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PLEASE read this before doing what you're planning. I know it's quite long, but I really want to help you make the best decision here.

Have you considered dressing like a monk, and carrying around cards you've printed out that explain you've taken a vow of silence? You could become a real monk and actually take such a vow, or you could just fake it. Either way would be preferable to cutting out your tongue. And if your family doesn't believe you, so what? You can explain that you actually have a phobia of speaking to them (through written text if necessary), or not. Either way, they'll still think better of you than if you follow through with cutting your tongue out.

(It would be even easier to carry cards that say "I am mute" or "I have a phobia of speaking," but you seem to have convinced yourself that you need some sort of excuse, which is why I'm suggesting the vow. If you can find the courage to be honest, then do so, but I'm guessing that might be a bit much for a first step, given that you're planning to chop your tongue off to avoid such honesty.)

In the long term, you should go to a therapist, and work out your fear of speaking. I highly recommend Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy. Check out the book "Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy" to get started by yourself. I know, the title sounds like some bullshit self-help book, but trust me, it's legit.

However, in the short term, it sounds like you're obviously desperate for an immediate solution, so I'd highly suggest you try mine.

Think about your favorite food in the world. Do you really want to take your ability to taste it, and anything else, and flush it down the toilet forever? Do you really want to lose the ability to speak, or French kiss, or anything else we do with our tongues, if it turns out there's a cure for your phobia of speaking? (And there is; I just linked it to you.)

If you're afraid of speaking, the problem that you truly want to fix isn't that you have a tongue—it's that you're afraid of speaking. I know that it's tempting to take the "easy" solution, and that the mere thought of going to therapy and practicing talking is probably absolutely terrifying to you. But here's the thing: there's nothing wrong with being terrified. Phobias are scary by their very definition. And that's not even a bad thing. A novel would be boring without some obstacle for the main character to try and overcome. We all have our obstacles. Your obstacle is not your own tongue. Your obstacle is whatever warped thoughts you are having that make your tongue seem like it is the obstacle, and that make cutting out your tongue seem preferable to having to speak to people. You can fix those warped thoughts.

> "Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them." -Epictetus

You are not disturbed by your tongue. You are not disturbed by other people expecting you to speak to them. You are disturbed by the views which you have taken of these things.

I know it's hard, man. I'm not exactly the epitome of perfect mental health myself. But the future you that seduces and kisses the partner of your dreams is just as much of a real possibility as the future you that has no tongue, even if it seems like that's impossible. And while it won't be easy to develop your social skills, trust me when I say that it'll be a hell of a lot easier than living without a tongue.

But if I can't convince you to do the hard part right away, then don't. Take that vow of silence, or fake one. That vow will be as permanent or as temporary as you want it to be. A month, a year, or fifty years from now, you might want to give it up, and you can. Or you might want to keep it, and continue to never talk to anyone, and you'll have that option as well. Take or fake that vow, and every future You will always have that freedom of choice. Cut your tongue out and flush it down the toilet, and none of them will. Maybe the You that starts the guillotine is okay with not having a tongue, but that You will stop existing when that present become the past. The only You that actually exists is the one reading the sentence right now. And now, that You has permanently vanished from existence, and a slightly different You is reading this sentence. You can decide to take a vow of silence for current You, but please allow me to speak on the behalf of every single future You when I ask you to not force each and every one of them to live without a tongue, from the You that's in intense pain and bleeding profusely from their mouth; to the You that misses being able to taste that dish Mom used to make when she wanted to cheer you up, but now she never bothers because she knows it will just make you feel worse; to the You that's lived an entire life without a tongue and is now about to die. You deserve the right to be able to choose to not speak to people—every You deserves that right. Please, let them make that choice for themselves. I know you will find this very hard to believe at the moment, but trust me: they will thank you.

