If you're fascinated by the Euthanasia Coaster just like us then finding out exactly when the riders pass away will draw you even further into the absurdity of this experience.
Like a burning car it's really hard to look away from the Euthanasia Coaster, as this horrific fairground ride created by Julijonas Urbonas has captured the macabre interest of many.
You can go ahead and watch the simulation on TikTok, which reveals not only the track itself but also the effects of the ride on a prospective participant, but it's illuminating to learn the exact moment that the coaster does its job.
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Having previously been the director of a theme park, Urbonas decided to create this coaster that would allow its participants to end their lives humanely, and 'with elegance and euphoria'.
The process of that involves a 500m drop, speeds of up to 223 miles per hour, and seven consecutive loops - all across a stretch of 1,600ft that's over in around a minute.
Urbonas explains that the ride induces various experiences: "From euphoria to thrill, and from tunnel vision to loss of consciousness, and, eventually, death." Not what you'd usually want from a theme park ride.
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There is an exact point at where you're likely to die when upon the ride though, and Urbonas has explained the process in an interview with ZANDLAND:
"No or little blood is left in the upper part of your body, and what happens when there is no or little blood in your brain is that your brain starts to suffocate, it starts to produce all kinds of weird experiences that are usually accompanied with euphoria, or extreme pleasure."
He also alludes to the "slow, slow wobbly movement" as the coaster climbs the 500 meter-high ramp, as "it would provoke you to think about your decision really seriously."
The technical term for this experience is cerebral hypoxia, in which the brain is starved of oxygen.
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Perhaps the most intriguing aspect is that it doesn't provide an 'instant' death - unless you experience a heart attack due to the drop - and instead you'll be treated to the supposed euphoria of strange visions intermittently with G-LOC (g-force loss of consciousness) before you pass away.
One aeronautic engineer has proposed that there is a way to survive the experience - which wouldn't be without any side effects, of course, but we're not sure that it'd be worth it outside of bragging rights.
Urbonas has reiterated that the Euthanasia Coaster is simply a concept meant to provoke conversation, and has no plans to build it beyond a scale model:
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"In a way this project is not a particular suggestion, but rather an initiation to discuss new ways of looking at death and death rituals... This project invites you to think how can we adjust, acclimatize death rituals to the contemporary, secular times?"
There's no denying that it has sparked both conversation and deliberation, as many remain both entranced and horrified by the concept, whether it remains 'euphoric' or not.
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