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Pretty harsh question.

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Well, you didn't specify how eating would kill you, and it won't do it by itself, so chances are that you'd live longer, though it would be debatable if that's a good thing or not. If you've never seen an animal gorge itself, you might not think over eating is a big deal, but it can be agonizing under the right circumstances. Draw that out over time with the inevitable vomiting occurs between bouts of stuffing yourself, and you're slowly losing any ability to digest things right, and the months you would last could be hell.

Starvation is pretty unpleasant in itself, though. Even fasting for short spans can be painful and stressful beyond the hunger itself. The hunger goes away after a while. Starving to death can take weeks.

Seriously, even people with Prader-Willi can't stuff themselves so full as to die only from eating. It's long term issues that give them trouble.

But being forced to constantly eat, while your body ends up vomiting from it, only to have to go at it again, that's pretty horrible.

You'd have your teeth eroding faster from the constant use and effects of acids. The mucus production in your digestive tract couldn't keep up, which ain't going to be fun. The constant pressure in the belly is painful too. I'm really not sure his long a person would last with everythinggoing on, but people have survived years binging and purging.

I think I I'd take starvation since its passive. I know it would take a long time and a terrible death yes. But force feeding feels like torture.

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Eat until I die please, as long as I get to pick the food.

[–] Lacanoodle@literature.cafe 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What you eating? Can't be a carby thing. Pizza sounds terrible to die eating.

[–] BanjoShepard@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

If I have to eat to the death, I'm going-pan fried steak for dinner, tiramisu for dessert, and a very quick acting poisonous plant for second dessert.

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna go full-carb and pick (assuming I can't just change what I'm eating) penne alla vodka, 99% because it's good, but also 1% because penne has holes, so even if I get force fed the food I don't die by suffocating (probably).

[–] Lacanoodle@literature.cafe 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Suffocation would probably be the better way to go man 😭

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would personally rather have my stomach blow out catastrophically than suffocate. Maybe.

[–] Lacanoodle@literature.cafe 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sir I do not understand you

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago

I don't understand me either

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Eat for sure, though neither would be pleasant.

[–] Rottcodd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Starve.

I really don't care much for eating in the first place - I mostly do it because my body demands it.

And I hate the feeling of being full.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh god, that's a tough one.I don't know what either would feel like, except exceptionally bad. I'm going to go with eat, just because it would be faster.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You sure? You would need to eat until you explode inside and like die from organ damage 😳

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but death by starvation is pretty damn harrowing too. The real fun only starts on day three, apparently, and just a day and a half or whatever I've done sucked hard.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah me too, tried to fast for a day, and was already going insane, so much energy, walking around nervous and crazy.

But I would choose that over dying from internal bleeding because you explode...

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

We get to have a drink with our meal correct? Ill take a long island iced tea to pair with my ribeye steak. Okay, ten long island iced teas. Maybe more, but thats one way to speed up the process.

[–] Didros@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Starvation would be the easier option by far, as long as you can endure mild to severe discomfort for a long time. This would be my choice. You are hungry the first day or two, then your body shifts gears and works to preserve you as best it can.

If you can't stand prolonged suffering, then picking eating to death and choosing something quick like lit dynamite would probably be the play.

Unless you really love food and wanna go out that way. Sounds horrible to try to eat more when your esophagus has food piled up in it.

[–] Didros@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

Assuming you still receive water. No water would make that death by dehydration. Which would suck a whole lot.