If you've gotten this far and you're still insistent on cutting it out, at least eat the feast of your dreams first, while you can still enjoy it. Carefully observe the flavors, textures, and sensations as best you can—because if you do go through with your plan, your memories of what it's like to taste food will be the best you've got. Reflect upon whether or not that's a fair and reasonable price to pay for an excuse to not talk to people, after your last spoonful of your ice cream sundae.

need is very hard to prove. it's hard enough to show that it's a vital thing for humans.

however, there are critters that are known to masturbate in a recognizable way. both varieties of chimp, dolphins, other primates and supposedly dogs.

now, the bonobo chimp is much more known for their sexual behavior and it is certainly a huge part of their social structure. they're not just close to humans genetically, their sexual behaviors mirror ours very closely. enough so that I would call their masturbation a necessary part of their life.

but the more standard chimp also masturbates. and it seems to fill a similar role as their smaller cousins and ourselves.

all species of ape have been observed masturbating, depending on exactly how tightly you define it. ejaculation isn't always involved for males, and orgasm isn't always visible if it's happening for females. but the behavior is there.

the same can be said of pretty much all the monkeys as well.

so for primates, I feel confident in saying yes, they do need to masturbate and appear to enjoy it.

dolphins are hard to peg down. without hands, their masturbation isn't what we would normally recognize as such. but they do engage in auto erotic behaviors. they'll also pretty much hump anything they want to lol. is it masturbation? I'd say so. it seems to be done for pleasure and can involve orgasm/ejaculation. I exclude their habit of trying to have sex with other species and only invoked the "humping"of inanimate objects. I've heard that some professionals consider their proclivity to hump other animals a form of masturbation rather than a true sexual attempt though.

dogs though. they're more difficult. the behavior seems to be limited to males for one thing. and it's pretty much oral only and doesn't involve ejaculation. there's also no conclusive way to say it's done for pleasure, and it doesn't involve ejaculation. so, is it masturbation? myself, I say no. but there's disagreement about that even among real experts.

beyond that, there's a few types of avians that seem to do things that might be masturbation. I haven't seen any research into that part of things though.

if you check out Biologic Exuberance you'll find some info on masturbation like behaviors. it's not the actual purpose of the book, but it covers some relevant data.

as far as I know, there aren't any easily accessible books on the subject as a whole. you'd have to dig for publications by specialists doing studies on the various genera and species. it's out there to be sure, but it's almost always buried under other information. masturbation isn't really something that most scientists are going to put forward as a significant data point when they publish. so you'll find maybe a line or two where they mention genital self stimulation and that's all.

I guess to sum up, I'd say that when a species does masturbate, it seems to be a fairly important part of their behaviors.

tl;dr 188km/h might do the trick, but possibly more.

I like answering these kinds of questions, but this is going to be very much an approximation (snowballs hate physics). I'll explain why near the end.

Assume a 5cm diameter snowball at a density of 300kg/m^3, which makes for a 157g snowball. Lets be generous and say that when we throw thing thing at someone's head, 50% of the impact energy is transfered (with the remainder being in the snowball breaking apart and flying off).

The impact energy would then be: E = 1/2 mv^2 * 0.5 = 1/2 * 0.157 * v^2 * 0.5.

And as a reference, lets use this 24 pounds/10.9kg anvil dropped from a height of 1 meter directly onto your head.

That anvil would have an impact energy of E = mgh = 10.9 * 9.81 * 1 = 107 Joules.

Equate that to our snowball impact energy, and solve for velocity:

v = sqrt(4E / m) = sqrt(4 * 107 / 0.157) = 52.2 m/s

So your snowball would need to somehow be doing roughly 188km/h to have the same effect as dropping that anvil on your head from a meter up (which, at best, might give you a really bad concussion).

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The problem with snowballs is that they are very variable, and like to break apart, and a lot depends on how you pack them and the quality of the snow you're using. The 188km/h figure is a ballpark estimate at best, and my suspicion is that a lethal snowball would need to be going faster than that. Which, I reiterate, is difficult to do, what with all this atmosphere in the way.

The Road is an excellent and pretty grim post apocalyptic book. Bonus excellent accompanying movie too.

I also found One by Conrad Williams to be exceptionally lacking in happiness which was awesome.

