Hold your wee for a Wii.

[Airwalker]

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/too-high-a-price-for-a-wii/

It's a rather sad story no? A woman died of water intoxication while trying to score a Wii for her kids in a radio contest.

I think that on top of any lawsuit, the Radio Station should give her family a Wii as a symbolic gesture. It's a silly thing to give your life for, but that's what she ended up doing--it would be sad to see one of her last wishes not held up.

[Arek the Absolute]

You know what makes that more sad? Stupid shit like this always goes down in central California, and this just makes us look worse.
For the record, the only real central californian station anyone should listen to, is 98.5. The rest do these stupid contests all the fucking time.

[Kitsuta]

That really, really sucks. :(

Really retarded contest btw. I'm a bit disappointed that the article didn't focus a bit more on the radio station and whether or not they've done contests like this in the past.

[Gamelore]

You know what makes that more sad? Stupid shit like this always goes down in central California, and this just makes us look worse.
For the record, the only real central californian station anyone should listen to, is 98.5. The rest do these stupid contests all the fucking time.

107.9.... ugh. Apparently, the stupidity runs deeper than their choice of music.

[Arek the Absolute]

Indeed, my friend, indeed.

[Ninja-san]

How could the radio station even hold this contest without knowing the consequences? People will do anything especially in this case. The woman also could have avoided it but it's a chance of making her kids happy.
All in all the story is extremely depressing and will probably be in the news for a while.

[Neonlare]

Damn it, after nearly a year of lurking, I'm forced to come back into activity.

You can't get toxicated by your urine because it's sterile, and surely she'd wash her hands none-the-less, sounds like a hoax to me.

[EDIT]

Wait, ignore that, I read it wrong. Silly woman.

(Goes back into hiding)

[Airwalker]

Damn it, after nearly a year of lurking, I'm forced to come back into activity.

You can't get toxicated by your urine because it's sterile, and surely she'd wash her hands none-the-less, sounds like a hoax to me.

Huh? You mean her condition? It's called Water Intoxication (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication). It's much more common in athletes who drink too much water and sweat too much. She diluted the sodium in her body too much and so her internal organs started to swell. It's a really nasty way to die, and very serious.

[Arek the Absolute]

Damn it, after nearly a year of lurking, I'm forced to come back into activity.

You can't get toxicated by your urine because it's sterile, and surely she'd wash her hands none-the-less, sounds like a hoax to me.

[EDIT]

Wait, ignore that, I read it wrong. Silly woman.

(Goes back into hiding)

Ahah, you do that.

[The Vagrance]

Its really sad the extremeties people will go to for video games.

[Petara]

An unnecessary, painful death caused by on overdose water... That just sucks. So, video game consoles apparently have the ability to make people murder their infant child (the xbox incident) and commit suicide. Soon, fanboys will, literally, be at each other's throats in what will soon be the real Console War. Stay tuned

[Revion]

It's not good that someone would put another person in a position in which they could get water poisoning, but at the same time, one needs to take care of themselves and make sure it doesn't happen.

[The Mac Attack]

Although this is a very unfortunate circumstance for the woman and her family, I am somewhat glad that most places covering this story aren't treating it like the situation where the young boy electrocuted himself. In both circumstances the gaming system had little responsibility for the outcome, so it's nice to see it's not getting the blame this time.

Very tragic though.

[Less Ashamed Of Self]

I heard a similar story one time about an intoxicated teen... she was unable to realize JUST how much water she had drunken...

Anyway...

yeah...

definitely wins the most-humourous-and-exciting-thread-title-followed-by-the-most-depressing-content award.

[The Damned]

Already mentioned in the Wii thread. I know, because I put it there myself last week.

[Fire in the Hole]

Already mentioned in the Wii thread. I know, because I put it there myself last week.

It deserves its own thread because it has far broader implications than "zomglol she wanted a wee really bad" kk?

[The Damned]

No! Only I Can Post This Story! I Brought It To You! Only Me!

EDIT: WTF? No all caps? God damn it. There goes my entire "yelling real loud to show sarcastic tone" post.

[Fire in the Hole]

No! Only I Can Post This Story! I Brought It To You! Only Me!

EDIT: WTF? No all caps? God damn it. There goes my entire "yelling real loud to show sarcastic tone" post.

it's pretty obvious anyway imo

[The Author]

Another dihydrogen monoxide related death, when will people learn? (http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html)

[Fire in the Hole]

Another dihydrogen monoxide related death, when will people learn? (http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html)

Hopefully as soon as they learn to stop breathing such large quantities of N2.

[The Damned]

You know that stuff corrodes metals, right? Think what it must do to your stomach!

[DarkeSword]

Seen this kind of thing happen before. Hopefully people will learn something about the dangers of overconsumption.

[The Damned]

Anything taken in large enough amounts can kill you. But no one has ever heard of someone dying from drinking lots of water. I'm not surprised that people see this incident as strange.

[DarkeSword]

Actually, I have. Something like this happened a few months ago. It was part of some fraternity initiation; they made this guy drink tons and tons of water to see how much he could drink, and he ended up dying.

[Xelebes]

Sorry about editing the thread title.... stupid mod powers....

[Yoshi3gg]

Actually, I have. Something like this happened a few months ago. It was part of some fraternity initiation; they made this guy drink tons and tons of water to see how much he could drink, and he ended up dying.

This happened at CSU Chico, which is only a few hours from Sacramento. The radio station seriously should've known better.

