Become a dv.com member, Click here to register!
    • Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views




    Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 LastLast
    Results 1 to 25 of 70
    1. 05-09-2008 03:23 PM #1
      Vance
      Vance is offline
      Falco Vance's Avatar
      Join Date
      Feb 2008
      Gender
      Location
      39° 44′ 21″ N, 104° 59′ 5″ W
      Posts
      448
      Likes
      15

      Burning or Drowning?

      Okay, would you rather die by burning or drowning?

      Let me put this into perspective.

      Drowning: Hold your breath for as long as you can, and when you can't take it anymore, keep holding it in, until you are kicking the floor, then you can hold it in. (Breathe eventually though)

      Burning: Think about burning yourself with a candle. Now imagine putting your face in jacuzzi water. Now think about heat so intense your skin blackens and shrinks and sloughs off, and your hair burning, your eyes drying up and breathing in fire and smoke.

      Which would you prefer? (If you had to choose, i.e. burning ship in middle of ocean and you can't swim.)
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    2. 05-09-2008 04:49 PM #2
      Amethyst Star
      Amethyst Star is offline
      Member
      Join Date
      Jul 2004
      Gender
      Location
      Atashermi
      Posts
      6,856
      Likes
      64
      (I'm a pretty darn good swimmer, for one thing. As long as I didn't cut myself in shark-infested waters, I'd go with the water.) ... Oh wait, if I "couldn't swim..."

      I'd take drowning. I love water and I would imagine that drowning would be quick and somewhat peaceful.

      Burning to death is one of my absolute least favorite possible ways to go. Sure you'd pass out from the pain after a while, but the smell and having to hear yourself scream... Ugh!

      "If there was one thing the lucid dreaming ninja writer could not stand, it was used car salesmen."
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    3. 05-09-2008 04:55 PM #3
      Kael Seoras
      Kael Seoras is offline
      just another dreamer Kael Seoras's Avatar
      Join Date
      Dec 2007
      Gender
      Posts
      643
      Likes
      7
      DROWNING, burning needs to DIE
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    4. 05-09-2008 08:48 PM #4
      Lord Toaster
      Lord Toaster is offline
      Toast
      Join Date
      Sep 2006
      Gender
      Location
      Undisclosed :O
      Posts
      1,083
      Likes
      4
      Drowning is apparently very peaceful once you quit panicking about your lungs filling up with water and just accept that you're going to die. Not painful at all

      Burning on the other hand... my hand still hurts from brushing against a hot casserole dish a few hours ago.
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    5. 05-09-2008 09:40 PM #5
      NeoSioType
      USA NeoSioType is offline
      Member NeoSioType's Avatar
      Join Date
      Dec 2007
      Gender
      Posts
      557
      Likes
      11
      This threads destined to die, most people would rather down On the other hand if it was between being burned or being skined alive (shivers) it may last longer.
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    6. 05-10-2008 02:59 AM #6
      ~Erin~
      ~Erin~ is offline
      Member ~Erin~'s Avatar
      Join Date
      Jan 2007
      Gender
      Location
      Ontario, Canada
      Posts
      647
      Likes
      2
      yeah I would say Drowning.
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    7. 05-10-2008 02:59 AM #7
      Oneironaut Zero
      Oneironaut Zero is offline
      "O" will suffice. Achievements:
      1 year registered Made lots of Friends on DV Referrer Gold Veteran First Class Populated Wall Tagger First Class 25000 Hall Points Vivid Dream Journal       Oneironaut Zero's Avatar
      Join Date
      Apr 2005
      LD Count
      20+ Years Worth
      Gender
      Location
      Central Florida
      Posts
      16,083
      Likes
      4032
      DJ Entries
      149
      No contest.

      Drowning, FTW.
      http://i.imgur.com/Ke7qCcF.jpg
      (Or see the very best of my journal entries @ dreamwalkerchronicles.blogspot)
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    8. 05-10-2008 03:00 AM #8
      Sornaensis
      Aruba <span class='glow_855E42'>Sornaensis</span> is offline
      Banned
      Join Date
      May 2007
      LD Count
      Loads
      Gender
      Location
      Digital Forest.
      Posts
      6,864
      Likes
      386
      I would burn up at ground zero rather than drown.

