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Breathing in an inert gas is easier and much safer than injecting something into your body.

• timschmidt 1y ago
  Xenon acts like an anesthetic so it's possible to OD on.
  • robertlagrant 1y ago
    True, but they did it ahead of time in a controlled way.
    • nssnsjsjsjs 1y ago
      In a hospital with an anaesthesiologist?
      • pixl97 1y ago
        Anesthetic gasses are applied in a lot of environments outside of hospitals.
      • robertlagrant 1y ago
        > In a hospital with an anaesthesiologist? Well, from the article: > The men wore masks hooked up to ventilators as an anesthesiologist slowly introduced higher levels of xenon into their systems. The doctor named in the article seems to be[0] the head of the Department of Anesthesiology at Limburg hospital. [0] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Fries-3 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Fries-3
• CGMthrowaway 1y ago
  Epo injections are safe and effective, and side effects are very rare and usually mild
• meindnoch 1y ago
  Casually breathing in an anaesthetic gas for prolonged periods is easier and much safer than injecting a widely used medicine? Are you out of your mind?
  • elif 1y ago
    When you put it that way it sounds like something you'd hear from a hippie crack user
  • _joel 1y ago
    yea, thinking about it I've been inhaling too much Xenon myself...
• alariccole 1y ago
  It’s inert, how bad could it be? /s