# If you had to be executed, how would you like to be put to death? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 29, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782 "2018-07-29T22:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/21 "2018-07-29T23:59:01Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Something else: **nitrogen asphyxiation.** Yeah, it doesn’t sound so bad. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/22 "2018-07-30T00:01:40Z")
I’ll go with Old Age vote. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/23 "2018-07-30T00:06:08Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Other: Heat death of the universe. See, now that’s just being abusive. For myself, I’ll take “perishing when Sol goes nova.” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/24 "2018-07-30T00:22:58Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > This was/is my choice too. I suppose this falls under the “gas chamber” option in the poll. Do I get to choose which gas is used in the chamber? Well, sure! Reasonable customizations are allowed. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/25 "2018-07-30T00:23:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Other: Heat death of the universe. Sorry, but you’re trying to cheat. The OP specified no tricks. All joke responses shall be stung to death by Asian giant hornets. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/26 "2018-07-30T00:27:05Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Other: Heat death of the universe. > [@silenus](#): > > See, now that’s just being abusive. For myself, I’ll take “perishing when Sol goes nova.” ISTM that either of those methods would require that your consciousness be kept intact for a REALLY long time, like “figure out how to keep you as a brain in a jar indefinitely” lengths of time. And if they figure out how to do that, they’d still be under no obligation to keep you entertained for eons. So, you’d be technically alive, but stuck in a sensory deprivation tank for years upon years. Just like the guy who chose the guillotine, except those few moments of distress would not come to an end any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/27 "2018-07-30T00:29:52Z")
Old age. After living a rich and free life. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/28 "2018-07-30T00:41:02Z")
> [@HowSoonIsThen](#): > > Old age. After living a rich and free life. Nice username/thread combo. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/29 "2018-07-30T00:42:12Z")
I will probably be the only one to pick being thrown off a tall building, but I love heights and roller coasters, and the rush of falling, so why not. Being tnrown from a plane on the other hand seemed way too cold, though sure I’d opt for it in a thermal suit. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/30 "2018-07-30T00:46:17Z")
Another vote for nitrogen. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/31 "2018-07-30T01:08:33Z")
Can I choose the **hermeias** method? Extremely slow and ineffective poisoning over a period of 50 years. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/32 "2018-07-30T01:13:59Z")
Put me on the moon, naked. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/33 "2018-07-30T01:39:56Z")
Nobody has picked being thrown into a volcano yet, so I’ll go with that. I mean, it comes with a free trip to Hawaii, right? ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/34 "2018-07-30T01:44:56Z")
I voted lethal injection because “as an old man, shot by the justifiably jealous husband of a supermodel” wasn’t a choice. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/35 "2018-07-30T02:31:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > See, now that’s just being abusive. For myself, I’ll take “perishing when Sol goes nova.” Good things are worth the wait. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/36 "2018-07-30T02:47:39Z")
I want a guillitien on the edge of a cliff so my head is in free fall as long as possible. If I’m ever suicidal that’s the way I’m going out. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/37 "2018-07-30T03:10:49Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Something else: **nitrogen asphyxiation.** Swap out that nitrogen bottle for nitrous oxide and I’m on board! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/38 "2018-07-30T03:34:41Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Swap out that nitrogen bottle for nitrous oxide and I’m on board! You want to die laughing? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/39 "2018-07-30T03:39:51Z")
Begin as you mean to go on, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782/40 "2018-07-30T03:45:45Z")
> [@susan](#): > > [Snu snu.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCdrUW--Jic) This was the first thing I thought of. > [@tim-n-va](#): > > “as an old man, shot by the justifiably jealous husband of a supermodel” On their wedding night of course. This was the second thing I thought of > [@SmartAleq](#): > > Swap out that nitrogen bottle for nitrous oxide and I’m on board! Skip the nitrous oxide, give me a [La-Z-boy](https://www.la-z-boy.com/b/recliners/_/N-musa9i) a good steak, _[Blazing Saddles](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/)_ and some Carbon monoxide or stick with the N2. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782.md?page=3)