symphony
surving hour-by-hour
- Mar 12, 2022
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Give me your best arguments. Do individuals today have better or worse access to peaceful ends to their life, and why?
Hanging, drowning, or some poisonous plant was it.
It's easier than you think to od on poppy tea.
Where did you read that?
Now I'm imagining SS in medieval times... secret meetings in the local tavern's basement to discuss the best ways to "HTC (hop on the cart)".I was also wondering how people back in medieval times killed themselves, since life was so tough back then. Did some googling but couldn't find anything special. Hanging and drowning was around for a while. No special potions or secret knowledge of poisonous plants. Unfortunately, dying back then must've been an absolutely agonizing experience.
California poppies contain no opium, they are not a proper poppy. It needs to be of the papaver somniforum variety.Time to grow...
People resorted mostly to poisoning, hemlock was pretty popular as a method to ctb throughout most history. The most notable example being Socrates.I was also wondering how people back in medieval times killed themselves, since life was so tough back then. Did some googling but couldn't find anything special. Hanging and drowning was around for a while. No special potions or secret knowledge of poisonous plants. Unfortunately, dying back then must've been an absolutely agonizing experience.