# What's the worst way to go? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790 "2010-03-01T00:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/21 "2010-03-01T08:04:56Z")
> [@Imasquare](#): > > Being coated in beer batter and then deep fried would be rather nasty. At first I glossed that as “would be rather tasty,” which…y’know…it might be. Tastes like chicken, I hear. > [@kjbrasda](#): > > I remember hearing something about being skinned slowly alive, **so you remain alive** after being skinned, and then doused with salt You wouldn’t bleed to death first? ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/22 "2010-03-01T09:22:42Z")
To die quietly, peacefully, and then completely forgotten about. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/23 "2010-03-01T09:37:24Z")
Being eaten alive by hyenas that aren’t particularly hungry. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/24 "2010-03-01T11:48:40Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Being eaten alive by hyenas that aren’t particularly hungry. Nice! 😃 …Or family and friends that aren’t particularly hungry. (which is is pretty nasty) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/25 "2010-03-01T12:00:00Z")
Nothing worse than people picking at their food, when you’re the food. ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/26 "2010-03-01T20:29:19Z")
Eating a shitload of unpopped popcorn kernels and then wrapping yourself in an electric blanket. In a sauna. In August. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/27 "2010-03-01T20:35:50Z")
Being doused in hydoflouric acid would be a pretty nasty end. The acid is actually fairly weak, so it wouldn’t be painful right away - but it’s readily absorbed through your skin, after which it binds to the calcium in your nerves and bones. A slow, agonizing death ensues. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/28 "2010-03-01T20:52:24Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Nice! 😃 > > …Or family and friends that aren’t particularly hungry. (which is is pretty nasty) Actually, that sounds like one of the better ways. You could just say “Hey, stop that! May I remind you that you are not particularly hungry?” Then just get up and walk away. It’s not like they’ll chase you down. Because they’re not particularly hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/29 "2010-03-01T20:52:42Z")
I’m pretty sure this kid has the answer: [Teen dies after falling into open cesspool outside of Long Island Dunkin’ Donuts](http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/01/2010-03-01_teen_dies_after_falling_into_open_cesspool_outside_of_long_island_dunkin_donuts.html) ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/30 "2010-03-01T21:20:16Z")
Some of the old ways were pretty bad… Burned at the stake Crucified Drawn and quartered The Rack Tarred and feathered Fed to a lion In a movie I saw a person chained to a rock at low tide and slowly drowned as the tide came in. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/31 "2010-03-01T21:20:59Z")
In a cave, 250ft down and a mile from the entrance … underwater. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/32 "2010-03-01T21:34:04Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Actually, that sounds like one of the better ways. You could just say “Hey, stop that! May I remind you that you are not particularly hungry?” Then just get up and walk away. It’s not like they’ll chase you down. Because they’re not particularly hungry. Depends - they might have had the sort of upbringing where it’s considered impolite not to empty your plate. ---
**Author:** ![imfloating](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bc79bd/32.png) [@imfloating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imfloating)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/33 "2010-03-01T21:45:07Z")
We need to know where you want to go, but the worst way would probably be by bus ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/34 "2010-03-01T21:47:12Z")
> [@imfloating](#): > > We need to know where you want to go, but the worst way would probably be by bus …chained to the underside of the bus. ---
**Author:** ![Baby\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/35 "2010-03-01T21:51:01Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I’m pretty sure this kid has the answer: > > [Teen dies after falling into open cesspool outside of Long Island Dunkin’ Donuts](http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/01/2010-03-01_teen_dies_after_falling_into_open_cesspool_outside_of_long_island_dunkin_donuts.html) Oh. Em. Gee. :eek: The worst is the obvious relish with which the journalist recounts other cesspool deaths. > [@](#): > > In September 2001, a Huntington man practicing archery in his backyard died when an 18-foot-deep cesspool caved in and swallowed him up while his kids looked on in horror. > > It took 18 hours to drag his body from the muck. Some days you just love your job, eh? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/36 "2010-03-01T21:51:50Z")
Autoerotic asphyxiation. Well, you know, there are worse ways to go, but I can’t think of a more undignified way than autoerotic asphyxiation. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/37 "2010-03-01T22:20:16Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Autoerotic asphyxiation. > > Well, you know, there are worse ways to go, but I can’t think of a more undignified way than autoerotic asphyxiation. [Why are you telling me that?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751092/) ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/38 "2010-03-01T22:21:24Z")
> [@Slypork](#): > > [Why are you telling me that?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751092/) Beat me! ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/39 "2010-03-01T22:36:07Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Beat me! Sorry, too kinky for me. 😉 The worst way to go would be having your rectum sealed shut and then being force fed White Castles and Taco Bell. BOOM! ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-way-to-go/530790/40 "2010-03-01T22:39:57Z")
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