I used these on some scars on my neck and they worked pretty well. You basically put them over your scars like band-aids and the silicone on them fades and heals them. I only wore them for about a month, twelve hours a day and skipping some, but they made a pretty good difference on my scars.

OK, so here's a little something from our friends at Amazon: Natural Harvest: A collection of semen-based recipes.

You're welcome.

Sure, there's a Kindle edition. No, I'm not kidding.

Free ebook versions can be found here.

Gods, I love the internet.

Never. Nudity is not pornography.

For example, here's a book you can buy on Amazon, with pictures of naked girls and women age 0 to 100. The girl blowing bubblegum on the cover was, IIRC 14. It caused a bit of controversy when it came out of course, but it's perfectly legal.

>As a futuristic side note, they would now be able to add a cool mechanical hand to their body that would be able to shoot lasers and play the banjo.

A fun read on this premise
Machine Man (Vintage Contemporaries) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004J4X9YW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ttYhzbVFGVJMH

Well, Dahmer was homosexual, and his victims were all young men to whom he was physically attracted. Most of them were ethnically non-white; however, Dahmer did hold that race was not a factor and considering that his interest was primarily in corpses and bones that may be true. Regardless, he wasn’t robbing graves or mortuaries, but rather selecting men he found attractive and murdering them in order to have sexual contact with their dead bodies. Bundy had a clear preference for attractive young women with long dark hair. He was not exclusively or even primarily a necrophile, but he would often return to dump sites to groom and dress the corpses or engage in necrophilic acts. There's lots of books and articles written about both men; I would highly recommend this to anyone who is interested in the mindset of serial murderers.

As far as pedophiles go, this is an interesting book regarding the mindset of sexual predators. Again, it seems like many people with a sexual proclivity towards children have a "type"--i.e., girls in their early teens, or prepubescent boys, etc.

There's a book I have read on this exact topic that I would recommend.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucifixion-Jesus-Forensic-Inquiry/dp/1590770706


It goes into great detail of the physiological and biological processes that would have occurred in the historical Jesus' body during crucifixion (I'm not religious and it's not a religious book).

Not totally related but I will take this time to recommend the following book. Hits all of the morbidly curious angles I have

https://www.amazon.com/Dangling-Golden-Bridge-Narrow-Escapes/dp/0345349156

Good tips. How about 2 knives and special gloves

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SJCTSSC/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_NPi3DbWXZ0HGG

Is this a dumb idea? Of course other protective gear too.

Damn... As a writer myself, I really wish that guy had plead not guilty and fought for a precedent.

Because even classic literature can be CP

For more detail I highly recommend the book Working Stiff by Judy Melinek. She became a medical examiner in New York just before 9/11 and did a lot of work with the recovered bodies.

https://www.amazon.com/Working-Stiff-Bodies-Medical-Examiner/dp/1476727260

Yeah, I wouldn't want to cut into the fat layer. Just to like maybe barely reach it, or not even reach it. Never got stuck in a psych room, although I did (voluntarily) have a stay in 2 mental hospitals, which actually helped.

Yeah, that does seem pretty awesome. I never really got to use anything sharp, which is why I was asking. Started with one of these which I broke in half, moved to scissors, and then knives. Never got to using razor blades. So, I don't want to like actually get back into the habit, but I think a "one last" kind of thing with something actually sharp would be cool.

I did arms until in spite of my long sleeves, someone saw, then moved to thighs.

When you got to the fat layer, how much deeper did you go?

Fairly easy. There's a reason these are called what they are.

https://www.amazon.com/Rothco-8312-Commando-Wire-Saw/dp/B000WDPGW2

If you're interested, I read a book not so long ago that documented the author's struggles of living with a parent who was a hoarder. I picked it up for like 2 bucks at a random college's bookstore, but it's around 10 on amazon right now. It's called " Coming Clean " by Kimberly Rae Miller.

I mean..... https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Harvest-collection-semen-based-recipes/dp/1481227041