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Brilio.net/en - People who consider assisted suicide probably think that the standard method of euthanasia is just too boring. Hence, a Lithuanian designer named Julijonas Urbona proposed a more enriching solution for those wanting to find peace in their last days.
It probably sounds ridiculous for some, but he created a plan for a euthanasia rollercoaster, designed to end peoples lives with euphoria and pleasure. He developed it as a part of his PhD programme at the Royal College of art.
In the word of Dylan Thomas, do not go gentle into that good night, he said.
his killing machine uses an extreme g-force method to kill the rider as they belt down 500 meters and go through seven extreme loop-de-loops at speeds of 100 meters per second (g-force 10).
Your blood is rushed to your lower extremities so there is a lack of blood in your brain, so your brain starts to suffocate. When your brain starts to suffocate, people become euphoric, he said when presenting the design.
The designer claimed that the pilots of aircraft usually experience such extreme forces for just a few seconds. But the riders of the roller coaster would be afflicted for one minute and this would be unprecedented.
The designer stated that this death machine could help control population and allow people to die with a thrill. However, a scientist named Dr. Damansio gave his criticism that roller coaster could be less effective as the rider might die nauseas.
Defending this design, Urbonas said that this machine could be a thrilling solution of boring method of euthanasia.
It [euthanasia] is executed in an extremely boring fashion, proposing 'humane' voluntary death could be more meaningful, personal, ritualistic, he wrote while pointing out that he is not an advocate of assisted suicide.
(brl/tis)
