# What does a suicide bomber experience of feel after he (she)...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-suicide-bomber-experience-of-feel-after-he-she/102835>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 10, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-suicide-bomber-experience-of-feel-after-he-she/102835 "2002-04-10T14:27:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![berdollos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-suicide-bomber-experience-of-feel-after-he-she/102835/1 "2002-04-10T14:27:20Z")

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sets off the detonator?

Is there any pain or awareness of anything?

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-suicide-bomber-experience-of-feel-after-he-she/102835/2 "2002-04-10T14:49:20Z")

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How exactly does a red hot poker up the ass feel?

They experience sudden death, which is to say they experience nothing.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-suicide-bomber-experience-of-feel-after-he-she/102835/3 "2002-04-10T14:56:49Z")

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The thread was accidentally posted twice, so I’ll close this thread and direct users to the other one, [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108689](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108689)