Opt out of the hivemind.

[Roomba]

I think the idea behind the suicide lock is that there are a variety of items/surroundings that end up gibbing/erasing your body. The original implementation was due to everyone rushing for the owl mask upon hearing of a ling so that if they ever got absorbed, they could hootgib and deny the ling their DNA points as a final fuck you.

Definitely agree with being able to leave the hive mind though, it was a major part of the original proposal and I always wondered why it was never implemented.