Cut off your primary arm to free yourself, or risk death waiting for help that may not come?

[Deleted member 4372]

Let's say you are lost out in the wilderness, but not so far away from civilization that a rescue party wouldn't have a reasonable chance to find you.

You are lost, and your arm is stuck. You can't move. And it's the arm that you use to write.

Do you cut off your own arm in order to free yourself, or do you risk dying in any assortment of ways while waiting for help that may not come?

Make your choice and explain yourself.

I would wait for help. I don't think I'd be able to cut off my primary arm. I am right handed and can barely use my left hand to hold a fork much less manipulate a saw blade while severing my own appendage.

 

[Midramble]

I'd probably wait around say 127 hours for help.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

wait and trust the system

 

[Blackjaw]

Later arm

 

[Fat4all]

slowly eat my arm until it falls off, then look for help

 

[hydrophilic attack]

it's possible to vote for both options

is that for "cut off my arm, then die"?

 

[Theswweet]

If my arm was that stuck, it would lose circulation and die eventually anyways...

 

[Deleted member 1726]

I'd probably wait around say 127 hours for help.

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Lol

 

[How About No]

If it's my wanking arm, I can't just kill my partner like that

 

[Panther2103]

I think I would probably wait until the last possible second before cutting off my own arm, because I don't want to do that and have help show up minutes later.

 

[infinitebento]

cut it off and hope i die quicker

 

[GARlock Spiral]

Death, easily. Living longer just isn't worth the effort and whatever speeds up the process is absolutely welcome.

 

[Officer Big Mac]

Most people here would die from blood loss if they miraculously managed to cut it off.

 

[Theswweet]

...is everyone itt ok?

 

[Figgles]

If it's my wanking arm, I can't just kill my partner like that

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Who wanks with their primary arm? That one is used to control the phone.

 

[How About No]

Who wanks with their primary arm? That one is used to control the phone.

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WOW WAY TO GET OFF TOPIC

But yes this is correct

EDIT didn't see "primary" in the title

 

[Deleted member 19003]

I'd wait quite a while before resorting to cutting of my arm. Might even die before that because I doubt I have the mental fortitude or strength to actually go through with it.

 

[Volimar]

I'd probably wait. Otherwise you risk cutting your arm off and dying after going into shock or from blood loss before you find help anyway.

 

[Hexa]

I wouldn't be able to cut my arm off if my life depended on it. I'm incredibly squeamish. I'd faint as soon as I'd start trying.

 

[itwasTuesday]

So I have a saw?

 

[Toxi]

How far would I have to walk to find someone?

Most people here would die from blood loss if they miraculously managed to cut it off.

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You could make a tourniquet, which is what Aron Ralston did when he cut off his arm while mountain climbing.

 

[Verelios]

Who wanks with their primary arm? That one is used to control the phone.

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That's chump league. Using your feet is how to get into the big leagues.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

op, after reading each reply:

 

[Deleted member 4372]

So I have a saw?

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No that's my saw.

 

[Wetwork]

I'd pass out once I hit bone, then die of blood loss

 

[Chan]

Isn't this a Simpsons episode?

 

[ArgyleReptile]

What implements will I have to cut off my arm?

 

[grang]

Yeah I wouldn't be able to go through with cutting off a limb. I'd sooner figure out a way to off myself quickly.

 

[Officer Big Mac]

What implements will I have to cut off my arm?

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A rusty butter knife.

 

[Zok310]

Cant remember i write anything, i type and text pretty good with my left hand and thumb.
Not gonna die for a limb.....chop, chop.

 

[ArgyleReptile]

A rusty butter knife.

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I'm sure somebody will come along sooner or later

 

[Vagabond]

If you cut your own arm off you better find help QUICK or you're dead anyway lol. You would die within minutes and if someone is within a couple minutes of you after you cut your arm off and didn't help you they are just an asshole because they had to have been within earshot.

 

[Atlagev]

I mean, if you're *guaranteed* survival, obviously cut off your arm. But I think I would probably bleed out. I don't know how to safely amputate my arm.

 

[Toxi]

So I have a saw?

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You could technically cut off an arm with something as dull as a butter knife.

You just have to first snap your own arm bones so they don't get in the way.

 

[mbpm]

Is an arm cut off actually guaranteed survival?

I think there's some blood in there right

 

[Dyle]

Definitely not, if I cut off my own arms, then I can't cut off my friend's legs when they ask

 

[Sordid Plebeian]

I don't know how to do that shit without dying

 

[J-Tier]

I'd probably die trying to cut my arm off for sure. So I'd die either way.

 

[Yourfawthaaa]

Id wait.

Because once you hit the nerve, I'd go into shock and die for blood loss.

 

[Deleted member 3010]

A rusty butter knife.

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I'll wait.

 

[Officer Big Mac]

I'll wait.

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Everyone go get your tetanus booster

 

[Deleted member 4372]

Is an arm cut off actually guaranteed survival?

I think there's some blood in there right

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Nowhere do I say it's guaranteed survival if you cut off your own arm. Only doing so frees you from whatever nature bondage you're suffering.

 

[watwatwat]

We can't move, but can we talk? Hey, Siri..

 

[Vee]

I'd just die, drawing is the thing that brings me the most joy in my life and i dont think i could cope

 

[Deleted member 4372]

We can't move, but can we talk? Hey, Siri..

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Finally someone decides to use their goddamn smart phone.

 

[Deleted member 14735]

There's no way I'd be able to cut off my arm, so guess that'd be it for me.

 

[gutter_trash]

I chose death over living without an arm

 

[Toxi]

You could technically cut off an arm with something as dull as a butter knife.

You just have to first snap your own arm bones so they don't get in the way.

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Whoops, my bad, you still need something to deal with the tendons.

 

[Techno]

I would cut my arm off like Guts.

I'd probably wait around say 127 hours for help.

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Cheeky git.

 

[t26]

Finally someone decides to use their goddamn smart phone.

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Don't think you are getting signal out in the wilderness