Mar 2006, 05:13 AM
MVS

No. Worst way to die: On Film.

You really want people to be watching you die over and over for all time?
23 Mar 2006, 11:14 AM
burgundy

Depends how I get to die.
23 Mar 2006, 11:20 AM
Kev

I'm thinking impalement would be a pretty horrible way to go. That or suffocation.
23 Mar 2006, 11:27 AM
Dolemite

Well, that sucks.

I've told this here before, but I still say one of the worst ways to die is the story my cousin told me about a friend of his who was a crime scene photographer. He got called to a scene where a guy had been taking a shower, decided to have some fun, stuck a plunger to the bottom of the tub, and started sitting on it. Both feet slipped out from under him, and...well, you imagine what happened next. He was dead when his wife found him.
23 Mar 2006, 11:28 AM
Cowutopia

I still feel that suffocation/drowning/running out of air would be the worst way to die. Anything that involves me trying desperately to breathe but being unable to.
23 Mar 2006, 11:28 AM
Dolemite

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Originally Posted by Kev

I'm thinking impalement would be a pretty horrible way to go. That or suffocation.

Being set on fire.
23 Mar 2006, 11:36 AM
Bacon McShig

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

I've told this here before, but I still say one of the worst ways to die is the story my cousin told me about a friend of his who was a crime scene photographer. He got called to a scene where a guy had been taking a shower, decided to have some fun, stuck a plunger to the bottom of the tub, and started sitting on it. Both feet slipped out from under him, and...well, you imagine what happened next. He was dead when his wife found him.

:lol: Okay, that takes the cake.

I would think dismemberment would be pretty horrible, especially if the head isn't the first thing to go.
23 Mar 2006, 11:42 AM
Zerohero

Hmmm, I think I'd rather die by lack of air rather than burn to death. Being skinned alive would be pretty darn painfull I always thought. I think the easiest way to die if I had to be painfull would be to freeze to death.
23 Mar 2006, 12:03 PM
Grey's Anatomy

Ripped to shreds, while being fully conscious.
Tell me that won't suck.
23 Mar 2006, 12:14 PM
burgundy

None of those last for three years.
23 Mar 2006, 12:36 PM
haohmaru

I would say that starvation has to be the worst way to die considering the pain involved and the amount of time that it takes to actually kill you.
23 Mar 2006, 12:43 PM
Glitch

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrialSword

This reminds me of the condition "Undine's Curse." It's a physiological illness where every breath drawn must be a conscious action, so if one were to ever go to sleep, they would die by asphyxiation.

Holy shit :eek:

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Originally Posted by MVS

No. Worst way to die: On Film.

You really want people to be watching you die over and over for all time?

Not if it's in a massive explosion. That would be awesome.
23 Mar 2006, 12:53 PM
Revoltor

I think Mr Hands had the worst death ever by far.

DEATH BY HORSE PENETRATION!
23 Mar 2006, 12:58 PM
YellerDog

Worst way to die? Under your mom.
23 Mar 2006, 03:43 PM
Calliander

I think there's a lot of worst ways to die and many have been brought up already. How about a volcano erupts and being stuck on some rock that the lava will eventually reach?
23 Mar 2006, 03:49 PM
burgundy

You just have to stick your head in first, so you don't have to see/feel/smell your legs melting.

Again. How shitty does it feel to go without sleep for a day? Sleep deprivation gets exponentially worse over time. Imagine three years of it.

And these families know they have this gene, and know that every time they wake up, they could stay awake until they go crazy and die.

I'll take the volcano. Thanks.
23 Mar 2006, 03:51 PM
Drewbacca

The worst way to die is to be eaten by a crocodile. They drag you under the water while clutching you in their jaws (extreme pressure too). So not only are you suffocated and drowned you're in a lot of pain while it happens.

