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[-] 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.

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