Americans, given your options, how would you prefer to die?

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In order of likelihood:

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Exposure to excessive natural cold	3
Alcohol	3
Asteroid impact	2
Intentional self-harm	2
Fireworks	1
Lightning	1
Exposure to forces of nature	1
Post-surgery complications	1
Walking	1
Fire	0
All accidents and injuries	0
Bee/wasp sting	0
Dog bite	0
Assault by firearm	0
Storm	0
Firearms discharge	0
Cycling	0
Choking	0
Falling down stairs	0
Heart disease	0

― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:37 (twelve years ago)

if you fall down the stairs, they have to name the stairway after you.

― frogbs, Friday, 15 February 2013 16:38 (twelve years ago)

is anybody here voting for "post-surgery complications"

― :C (crüt), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:40 (twelve years ago)

anyway, alcohol is clearly the answer here

― :C (crüt), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:41 (twelve years ago)

Asteroid all day long.

― every hippie that goes home bloody feels like a martyr back in the city (dan m), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:42 (twelve years ago)

I want to combine them: walking & choking while on fire

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:42 (twelve years ago)

shooting guns in a storm

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:43 (twelve years ago)

fireworks AND asteroid impact

now that would be p great

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:43 (twelve years ago)

yeah if the fireworks were an attempt to deflect the asteroid that'd be OK

― every hippie that goes home bloody feels like a martyr back in the city (dan m), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:44 (twelve years ago)

only one of these that does not involve excessive pain or prolonged misery seems to be freezing, so I'll take that.

weird that drowning isn't here, maybe that's covered by "accidents"

― sleeve, Friday, 15 February 2013 16:45 (twelve years ago)

xpost no I picture it more like you're working on setting up a massive fireworks display in the middle of a field and then an asteroid hits the EXACT spot where the fireworks are and PTCHAWW RREEEEEE BOOM PTCHOWWW

like a million explosions and a HUGE fireball like Die Hard + Deep Impact x Independence Day x 1000

I say yes to that

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:46 (twelve years ago)

I want to combine them: walking & choking ~~while~~ on fire

― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:48 (twelve years ago)

drowning = exposure to forces of nature? (going by the icon)

― sleepingsignal, Friday, 15 February 2013 16:51 (twelve years ago)

only one of these that does not involve excessive pain or prolonged misery seems to be freezing, so I'll take that.

As long as I never come out of anesthesia, I was thinking post-surgery complications for this reason. Go in for lipo, never wake up.

― WilliamC, Friday, 15 February 2013 16:51 (twelve years ago)

DOG BITE
OW MY LEG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUB6aexYwzs

― The New Jack Mormons! (kingfish), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:52 (twelve years ago)

none of these seem like the best way to go. where is the painless in your sleep option?

― Mordy, Friday, 15 February 2013 16:59 (twelve years ago)

maybe that's less likely than an asteroid impact...?

― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 February 2013 17:02 (twelve years ago)

original Economist post doesn't say that this encompasses ALL the ways to die, just compares the likelihood of various scenarios

― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 February 2013 17:03 (twelve years ago)

BTW congrats to my late friend Matt, who beat 10.5 million-to-one odds in being killed by a lightning strike.

― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Friday, 15 February 2013 17:04 (twelve years ago)

whoah. sorry man.

― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 February 2013 17:08 (twelve years ago)

since it was a Shakey thread I thought "drone rocket" would be on the list :(

― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 February 2013 17:09 (twelve years ago)

Exposure to forces of nature
Exposure to excessive natural cold

why are these separate datapoints

― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 15 February 2013 17:12 (twelve years ago)

Heart attack while cycling down stairs.

― emil.y, Friday, 15 February 2013 17:14 (twelve years ago)

Exposure to Azealia Banks tweets

― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 February 2013 17:16 (twelve years ago)

people who have the a.c. morbidly low

― schlump, Friday, 15 February 2013 17:17 (twelve years ago)

Dogs that shoot bees from their mouths.

― emil.y, Friday, 15 February 2013 17:18 (twelve years ago)

xp at djp. gravely low.

― schlump, Friday, 15 February 2013 17:18 (twelve years ago)

(Also, for those worrying about pain - intentional self-harm can cover a painless death, although it isn't always the case, obviously.)

― emil.y, Friday, 15 February 2013 17:18 (twelve years ago)

why are these separate datapoints

yeah I didn't get that either

― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 February 2013 17:18 (twelve years ago)

storms, lightning and asteroids are all forces of nature too

― silverfish, Friday, 15 February 2013 17:23 (twelve years ago)

I like the concept of dying of *all* accidents and injuries - like you're some clumsy Clouseau-esque waiter or something

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 15 February 2013 19:27 (twelve years ago)

lol

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 February 2013 19:29 (twelve years ago)

only one of these that does not involve excessive pain or prolonged misery seems to be freezing, so I'll take that.

whaaaaa?
freezing to death sounds pretty horrible until the point where you feel nothing, which will take quite a while

― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 15 February 2013 19:59 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 21 February 2013 00:01 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 22 February 2013 00:01 (twelve years ago)

Death by walking seems like it would have to involve some form of accident. Can you walk yourself to death?

― Jaq, Friday, 22 February 2013 00:18 (twelve years ago)

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