coolgal82

coolgal82

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ok so hear me out, apple seeds have cyanide in them right? (so do certain almonds iirc i remember nilered extracting it from them they might work), would it be possible to buy a bunch of apples, extract the seeds, then like crush them up and put them in a liquid or something and then drink it to give yourself cyanide poisoning? i'm not sure how many you'd need but apples have like a fair few seeds in them, so would this be possible?

also bonus question, if this isnt feasible, are there any fruits it would be feasible with? (honestly extracting it from bitter almonds might be better, the nilered video on it iirc made it seem pretty easy so like)
 
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hopeless302

hopeless302

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theoretically possible i guess, but I can't find any documented instances of people actually dying from over-consumption of apple seeds.
 
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Reishi

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Poisoning from apple seeds basically does not happen. Toxicology mention it because the chemistry exists, not because it's a real-world situation.
You'd have to actively be going out of your way to try and doing so would be a waste of time.
 
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cakedog

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Dec 13, 2025
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Apple seeds was going to be my ctb method but after reading the consequences of a failed attempt i don't think it's worth it
it won't really be a pleasant death too and has a very low rate of success
also bonus question, if this isnt feasible, are there any fruits it would be feasible with? (honestly extracting it from bitter almonds might be better, the nilered video on it iirc made it seem pretty easy so like)
i have seen people in the forum discussing extracting poison from plants and other fruits so i think there are but i don't remember maybe if you dig a bit more deeply you may find them
 
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coolgal82

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i found the video, he literally just crushes up the almonds and puts them in water and it makes a seemingly significant amount of hydrogen cyanide gas
 
heatnormal

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apple seeds have cyanide in them right?
it;s remarkable to what lengths people will go to end their own lives. something something indomitable human spirit. other methods exist that don't require this much work/planning. at least people at your funeral would have something to break the ice.
 
coolgal82

coolgal82

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Sep 10, 2024
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it;s remarkable to what lengths people will go to end their own lives. something something indomitable human spirit. other methods exist that don't require this much work/planning. at least people at your funeral would have something to break the ice.
i know there are other methods but im interested in considering all possibilities
 
countingclocks

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I used to daydream about this a lot when I was a kid. I wish it was a viable option lol.
 
gunmetalblue

gunmetalblue

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Oct 31, 2025
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I often dream about this method for some reason. If I remember correctly I think it would take (depending the individual and their body mass and medical history) like around 105 apple seeds.
 
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Himeasa

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10 apple seeds contain about 0.5mg of metabolized cyanide according to this article:
Cyanide lethality sits at a quantity of about 200mg for most adults
according to this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507796/

(200/0.5)*10=4000 apple seeds required for the average adult to reach a quantity that should be lethal—but that is assuming that the quantity of cyanide is perfect for every portion of 10 apple seeds and does not significantly vary depending on the kinds of apples sourced. Assuming any one apple you buy at the grocery store contains 10, you would need to extract the seeds from the cores of 400 apples. Also, apple seeds do not contain cyanide itself, but amygdalin which is turned into cyanide by chewing them.

You would have to grind, or manually chew, those 4000 seeds extracted from 400 apples. If you chewed them one after another, you would probably have to do it in a short timeframe, depending on the duration of cyanide in the system. How much of the amygdalin is converted into cyanide may also vary, and you would have to account for spillage from seeds you lose during the process from dropping them (practically impossible to perfectly account for 4000 seeds without equipment), from spit, or from inefficient intake for other reasons.

All-in-all it is theoretically low-key accessible since anyone can buy apples almost anywhere, but you would have to buy 400 of them or more and also process them without anyone else realizing. Since 4000 seeds almost certainly will not contain sufficient amygdalin, let's say you would need upwards of 4500 seeds just to account for various inefficiencies, and that's not to talk of the difficult intake process. I'm not sure whether you must specifically *chew* them to convert the amygdalin into cyanide, which if it were necessary would make this practically impossible to achieve in due time. If it isn't, I guess you could grind them into powder and turn it into a sort of drink? Just use another method to CBA.
 
BillyBob

BillyBob

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Jun 14, 2018
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I often dream about this method for some reason. If I remember correctly I think it would take (depending the individual and their body mass and medical history) like around 105 apple seeds.
You would need way more than that for sure.

One hundred grams of crushed apple seeds can yield about 70 mg of HCN
You need 1-3 mg/kg of body weight if ingested.
 
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Oct 31, 2025
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One hundred grams of crushed apple seeds can yield about 70 mg of HCN
You need 1-3 mg/kg of body weight if ingested.
Hm it's very possible I remembered the number wrong. But I do remember it was still less then I expected
 
U. A.

U. A.

"Ultra Based Gigachad"
Aug 8, 2022
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Hm it's very possible I remembered the number wrong. But I do remember it was still less then I expected
Are you thinking of bitter almond and/or apricot? Someone was trying to do this in the summer and I ran the actual numbers; the ballpark was not so ridiculous.
 
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monetpompo

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Apr 21, 2025
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Someone was trying to do this in the summer and I ran the actual numbers; the ballpark was not so ridiculous.

the apricot seeds thread got taken down a while ago so i haven't been able to read back on it again. do you still remember what you said?
 
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U. A.

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the apricot seeds thread got taken down a while ago so i haven't been able to read back on it again. do you still remember what you said?
Woah didn't recognize you there.
Nah absolutely not, I say far too much shit; I did just run numbers based on readily available things like LD50s and amount of the substance per seeds.
 
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gunmetalblue

Suicidal Jesus
Oct 31, 2025
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Are you thinking of bitter almond and/or apricot? Someone was trying to do this in the summer and I ran the actual numbers; the ballpark was not so ridiculous.
Possible since I remembered it being honestly achievable if you are very determined
 

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