# What's the least painless way to commit suicide?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-painless-way-to-commit-suicide/571869>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 19, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-painless-way-to-commit-suicide/571869 "2011-02-19T00:08:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-painless-way-to-commit-suicide/571869/21 "2011-02-19T01:21:25Z")

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And to answer the question actually in the thread title: 60 grit sandpaper.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-painless-way-to-commit-suicide/571869/22 "2011-02-19T01:26:00Z")

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> [@typoink](#):
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> And to answer the question actually in the thread title: 60 grit sandpaper.

Good one. And here I was thinking: Industrial meat slicer, set to deli-thin, and being slowly fed in, feet first.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-painless-way-to-commit-suicide/571869/23 "2011-02-19T01:28:34Z")

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> [@cmyk](#):
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> Not that hard to make your own, from what I hear. 😉

Lock yourself up in your garage, attach a hose to your tail pipe, run it into the window – you’re all set!

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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-painless-way-to-commit-suicide/571869/24 "2011-02-19T01:38:37Z")

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The least painful, actually painless, way to kill yourself, as **cmyk** said, is carbon monoxide poisoning. And you don’t have to go out and buy a thing. Just wait until the end of a long day, go sit in your garage with the door closed, start your car’s engine, and just fall asleep. Sweet, sweet, painless death awaits.

…Oh, you weren’t looking for real answers?

ETA: I see **Guinastasia** beat me to the punch.

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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-painless-way-to-commit-suicide/571869/25 "2011-02-19T01:42:24Z")

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Least painless way? Death by a thousand cuts…with salt.

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**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:** [February 19, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-painless-way-to-commit-suicide/571869/26 "2011-02-19T01:43:46Z")

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> [@Onomatopoeia](#):
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> Least painless way? Death by a thousand cuts…with salt.

Even worse if you’re on a salt-restricted diet. 😉

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-painless-way-to-commit-suicide/571869/27 "2011-02-19T02:11:24Z")

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> [@cmyk](#):
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> Good one. And here I was thinking: Industrial meat slicer, set to deli-thin, and being slowly fed in, feet first.

You would probably bleed out within minutes. How about being slowly lowered into liquid nitrogen, feet first? That’s gotta hurt, but it wouldn’t be fatal for hours.

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**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:** [February 19, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-painless-way-to-commit-suicide/571869/28 "2011-02-19T02:21:16Z")

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I’m not entirely sure this thread is a good idea…but just to be sure I’m closing it.

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