Discussion You get to press a button that tortures you with worst pain of your life for 10 seconds, after which you get a guaranteed death. Would you do it?

[encore]

comfort and likelihood of success aren't opposites at all for me!As FSH is my method of choice I will statistically pass out after about 10 seconds.That is no price at all considering the lethality of my method

yeah, i think FSH, if done right, is as close to my hypothetical example as it gets - except i feel like it's not going to be as agonizing. not that i know personally, lol

 

[_soulless_]

no, i'd just swallow SN

 

[timechained]

comfort and likelihood of success aren't opposites at all for me!As FSH is my method of choice I will statistically pass out after about 10 seconds.That is no price at all considering the lethality of my method

If that is your only reason for choosing FSH, I wouldn't trust the statistics that you will pass out after 10 secs...choking on your tongue is not pleasant.

The anecdotal evidence on this site and if you read the literature is usually >3mins until death.

 

[treestumpisland]

I'm gonna answer this the best i can with seriousness, because it's an easy answer to philosophise about, but if in that situation, probably very different. like when people imagine they'd do something different in a dangerous situation and criticise others, but the reality is they'd probably freeze in that situation too and not be a cinematic hero they'd want to be.

if it was a hard choice with as painless as possible ctb, which is what i've been racking myself with figuring out. it'd depend on what it is, the pain, in my circumstances. like if it's just physical pain, maybe not 10 seconds, because 10 seconds would definitely feel like 3 weeks in the moment. i guess it depends how invasive the pain is, like being crushed by something or being r*ped and tortured, i'd say absolutely not, even if it was for just 10 seconds and a guarantee of death, i'd say absolutely not to that. but if it was pain that wasn't invasive like that, like i'm crushed by something like final destination type of pain for 10 seconds, but a guarantee of death, i'd say ye. that is if having a careful, painless ctb wasnm't an option.

though all of this is way easier said when thinking baout it as what if than actually being faced with the situation, it'd be easy for most people to be like "yeah, a few seconds of pain and then die, hell yeah". whereas when you're actually face to face witht he beast, things would be totally different.

 

[sanction]

Interesting question

At first glance, I thought fuck yes. 10 seconds is nothing. Then as I think a bit more, I became hesitant, since you said worst pain ever

But I am still leaning towards yes. I will press it. 10 seconds will be over before you even know it

 

[SufferingInDenmark]

depends what day you ask me

 

[moonflow3r]

I haven't felt anything for so long, might as well endure the pain and leave gracefully!!!

 

[Forveleth]

10 seconds of pain for an eternety of relief. Instant yes from me.

 

[aiyuxhan]

if not, why? would you do it if it was 3 seconds instead? 1 second?

and if you would, for how much longer would you be willing to withstand the pain if you knew with 100% certainty death would eventually come? what is the cut off point?

i know a lot of people are anxious about their method failing. surviving an attempt is no doubt a traumatizing experience. but if you were offered a button and the only condition was pain worse than you've ever felt for a short duration of time - would that stop you (eventually making you somewhat "gamble" with other methods) or would you take certainty over comfort?

i'm curious where people's values lie in terms of comfort vs likelihood of success.

I have chronic pain 24/7 AKA suffering in perpetuity. Pain for 10 seconds is nothing when it's guaranteed death. It means the pain is temporary and I won't feel anything anymore when it's over.

 

[yxmux]

sure why not. i would probably want to prepare first

 

[Eudaimonic]

The entire point of CTB is to prevent suffering, so, no in all cases. Given the way you phrased it ("torture you"), it's likely that from a lexical standpoint, those 10 or 3 or 1 seconds would be vastly worse than any amount of lesser suffering experienced throughout the entirety of one's life. Tbh I'm surprised that so many people in this thread say that they would. But, also, purely from an emotional standpoint, I can't imagine pressing that button if I can't even find the courage to begin with.