All of this on camera would be the worst.
23 Mar 2006, 03:53 PM
burgundy

I don't see how being drowned and crushed is any worse than being drowned or being crushed. I think we have a finite capacity for pain...and having all those things happen at once would make each seem less intense.
23 Mar 2006, 04:02 PM
Rumpy

Quote:

Originally Posted by burgundy

You just have to stick your head in first, so you don't have to see/feel/smell your legs melting.

Again. How shitty does it feel to go without sleep for a day? Sleep deprivation gets exponentially worse over time. Imagine three years of it.

And these families know they have this gene, and know that every time they wake up, they could stay awake until they go crazy and die.

I'll take the volcano. Thanks.

They said it took about a year for them to die.
23 Mar 2006, 04:06 PM
burgundy

If being filmed really makes a difference though...these have got to be up there:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Chubbuck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Dwyer
23 Mar 2006, 04:08 PM
Rumpy

Now that is an attention whore.
23 Mar 2006, 04:24 PM
burgundy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia

260: Roman emperor Valerian, after being defeated in battle and captured by the Persians was used as a footstool by their king Shapur I. After a long period of treatment and humiliation of this sort, he offered Shapur a huge ransom for his release. In reply, Shapur had molten gold poured down his throat. He then had the unfortunate Valerian skinned and his skin stuffed with straw and preserved as a trophy in the main Persian temple. Only after Persia's defeat in their last war with Rome three and a half centuries later was his skin given a cremation and burial.

pwned
23 Mar 2006, 04:37 PM
Dolemite

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Originally Posted by burgundy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Dwyer

Hey, it's Revoltor's av!

Quote:

Originally Posted by burgundy

pwned

Indeed.
23 Mar 2006, 04:53 PM
J2d

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrialSword

This reminds me of the condition "Undine's Curse." It's a physiological illness where every breath drawn must be a conscious action, so if one were to ever go to sleep, they would die by asphyxiation.

I think there's a little girl that suffers from that in my town. The authorities has been fighting forever about whose responsibility it is to keep her alive.

That wikipage is gold:

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2005: Kenneth Pinyan, an Enumclaw, Seattle WA. man, died of acute peritonitis after submitting to anal intercourse with a stallion. The man had done this before, though apparently this time his partner was a little too keen, and delayed several hours to visit hospital wishing to avoid official cognisance. The case may lead to the criminalization of bestiality in Washington.
23 Mar 2006, 05:22 PM
voltz

The worst one I can think of is to have a part of you pinned under a boulder or something too heavy to move and be stuck there starving to death.
23 Mar 2006, 05:28 PM
Rumpy

Quote:

Originally Posted by voltz

The worst one I can think of is to have a part of you pinned under a boulder or something too heavy to move and be stuck there starving to death.

...and then the wolves show up.
23 Mar 2006, 05:30 PM
voltz

That would suck.
23 Mar 2006, 05:53 PM
Josh

Your mom sucks.
23 Mar 2006, 06:00 PM
Glitch

Being boiled to death would be awful. Especially if it were in urine.
23 Mar 2006, 06:12 PM
Dolemite

Quote:

Originally Posted by voltz

The worst one I can think of is to have a part of you pinned under a boulder or something too heavy to move and be stuck there starving to death.

Remember that dude that had his arm pinned under a boulder and sawed his fucking arm off with his pocket knife to escape?
23 Mar 2006, 06:21 PM
Burky

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2997821.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3013203.stm

Quite a story. The guy wrote a book on it...
23 Mar 2006, 06:52 PM
voltz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dolemite

Remember that dude that had his arm pinned under a boulder and sawed his fucking arm off with his pocket knife to escape?

Jesus Christ that's why I posted. He was talking about how he tried to dig around until he finally hit his hand and some gas escaped cause the limb rotted from the lack of blood circulation.

He was also on 60 minutes.

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Originally Posted by Josh

Your mom sucks.

So did yours... both in performance and in general. ZAGYAHAA!!!
23 Mar 2006, 07:13 PM
Rumpy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dolemite

Remember that dude that had his arm pinned under a boulder and sawed his fucking arm off with his pocket knife to escape?

