ב''ה,
Just one of those days. I'll prefix this by saying I'm not saying this is a good idea, and if anything I've been put up to posting it "for entertainment purposes" by the health and insurance industries and some others, you know how miserable life is.
Anyway, it's nice to ponder that there are options, and while other sources of inert gas possibly exist, there sure are a lot of balloon stores and as their helium tanks are heavy and stored relatively near the entrance, while it might be a *noisy* way to go, perhaps someone quick and prepared could manage to hook up tubing and a bag whether or not alarms are blaring.
Of course it is the bleak comedy that a *spate* of these could occur and become commonplace and society would not change at all except to install some kind of thermostat-cover locks on the tanks that causes me to post this. I might save it for creative writing if there was any money to be made in creative writing.
Anyway, not sure helium is the most pleasant but it's probably on the list of least unpleasant options, so for those worse off than me, I guess if it's less painful than the usual 'only free options are a bridge train or bus' kind of thinking, it's relatively low on harm to others, probably gives the store employees overtime for handling the aftermath as well as the cleanup, first responders and so on.
If anyone actually does this don't pick the day they've run the tank empty of course.
Just one of those days. I'll prefix this by saying I'm not saying this is a good idea, and if anything I've been put up to posting it "for entertainment purposes" by the health and insurance industries and some others, you know how miserable life is.
Anyway, it's nice to ponder that there are options, and while other sources of inert gas possibly exist, there sure are a lot of balloon stores and as their helium tanks are heavy and stored relatively near the entrance, while it might be a *noisy* way to go, perhaps someone quick and prepared could manage to hook up tubing and a bag whether or not alarms are blaring.
Of course it is the bleak comedy that a *spate* of these could occur and become commonplace and society would not change at all except to install some kind of thermostat-cover locks on the tanks that causes me to post this. I might save it for creative writing if there was any money to be made in creative writing.
Anyway, not sure helium is the most pleasant but it's probably on the list of least unpleasant options, so for those worse off than me, I guess if it's less painful than the usual 'only free options are a bridge train or bus' kind of thinking, it's relatively low on harm to others, probably gives the store employees overtime for handling the aftermath as well as the cleanup, first responders and so on.
If anyone actually does this don't pick the day they've run the tank empty of course.
