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[-] Notorious@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

My exact thoughts. Hypoxia is a terrible way to go.

[-] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago

Hypoxia is actually relatively peaceful.. not as instant as pressure implosion, but better by far than drowning

[-] Notorious@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

Not in the way that it would have happened in an environment that's CO2 levels are slowly increasing.

[-] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Would that not be Carbon dioxide poisoning rather than hypoxia?

[-] Notorious@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I’m not a doctor, but I stayed at a holiday in express last night.

[-] HamSwagwich@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Indeed it would. The CO2 would trigger the breathing reflex and panic. Hypoxia does not trigger that and you start to lose yourself, similar to being drunk.

[-] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah I got a bit hypoxic on a mountain, it was 29F with a wind and here I am taking off my jacket feeling nice and warm overly euphoric.

[-] RIPSync@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

You pass out because your brain goes to sleep, it's not some painful choking death.

[-] RealM@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I think the problem is more being stuck in a dark small and cramped space with 4 other people for 96 hours, where there is no on-board toilet and you just don't know if help will arrive in time or not.

Compared to that, I think an instant death due to implosion sounds preferrable.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Is it? I thought you'd just get confused and drowsy until you sleep forever.

[-] teflocarbon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That is what happens. Confined spaces that have little oxygen are extremely dangerous and have had quite a few deaths because of them. Those who are working in them literally just feel dizzy and confused, fall asleep and die from the lack of oxygen. There’s about 100 deaths per year in the U.S. Sometimes even rescuers die because they don’t know about it as well. They try to rescue, get confused and die. Hypoxia is a terrifying thing.

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