Man builds his own guillotine

[Bleak]

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Tyne/Wear | Guillotine death was suicide

A Northumberland made a guillotine in his bedroom, which he used to cut off his own head, an inquest heard.
Builder Boyd Taylor spent several weeks constructing the complex device at the home he shared with his father in the village of Milbourn, near Morpeth.

 

[Wrennie]

I always wanted to try using my garage door as a makeshift guillotine, but it has motion censors and won't fully close if it comes in contact with an object.

 

[Beer]

The lengths people have to go through to kill themselves when assisted suicide isn't an option. Kudos for this guy's creativity though

 

[OrcWitch]

The morbid part of me is like "fuck yeah", but it's sad he had to make a contraption instead of something more humane.

 

[Noctis]

The morbid part of me is like "fuck yeah", but it's sad he had to make a contraption instead of something more humane.

I know right? When I read that story, my first thought was "Man, that lucky bastard. I wish I was able to engineer something like that."

Unfortunately, until LEGO makes a guillotine set with instructions, I will probably never be able to build it.

 

[eryu]

I think this would be ideal if it were doable for me. I'd have to be very confident that it was built correctly.
I'd also only do it if I lived alone I think. Or if I could transport it somewhere else.
It seems like it would be very quick. The extreme pain lasting maybe a couple seconds (perhaps to fast to even register?).
The next best thing to a gun.
And it seems he'd set it to go off while he slept. Even better.

Really awful about his father finding him though.

 

[GentleJerk]

Monk 'decapitates HIMSELF hoping it will bring good luck in the afterlife'

A BUDDHIST monk beheaded himself with a DIY guillotine hoping it would bring him good luck in the afterlife, reports claim. Thammakorn Wangpreecha, 68, had been planning the bizarre ritual sacrific…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Chovyfan]

Seems like a pretty over the top way to do it though.

Surely there were easier methods available.

 

[Jaded Pear]

That is one hell of a way to go. It's a shame someone with such talent has left the world, but I have so much respect to his dedication and method. Makes me feel boring in comparison trying partial multiple times. If only I could try build a guillotine if I fail again.

 

[ThriveOrDie]

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Tyne/Wear | Guillotine death was suicide

I just read this story yesterday and thought about posting

 

[Depressed Cat]

This is what you get when fucking governments restrict/remove access to simple, painless and easy ways of committing suicide.

If N was easily available to this man, I'm sure he would have chosen it over such a gruesome method of CTB.

 

[No Unique Abilities]

Build a machine that would kill you after falling asleep, i'm too stupid even for this

 

[TheSoulless]

That's pretty brutal. Reminds me of someone on Reddit building a small guillotine to cut their tongue, so they couldn't speak anymore. And people continue to say life is good...