[Arek the Absolute]

[10:01:20 PM] Arek says: watching a reporrt on hold your wee for a wii
[10:01:21 PM] Arek says: cause
[10:01:25 PM] Arek says: it was a local occurance
[10:01:26 PM] Arek says: -_-
[10:01:29 PM] Atmuh says: this was the craziest first 4 hours ive seen
[10:01:30 PM] Atmuh says: oh
[10:01:31 PM] Arek says: it happend here
[10:01:34 PM] Atmuh says: how local?
[10:01:41 PM] Arek says: about 20 minutes from mmy house local
[10:01:51 PM] Atmuh says: wowza

and ya, that other thing happened at chico
STOP DOING STUPID SHIT YOU FGTS YOU ARE MAKING CENTRAL CALI LOOK REATARDED D:

[KWarp]

[10:01:20 PM] Arek says: watching a reporrt on hold your wee for a wii
[10:01:21 PM] Arek says: cause
[10:01:25 PM] Arek says: it was a local occurance
[10:01:26 PM] Arek says: -_-
[10:01:29 PM] Atmuh says: this was the craziest first 4 hours ive seen
[10:01:30 PM] Atmuh says: oh
[10:01:31 PM] Arek says: it happend here
[10:01:34 PM] Atmuh says: how local?
[10:01:41 PM] Arek says: about 20 minutes from mmy house local
[10:01:51 PM] Atmuh says: wowza

and ya, that other thing happened at chico
STOP DOING STUPID SHIT YOU FGTS YOU ARE MAKING CENTRAL CALI LOOK REATARDED D:
Come back to SoCal d00d.

[kamoh]

Dude...Arek...

Central California IS retarded. You should know that by now.

Especially the radio stations *vaunted sense of broadcaster overimportance based on regional affiliation and disc-jockey status*

[Rek'rap Mas]

Actually, I have. Something like this happened a few months ago. It was part of some fraternity initiation; they made this guy drink tons and tons of water to see how much he could drink, and he ended up dying.

Alot of the deaths related to taking Ectasy is due to being given too much water to fight of the dehydration

[Raziellink]

We even got this in our headlines over here in Europe.

Poor kids...

[Arek the Absolute]

Dude...Arek...

Central California IS retarded. You should know that by now.

Especially the radio stations *vaunted sense of broadcaster overimportance based on regional affiliation and disc-jockey status*

Because KMEL and whatever stupid stations down in the bay are SOOOO much better /sarcasm
ah who am i kidding of course they are

[CC Ricers]

Here's an audio recording from the radio station with the DJs talking about the contest before it took place.

http://www.sacbee.com/static/newsroom/kdndslides/

One DJ speculates that they will throw up the water eventually.
Another basically says "Your body is 98% water, why can't you take in as much as you want?"

They probably a imagined water drinking contest to be the same as those eating lots of solid food, which is the most likely reason they didn't hesitate to hold the event.

[Doulifée]

what nest? a pee for a pee essse three..?

is it too hard for people to know that excess of everything is dangerous from water to oxygen?

[Effef]

I saw something about this today on CNN. I have no idea who it was, but there was this analyst guy on and he said something to the order of: "This was a popular radio station for teens. My daughter listens to it. Now since this happened, you are going to have copycats trying to do this."

How retarded can you be. Even the most suicidal kid will just use a knife. Nobody is going to bother holding in a piss and drinking too much.

Another reason i hate mainstream television news.

[Airwalker]

Here's an audio recording from the radio station with the DJs talking about the contest before it took place.

http://www.sacbee.com/static/newsroom/kdndslides/

One DJ speculates that they will throw up the water eventually.
Another basically says "Your body is 98% water, why can't you take in as much as you want?"

They probably a imagined water drinking contest to be the same as those eating lots of solid food, which is the most likely reason they didn't hesitate to hold the event.

That was rather disturbing listening to them talk like that.

[anthonium]

Sad way to go...could you imagine the guilt those kids will carry the rest of their lives? That's gotta suck.

Anyway apparently 5 djs and 5 other staff members were fired because of the incident according to this article and others that can be easily found on google news:

http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/8725/52/

[Airwalker]

Sad way to go...could you imagine the guilt those kids will carry the rest of their lives? That's gotta suck.

Anyway apparently 5 djs and 5 other staff members were fired because of the incident according to this article and others that can be easily found on google news:

http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/8725/52/

They'd be lucky if it ended there.

[Bahamut]

http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=:ePkh8BM9EwLbwQq0w4AVYguQXWLAgs8eI4ELj-yuL60r2cTfXmLGHtW5BABtNg8x/4-1-0&fp=45b17f25d42cac18&ei=BzCxRfLdKbn6sAGYsvm0BQ&url=http%3A//news.com.com/Family%2bsues%2bradio%2bstation%2bin%2bWii%2bconte st%2bdeath/2100-1047_3-6151589.html&cid=1112701123

Family sues the radio station.

[The Damned]

For anyone that is interested in reading the paperwork, click here (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0125073wii1.html).

Notice the lack of "Nintendo" anywhere in the complaint. Either they realized that Nintendo isn't at fault, or they're just waiting for the first lawsuit to go through.

[Darth Lime]

I heard about this. Seriously, who would do that? Yes it's sad but also its pretty stupid to hold it in for a Wii. Just wait a few months when stores get more in stock and you'll be fine.

[Airwalker]

I heard about this. Seriously, who would do that? Yes it's sad but also its pretty stupid to hold it in for a Wii. Just wait a few months when stores get more in stock and you'll be fine.

I'm sure to her it seemed no more harmful than a pie-eating contest. Plus it was free.

Unfortunately, it's not common knowledge that too much water can kill a person.



Edit: Too bad Nintendo didn't call it a Wie... maybe a harmless pie eating contest would have taken place instead. I always knew the name "Wii" was a bad idea. (But a good product!!!)