      So I only experience a nanosecond of pain before I become nothingness.
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    9. 05-10-2008 03:03 AM #9
      Spartiate
      NorthKorea Spartiate is offline
      Ad absurdum Achievements:
      1 year registered 1000 Hall Points Made lots of Friends on DV Referrer Bronze Veteran First Class       Spartiate's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jul 2007
      Gender
      Location
      Block 4500-7000
      Posts
      4,825
      Likes
      1113
      Apparently people pass out from asphyxiation in fires, so it's not all that bad (relatively).
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    10. 05-10-2008 03:30 AM #10
      Oneironaut Zero
      Oneironaut Zero is offline
      "O" will suffice. Achievements:
      1 year registered Made lots of Friends on DV Referrer Gold Veteran First Class Populated Wall Tagger First Class 25000 Hall Points Vivid Dream Journal       Oneironaut Zero's Avatar
      Join Date
      Apr 2005
      LD Count
      20+ Years Worth
      Gender
      Location
      Central Florida
      Posts
      16,083
      Likes
      4032
      DJ Entries
      149
      Quote Originally Posted by Spartiate View Post
      Apparently people pass out from asphyxiation in fires, so it's not all that bad (relatively).
      That's from something slow and sequential, such as being burned at the stake.

      If someone throws a molotov cocktail on you, you're gonna feel it.
      http://i.imgur.com/Ke7qCcF.jpg
      (Or see the very best of my journal entries @ dreamwalkerchronicles.blogspot)
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    11. 05-10-2008 03:41 AM #11
      Daeva
      Daeva is offline
      The Fantastic Freak Daeva's Avatar
      Join Date
      Oct 2006
      Gender
      Location
      Under Vex's desk
      Posts
      816
      Likes
      0
      Hard choice, always kind of wished I could experience both. Death is funny like that, you only get one chance so make it interesting, eh?
      http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a332/ProphetsK/DaveaSigwithText.jpg
      Quote Originally Posted by NeAvO View Post
      Woo I made an appearance as a blonde slutty prom queen! It's like you actually dreamt the real me!
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    12. 05-10-2008 03:44 AM #12
      NightLife
      NightLife is offline
      Member
      Join Date
      Feb 2008
      Gender
      Location
      USA
      Posts
      339
      Likes
      0
      Quote Originally Posted by Daeva View Post
      Hard choice, always kind of wished I could experience both. Death is funny like that, you only get one chance so make it interesting, eh?
      No...

      NO...

      NO...


      I'd pick drowning...
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    13. 05-10-2008 03:46 AM #13
      Daeva
      Daeva is offline
      The Fantastic Freak Daeva's Avatar
      Join Date
      Oct 2006
      Gender
      Location
      Under Vex's desk
      Posts
      816
      Likes
      0
      Quote Originally Posted by NightLife View Post
      No...

      NO...

      NO...


      I'd pick drowning...
      Can you repeat that? I didn't quite catch that.

      So do I get to pick the circumstances of the burning or drowning? Such as drowning at sea, or in a swimming pool? Burning up in a burning building, or tied to a stake?
      http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a332/ProphetsK/DaveaSigwithText.jpg
      Quote Originally Posted by NeAvO View Post
      Woo I made an appearance as a blonde slutty prom queen! It's like you actually dreamt the real me!
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    14. 05-10-2008 03:47 AM #14
      Oneironaut Zero
      Oneironaut Zero is offline
      "O" will suffice. Achievements:
      1 year registered Made lots of Friends on DV Referrer Gold Veteran First Class Populated Wall Tagger First Class 25000 Hall Points Vivid Dream Journal       Oneironaut Zero's Avatar
      Join Date
      Apr 2005
      LD Count
      20+ Years Worth
      Gender
      Location
      Central Florida
      Posts
      16,083
      Likes
      4032
      DJ Entries
      149
      Quote Originally Posted by Daeva View Post
      Hard choice, always kind of wished I could experience both. Death is funny like that, you only get one chance so make it interesting, eh?
      Haha. Yeah, I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one. I'm usually one of the type of people that say "I'll try anything once..." but I'd doubt there are too many people that would extend that kind of curiosity/open-mindedness to the act of getting burned alive.
      http://i.imgur.com/Ke7qCcF.jpg
      (Or see the very best of my journal entries @ dreamwalkerchronicles.blogspot)
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    15. 05-10-2008 03:48 AM #15
      Daeva
      Daeva is offline
      The Fantastic Freak Daeva's Avatar
      Join Date
      Oct 2006
      Gender
      Location
      Under Vex's desk
      Posts
      816
      Likes
      0
      Quote Originally Posted by Oneironaut View Post
      Haha. Yeah, I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one. I'm usually one of the type of people that say "I'll try anything once..." but I'd doubt there are too many people that would extend that kind of curiosity/open-mindedness to the act of getting burned alive.
      If I had the chance to die multiple ways and clearly recall each of them, I'd totally go for it. That'd be one hell of an experience and I could make a huggeeee list, too.
      http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a332/ProphetsK/DaveaSigwithText.jpg
      Quote Originally Posted by NeAvO View Post
      Woo I made an appearance as a blonde slutty prom queen! It's like you actually dreamt the real me!
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    16. 05-10-2008 03:52 AM #16
      Oneironaut Zero
      Oneironaut Zero is offline
      "O" will suffice. Achievements:
      1 year registered Made lots of Friends on DV Referrer Gold Veteran First Class Populated Wall Tagger First Class 25000 Hall Points Vivid Dream Journal       Oneironaut Zero's Avatar
      Join Date
      Apr 2005
      LD Count
      20+ Years Worth
      Gender
      Location
      Central Florida
      Posts
      16,083
      Likes
      4032
      DJ Entries
      149
      Quote Originally Posted by Daeva View Post
      If I had the chance to die multiple ways and clearly recall each of them, I'd totally go for it. That'd be one hell of an experience and I could make a huggeeee list, too.
      Well you're braver than I. As I've always said: "It's not death that scares me - it's dying. I don't care how I go, I just don't want to suffer," and I can't think of anything worse than that.
      http://i.imgur.com/Ke7qCcF.jpg
      (Or see the very best of my journal entries @ dreamwalkerchronicles.blogspot)
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    17. 05-10-2008 04:13 AM #17
      Spartiate
      NorthKorea Spartiate is offline
      Ad absurdum Achievements:
      1 year registered 1000 Hall Points Made lots of Friends on DV Referrer Bronze Veteran First Class       Spartiate's Avatar
      Join Date
      Jul 2007
      Gender
      Location
      Block 4500-7000
      Posts
      4,825
      Likes
      1113
      Quote Originally Posted by Oneironaut View Post
      That's from something slow and sequential, such as being burned at the stake.

