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Suicide booth was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 18 November 2019 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Euthanasia device. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Questions?

I'm interested in what questions the Deliverance machine asks. Whether they're simply to excuse the creator of liability, or whether they check the sanity/etc of the user. What seems to be a blood pressure related device is included in the suitcase, does this measure real-time response to the questions in any way?

Surprised more details aren't noted with an issue like this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.119.230.223 (talk) 10:06, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The questions are roughly as follows:

Are you aware of what is about to happen?
Are you certain you are aware of what is about to happen?
Do you want to be administered a lethal dose of medicine?

I will update this when I can refer to my notes

Source: Deliverance machine is on display at MONA, Hobart. MacMacca'sDeepFryerKid (talk) 22:15, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal

The articles Suicide bag and Euthanasia device are very similar in subject and partly copies of each other. I suggest to merge these two into Euthanasia device. Night of the Big Wind _talk 11:40, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanatron

Uhm. With two deaths administered by the device, how can there be a "usually"?

Two deaths were assisted by means of this device, which delivered the euthanizing drugs mechanically through an IV. ... Death usually occurred within two minutes.

Wassermelone89 (talk) 19:44, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree it is a bit odd. With two cases, it is none, one, or two. Half, all or both are also valid possibilities. Most can only mean both, which is also all. Why beat around the bush? Just say both times. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 10:51, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Copy edits and clarification.

I have made some edits to clarify some vague and misleading text on the physiological effects of helium and nitrogen that are well known, recorded and common knowledge to technical and commercial divers. This is not the first time I have corrected this article, and on previous occasions I have been reverted for no good reason. If you want to improve the content, make sure that the changes are technically correct and actually improve the reader's understanding. Bear in mind that a source is not necessarily always clear, accurate, or even correct, and we should not make inaccurate or nonsensical claims just because the source says something ambiguous and the editor does not understand the topic well enough to express it better. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 11:04, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]