what is worse death by burning or death by drowning?
462278
I have some concerns that you are asking this question...Are you in the process of chosing ?  I can't belive so many answered so uncompassionately...Please there are many you can talk to ....just reach out....go to a mental health clinic....They surely will help you...!!You really dont want to employ either method...God Bless...!!
570402
Nothing...unless you light a match, then...BOOM!  In the case of Oxygen and Hydrogen, you'll get pure water afterwards...that should put out the fire you just started :)\n(Not really)
335463
Whewwww, makes me hot and cold at the same time just thinking about it, good question though. Probably freezing, it would take longer but the idea of my flesh burning off is kind of disgusting. Guess the smoke from the fire would kill me first, but not factoring that into the equation.
440116
Jungle. It is much more dangerous.
227040
To my knowlege you can't survive more than 70% of your body being burned 2nd degree or worse.\n\nMy father was a firefighter and in 1968 he was trying to save a woman and her son.  At the worst possible moment she opened her door and caused a blast of heated air to hit my father square in the face.  His skin became like putty and to this day has a kind of clay sculpture look to it.  He became very sensitive to even mild irratants.  He was able to return to work though.
542299
burning occurs usually due to fire.,whereas scalding occurs due to hot liquids.
363579
death, usually by stoning I think.
738540
If you are really set on finding out. I would suggest you go for burning. This is due to the fact that it is rarely the actual burning that kills you, but the breathing in of smoke and fumes which kills you long before you roast. Interestingly enough, it was common in days when heretics were burned alive for them to have a small barrel of gunpowder tied round their neck which blew up and finished them off before the smoke/flames did.\n\nFreezing alive will take far, far, longer, until hypothermia sets in and sends you unconscious. Depends to some extent, of course, where you intend to get frozen and what you are wearing - in the butchers cabinet, or naked in the Antarctic, for example
338473
i wouldnt worry about that.  what you should be concerned with is the toxic gasses coming from the burning plastic.  you can literaly die from some of the more exotic stuff you could accidentally breathe in.
432689
better off dead as opposed to alive
422781
I believe the term is SHC or Spontaneous Human Combustion. And unfortunately its a myth. Yes people have been found burnt to death in circumstances where the bones have been turned to ash (which requires 2000deg Centigrade) whereas other parts of their bodies remain virtually intact. Seems highly improbable, doesn't it? \nWell, quite recent studies by "Fire Engineers" (People who study the reaction of fire in different circumstances.) have stated that this occurance though rare is actually scientifically quite possible when cirtain elements come together.\n\n1. You have to have a combustible material that will burn fast at a high temperature. (eg. perfume or other alcohol based substances)\n2. You have to have an element that will sustain this high degree combustion for over an extended time.(eg. certain types of fat_this also explains why the burns are contained in one area or do not move to others on a persons body.)\nAnd:\n3. You have to have a very unlucky accident. (eg.Getting to close to the fire, dropping a ciggarette on yourself....i.e. doing something close to fire that isn't supposed to be done......)\n\nThat's it. The people actually catch fire and burn very HOT very QUICKLY and the fire is CONTAINED IN A CERTAIN AREA.\n\nI hope that's been helpful.
922449
My guess:  This is most likely a case of homicide. Signs of drowning does not prove anything. The important clues is:\nThe subject was naked. Generally women always dress up before comitting suicide, to protect their modesty.
207722
The skin is water resistant and protects the cells from water. If left in the water for extremely long periods of time the cells will eventually absorb it and may burst (this depends on how abruptly this happens). With intact skin your kidneys and circulation can regulate your fluid pressure and solute concentrations quite efficiently and protect you effectively for a reasonably long period of time.\n\nAs a matter of fact, people with extensive burns do not die from the burns per se (which rarely damage internal organs) but from inability to maintain fluid homeostasis. They just lose too much water from their damaged skin into the atmosphere.
963082
worst case scenario....death.........
15388
Freeze by and far.  You body just shuts down (goes into shock) and everything stops.  There's a big difference between having your hands or feet be so cold you can't feel them to getting a burn on your hand or foot.  I imagine the difference is the same with freezing to death vs burning.
15441
Your body being burnt alive, while hung upside down by your feet, drowning with your head submerged in a bucket of alcohol!
187501
By drowning. It is the worst way to die. Slowly and painfully.