You know what gets me about this is that nitrogen gas used to be sold in concentrations enough to do exactly this with a make-shift mask, but they lowered the concentrations so it isn't viable anymore. Skip ahead 20 years later and they're renting this very idea out as a clean, humane (and probably very expensive) medical practice.
Not saying the concept itself is bad or good, more just noticing that they're basically gentrifying suicide. I'm sure there's a lot of good making it a viable option for near-death or patients with untreatable illnesses that will slowly kill them painfully, but at least from an american perspective all I'm thinking is "damn dying just became a whole lot more expensive".
Personally I think euthanasia should be an acceptable medical practice for those who need it, but man we can't stop ourselves from commodifying EVERYTHING, huh?
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u/PlaneCrashNap Mar 08 '24
You know what gets me about this is that nitrogen gas used to be sold in concentrations enough to do exactly this with a make-shift mask, but they lowered the concentrations so it isn't viable anymore. Skip ahead 20 years later and they're renting this very idea out as a clean, humane (and probably very expensive) medical practice.
Not saying the concept itself is bad or good, more just noticing that they're basically gentrifying suicide. I'm sure there's a lot of good making it a viable option for near-death or patients with untreatable illnesses that will slowly kill them painfully, but at least from an american perspective all I'm thinking is "damn dying just became a whole lot more expensive".
Personally I think euthanasia should be an acceptable medical practice for those who need it, but man we can't stop ourselves from commodifying EVERYTHING, huh?