Method Freezing Ocean

[sickoceanbunny]

Could someone in a place like Ireland commit suicide by jumping into the freezing cold waters and quickly falling unconscious during the coldest weather?

 

[DivineSpark]

I bet it is very freezing way to die. Unless current takes you underwater.

 

[getoutgirl]

From the most prestigious source on this, the wikipedia page of the Titanic (not the movie):
"With a temperature of −2 °C (28 °F), the water was lethally cold; Lightoller described the feeling of "a thousand knives" being driven into his body.[193] Sudden immersion into freezing water typically causes death within minutes, either from cardiac arrest, uncontrollable breathing of water, or cold shock (not, as commonly believed, from hypothermia);[195] almost all of those in the water died of cardiac arrest or other bodily reactions to freezing water within 15–30 minutes."
Now maybe that water was just mean, and it'd be less painful on some other. But I don't think there'd be much unconsciousness involved. Maybe someone else has a better idea.

 

[Pale_Rider]

You probably lose the ability to swim as your muscles seize up, and you drown would be typical is my guess.

 

[Linda]

Could someone in a place like Ireland commit suicide by jumping into the freezing cold waters and quickly falling unconscious during the coldest weather?

You would do better to jump into the North Sea. The sea off the north, west and south coasts of Ireland is warmed to some extent by the Gulf Stream. The North Sea is much colder, and that is true at all seasons. (It might be warm in summer in shallow water near a beach, but at most times and in most places it is cold.) The guys who fly out from Scotland to North Sea oil platforms know that if their helicopter goes down, and they finish up in the sea, they will probably be dead in an hour. And that's true even if they are wearing a survival suit.