      If someone throws a molotov cocktail on you, you're gonna feel it.
      Yeah, I was mostly thinking of a building fire or something.
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    18. 05-10-2008 04:35 AM #18
      lagunagirl
      lagunagirl is offline
      Banned
      Join Date
      Jun 2007
      Gender
      Posts
      1,044
      Likes
      4
      even as a total pyro... I would still say drowning. much less painful
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    19. 05-10-2008 05:13 AM #19
      Kael Seoras
      Kael Seoras is offline
      just another dreamer Kael Seoras's Avatar
      Join Date
      Dec 2007
      Gender
      Posts
      643
      Likes
      7
      Even when burning at the stake you're damn lucky if you asphyxiate before you feel pain.

      I don't even want to think about the Molotov cocktail example...

      Would you believe it, my friend said she'd rather burn?! She said as compared to drowning burning is quick...right...well, it turns out she doesn't like water

      As for myself, I don't like fire. I might even pick being skinned alive over burning...though I might possibly count on asphyxiating...
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    20. 05-10-2008 02:14 PM #20
      Identity X
      Identity X is offline
      Member Identity X's Avatar
      Join Date
      Mar 2004
      Gender
      Posts
      1,529
      Likes
      7
      What a stupid and redundant thread. Drowning, of course. Next.
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    21. 05-10-2008 02:42 PM #21
      Sornaensis
      Aruba <span class='glow_855E42'>Sornaensis</span> is offline
      Banned
      Join Date
      May 2007
      LD Count
      Loads
      Gender
      Location
      Digital Forest.
      Posts
      6,864
      Likes
      386
      No.

      Drowning or Death By Nuke?
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    22. 05-10-2008 07:07 PM #22
      Vance
      Vance is offline
      Falco Vance's Avatar
      Join Date
      Feb 2008
      Gender
      Location
      39° 44′ 21″ N, 104° 59′ 5″ W
      Posts
      448
      Likes
      15
      Quote Originally Posted by Identity X View Post
      What a stupid and redundant thread. Drowning, of course. Next.
      Yeah, if you're not including the people that have said burning.
      "Peace be upon you"-Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    23. 05-10-2008 07:17 PM #23
      Vance
      Vance is offline
      Falco Vance's Avatar
      Join Date
      Feb 2008
      Gender
      Location
      39° 44′ 21″ N, 104° 59′ 5″ W
      Posts
      448
      Likes
      15
      Well in drowning at least you have the relief of breathing water, but what about hanging?
      "Peace be upon you"-Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    24. 05-10-2008 07:27 PM #24
      ClouD
      ClouD is offline
      ex-redhat ClouD's Avatar
      Join Date
      Sep 2007
      Posts
      4,760
      Likes
      129
      DJ Entries
      1
      I don't care how I die. Just kill me. Make it fast.
      You merely have to change your point of view slightly, and then that glass will sparkle when it reflects the light.
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    25. 05-10-2008 08:43 PM #25
      The White Rabbit
      The White Rabbit is offline
      Back in the game. The White Rabbit's Avatar
      Join Date
      Mar 2008
      Gender
      Location
      Scotland
      Posts
      121
      Likes
      1
      DJ Entries
      7
      Well, everyone is going to pick drowning.
      Reply With Quote Reply With Quote  
    Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 LastLast
    « Previous Thread | Next Thread »

    Bookmarks

    Posting Permissions

    • You may not post new threads
    • You may not post replies
    • You may not post attachments
    • You may not edit your posts
    •  

    Forum Rules