And then he hiked like 10 miles to get help.
23 Mar 2006, 11:36 PM
Thief Silver

Didn't one of the huns force his victims to sit on top of a pole for weeks and let the friction cause the pole to gradually impale the person from the rear up?
24 Mar 2006, 12:21 AM
Tommy Tallarico

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Originally Posted by Thief~Silver

Didn't one of the huns force his victims to sit on top of a pole for weeks and let the friction cause the pole to gradually impale the person from the rear up?

I think that would be gravity at work, not friction.
24 Mar 2006, 12:23 AM
Rumpy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thief~Silver

Didn't one of the huns force his victims to sit on top of a pole for weeks and let the friction cause the pole to gradually impale the person from the rear up?

That's one of the old torture devices. And Kano is right, as he always is.
24 Mar 2006, 12:36 AM
Gohron

If the people in the article didn't sleep for a year wouldn't they have gone crazy? The article said their minds were crisp but if I believe correctly the brain produces certain chemicals only when one is sleeping and without them your brain will not function properly.
24 Mar 2006, 12:47 AM
napalm

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Originally Posted by Gohron

If the people in the article didn't sleep for a year wouldn't they have gone crazy? The article said their minds were crisp but if I believe correctly the brain produces certain chemicals only when one is sleeping and without them your brain will not function properly.

I know one of the chemicals your brain secretes while you sleep is DMT, which is responsible for your dreaming every night. The absence of dreams is supposed to make you go crazy in and of itself, so I'm not sure how these people are able to stay "sharp" without dreaming and without sleep for a year.
24 Mar 2006, 12:47 AM
Tommy Tallarico

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rumpy

And Kano is right, as he always is.

Truer words were never spoken.
24 Mar 2006, 12:56 AM
Drewbacca

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giltch

Being boiled to death would be awful. Especially if it were in urine.

This sounds like the worst one in this thread.
24 Mar 2006, 12:57 AM
Doc Holliday

I was listening to Stern the other day at work & some Cops were talking about some crazy stunts done while on PCP. This one guy talked about a crackhead threatening to cut off his dick, then ripped his nutsack right off! Shortly after one of his testicles fell out and unraveled. Needless to say he screamed uncontrollably then passed out.

If you could die from that, that's the way I wouldn't want to die.
24 Mar 2006, 02:07 AM
burgundy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thief~Silver

Didn't one of the huns force his victims to sit on top of a pole for weeks and let the friction cause the pole to gradually impale the person from the rear up?

Friction would be what held you up. Gravity would get you.
24 Mar 2006, 02:34 PM
Brisco Bold

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Originally Posted by J2d

That wikipage is gold:

Dude, we saw that in FC.
24 Mar 2006, 02:38 PM
burgundy

Sorry, sometimes I do things that aren't TNL.
24 Mar 2006, 02:43 PM
Dolemite

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thief~Silver

Didn't one of the huns force his victims to sit on top of a pole for weeks and let the friction cause the pole to gradually impale the person from the rear up?

That's kinda like the plunger death I was talking about a page back, but slower.
24 Mar 2006, 02:46 PM
Glitch

Back to the whole fatal insomnia thing, it seems worse and worse the more you think about it.

You'd, obviously, not get the privelage of dying in your sleep. You'd be awake the whole time, slowly feeling yourself die until I guess you just can't breathe anymore or something.

Still, there are worse ways. There has to be.
24 Mar 2006, 02:46 PM
Bacon McShig

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dole

That's kinda like the plunger death I was talking about a page back, but slower.

And much less embarrassing.
24 Mar 2006, 02:49 PM
Advocate

Skinned alive, then salt and lemon juice are dripped on you like Chinese Water torture. You die via pain.
24 Mar 2006, 02:57 PM
Brisco Bold

Quote:

Originally Posted by burgundy

Sorry, sometimes I do things that aren't TNL.

No, no. I wasn't talking to you or the wikipage. I was just saying to the original poster that that particular death is in FC, on film. (Tying in to the whole worst possible death + footage argument.)

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