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. 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?

[Fire in the Hole]

Another dihydrogen monoxide related death, when will people learn?

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....