mm, so I was rating it a bit too conservatively (I was thinking of saying 1-5, with 1 being the least painful under good protocol and good luck, and 5 being the fear and regret that was mentioned when a user tested SN in their profile post and stopped posting over an hour later).
1 = peaceful as pure nitrogen accidentally leaking in a car
10 = very, very painful (assuming linear scale, hanging where the rope is mispositioned can be 10/10 for a few mins)*
*if the scale is logarithmic, self immolation would be 10 out of 10... otherwise that would be 20+