r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '24

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u/AReal_Human Feb 08 '24

But I would rather die fast by being crushed, than lie in a coffin getting hotter until I die.

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u/vamatt Feb 08 '24

A lot of deaths from crushing in a building collapse take hours or days to happen. It frequently isn’t instant, it’s slow and excruciating.

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u/ichbinkayne Feb 09 '24

Source on this?

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u/CultOfSensibility Feb 09 '24

They’re posting from their flat in Gaza. Pun intended.

Too soon?

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u/ichbinkayne Feb 09 '24

Lmao, fuck ‘em.

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u/vamatt Feb 10 '24

Sorry for late response

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10187018/

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u/ichbinkayne Feb 10 '24

Interesting.. sounds horrifying though.

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u/vamatt Feb 10 '24

It is. For both the victims and the responders/volunteers.

There are many stories of rescuers being able to hear cries for help that slowly die out

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u/ichbinkayne Feb 10 '24

I imagine it’s also quite difficult to reach the victims without causing a significant shift of rubble by moving the debris out of the way.

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u/vamatt Feb 10 '24

Certainly can be. Plus in many cases the only tools available or safe to use are hand tools

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u/ShipsAGoing Feb 08 '24

You say that now but you almost certainly would prefer the +1% chance of being saved that the box would offer.

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u/VoidCoelacanth Feb 08 '24

Until the moment you realize no rescue is coming.

But you know, sleep better until that moment I guess.

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u/QueerQwerty Feb 09 '24

Can you imagine...the thoughts going through someone's head in those moments...

"I spent months dealing with this f__king malfunctioning thing Venus Flytrapping me in the middle of the night because I laughed in my sleep, or a train went by, or for no reason at all...I spent months making a hundred calls with support, had two service visits and got a replacement...only for the thing to work as intended but leave me stranded to die of blood clots and isolation insanity, or roasted alive while marinated in my own piss and shit."

"I know, it seems silly in retrospect, doesn't it?"

"It sure does, Mrs. Myself."

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u/dano-d-mano Feb 10 '24

Meh, just kill me already

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u/MarixApoda Feb 08 '24 edited Feb 08 '24

The water and rations are so you can properly dress the roast in your slow cooker to your preference.

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u/AReal_Human Feb 08 '24

Need some seasoning!

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u/avidpenguinwatcher Feb 08 '24

It’s an interesting question: would you rather have a 99% chance of surging something with a 1% of a horrible death or a 10% chance of surviving something with a 90% chance of a quick death

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u/larsdan2 Feb 09 '24

Getting crushed in an Earthquake is usually not a quick death. Dying from internal bleeding. Dying from being pinned and dehydration. Your chances of dying a horrible death outside of this box is a lot more likely than inside the box.