Current Events > If pain was objectively quantifiable, would burning alive rank the worst?

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Josiah_Is_Back
08/28/20 8:00:46 PM
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Can't think of anything more painful, tbh
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YookaLaylee
08/28/20 8:01:46 PM
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What about flaying?
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Questionmarktarius
08/28/20 8:02:52 PM
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Unsugarized_Foo
08/28/20 8:03:22 PM
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Burning stops hurting after your nerve endings fry

Viking stuff was pretty hard core. Vlads impaling was probably up there too

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Josiah_Is_Back
08/28/20 8:03:34 PM
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YookaLaylee posted...
What about flaying?

That would be extremely painful, but it wouldn't involve literally every single nerve ending and pain receptor maxing out simultaneously
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Josiah_Is_Back
08/28/20 8:04:20 PM
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Unsugarized_Foo posted...
Burning stops hurting after your nerve endings fry

Viking stuff was pretty hard core. Vlads impaling was probably up there too

By that point you're either dead or unconscious. The pain leading up to that moment is worse than anything else, is what I'm positing.
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s0nicfan
08/28/20 8:05:46 PM
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I can't see burning alive being objectively the most painful thing in existence when people have self-immolated as forms of protest and managed to sit there without screaming while it happened.

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Josiah_Is_Back
08/28/20 8:06:37 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
I can't see burning alive being objectively the most painful thing in existence when people have self-immolated as forms of protest and managed to sit there without screaming while it happened.

I'm still baffled by that
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Wii_Shaker
08/28/20 8:07:42 PM
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Tortured to death seems like it would be worse.

Any form of drawn out death would be worse than burning alive, imo.

Bleeding out seems pretty brutal.

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Crescente
08/28/20 8:08:22 PM
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I'm sure there's plenty of torture techniques that is worse than being burned
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Josiah_Is_Back
08/28/20 8:08:26 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resiniferatoxin

O_O
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MorbidFaithless
08/28/20 8:08:39 PM
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Josiah_Is_Back posted...
That would be extremely painful, but it wouldn't involve literally every single nerve ending and pain receptor maxing out simultaneously
*buffy spoilers*
https://youtu.be/7sP_5Gt49Ts

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Questionmarktarius
08/28/20 8:08:40 PM
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Wii_Shaker posted...
Bleeding out seems pretty brutal.
I dunno. You'd just sorta pass out from hypoxia.
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s0nicfan
08/28/20 8:10:41 PM
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On topic, I might say drowning. I already thought it was bad, but then I found out that when your lungs fill with water you still don't die immediately.

https://www.healthline.com/health/how-long-does-it-take-to-drown#drowning-stages
Stages of drowning
Drowning happens very quickly, but it does take place in stages. The stages can take between 10 and 12 minutes before death occurs. If a child is drowning, it may happen much more quickly.
Heres a breakdown of the stages of drowning:
  1. For the first several seconds after water is inhaled, the drowning person is in a state of fight-or-flight as they struggle to breathe.
  2. As the airway begins to close to prevent more water from getting into the lungs, the person will start to hold their breath involuntarily. This takes place for up to 2 minutes, until they lose consciousness.
  3. The person becomes unconscious. During this stage, they can still be revived through resuscitation and have a chance at a good outcome. Breathing stops and the heart slows. This can last for several minutes.
  4. The body enters a state called hypoxic convulsion. This can look like a seizure. Without oxygen, the persons body appears to turn blue and may jerk around erratically.
  5. The brain, heart, and lungs reach a state beyond where they can be revived. This final stage of drowning is called cerebral hypoxia, followed by clinical death.



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Guide
08/28/20 8:11:07 PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaphism

Although this is a method, not a single specific type of pain.

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kyujo
08/28/20 8:12:23 PM
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Yeah, drowning was definitely at or near the top from what I've heard

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IHeartRadiation
08/28/20 8:12:35 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resiniferatoxin
https://youtu.be/4cG4BNJBXBU?t=251

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yemmy
08/28/20 8:15:09 PM
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Drowning would suck I think. Watch David Blaine etc hold their breath underwater for like 20 minutes and see how painful that shit looks

Falling into a vat of acid would suck too.

Falling off the side of a building while on fire with golfball sized kidney stones. That is the worst lol

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Irony
08/28/20 8:15:56 PM
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Dehydration

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FarmDog
08/28/20 8:43:24 PM
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Ask Hisashi Ouchi

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IHeartRadiation
08/28/20 9:29:08 PM
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Oh I forgot about him.

At least he passed out sometime near the end days of his life.

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Josiah_Is_Back
08/28/20 10:36:43 PM
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FarmDog posted...
Hisashi Ouchi


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masticatingman
08/28/20 10:45:56 PM
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Actually with burning alive your body will go into a pure state of shock and itll stop being sensate after a time. Though before that happens, its obviously terrible.

There are much worse ways to die though, long and short of it. Being burned alive was more symbolic than anything.

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IHeartRadiation
08/28/20 10:58:55 PM
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Why did that remind me of the Green Mile execution.

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