[Edwina Lee]

Being nailed to a cross by the Romans was a torture which cause the victim to die of suffocation after 8 hours, alternating between suffocation from the arms raised and breathing from standing up.
May be this can be argued that suffocation is worse than being nailed to the cross?

[hamdani yusuf]

Being nailed to a cross by the Romans was a torture which cause the victim to die of suffocation after 8 hours, alternating between suffocation from the arms raised and breathing from standing up.
May be this can be argued that suffocation is worse than being nailed to the cross?

In what way that it's worse? Is it more painful? or induce pain in longer duration?

[vhfpmr]

nitrogen suffocation, a very modern phenomenon encountered far too often by MRI service engineers

Do they not carry oxygen monitors? AFAIK sewer workers at risk of the atmosphere being oxygen depleted carry monitors because they can easily pass out without ever realising there's a problem.

I think suffocation would beat the hell out of a lot of other ways to go.

I've had my heart stopped (deliberately with drugs) on a few occasions. That was no big deal, so it occurs that it might still not be if it continued until I lose consciousness.

What we need is a volunteer to try several methods of suicide, and tell us which was worst.

[Bored chemist]

... phenomenon encountered far too often...

They generally only encounter it once- at least on a first-person basis.
Granted, once is too often.

[Bored chemist]

"Why is suffocation horrible experience if it supposedly involves no pain in it?"
Fear.

[Petrochemicals]

I'm sorry if this is the wrong section to post this in. I'm not exactly sure where to actually put it, so feel free to move it if it is in the wrong section.

man, this is a long ass post

Warning: Long ass post and questions incoming.

just what i was thinking

Did you skim it or read every word in detail.

Skirt it for content and repetition.

[Edwina Lee]

Being nailed to a cross by the Romans was a torture which cause the victim to die of suffocation after 8 hours, alternating between suffocation from the arms raised and breathing from standing up.
May be this can be argued that suffocation is worse than being nailed to the cross?

In what way that it's worse? Is it more painful? or induce pain in longer duration?

Needless to say. Someone nailed to a cross would want a quick death. So one would try to endure the position of having the arms stretched hence extra painful together with the inability to breath in that position.
It would be an act of great suffering also to use the legs to push the body up to breath.
The choice is to suffer both can't breath + arms extended, or all three can't breath, arms extended + pain of pushing on leg.
So arguably, the can't breath is the motivator to choose to push on the legs, and hence can't breath is the greater suffering.