# Wii causes one death..... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 18, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254 "2007-01-18T14:12:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/1 "2007-01-18T14:12:14Z")
well actually it was water intoxication. > [@Fonque](#): > > We have been having a discussion in our office today about this article. > [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/18/america/NA-GEN-US-Water-Intoxication.php](http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/18/america/NA-GEN-US-Water-Intoxication.php) > > who is at fault, the radio station or the contestant. > For those that dont know, she entered a contest to win a Wii system for her kids. The contest consisted of drinking as much water as you can without going to the bathroom. She died of water intoxication. > > I personally feel the radio station is at fault for not informing the contestants about possible out comes. > > I saw this on the news last night and they replayed phone calls into the show of people warning about dying from this stunt and they ignored/laughed off those calls. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/2 "2007-01-18T14:14:59Z")
yeah, i heard about this. my mom would never do that for me. i wounder how the winner feels. ---
**Author:** ![tnick24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tnick24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tnick24)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/3 "2007-01-18T14:18:09Z")
that radio station is fubared ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/4 "2007-01-18T14:20:27Z")
i thought darwin was having a cosmo in DR with howie guess not huh ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/5 "2007-01-18T14:21:46Z")
**and the audio…** [http://www.sacbee.com/static/newsroom/kdndslides/](http://www.sacbee.com/static/newsroom/kdndslides/) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/6 "2007-01-18T14:22:21Z")
they were talking about that on O&A. They played a clip of the woman who died (obviously before she died… she was talking about not feeling very good). it was kind of chilling and yeah, that station is FUBAR… I guess an intern even said for her to go to the doctors or something as he knew that too much water can be fatal ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/7 "2007-01-18T14:23:58Z")
yep, they are fucked indifference leading to death = fucked ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/8 "2007-01-18T14:25:38Z")
Wii —\> Water Intoxication Incident… or Wii… as in nintendo wii…id imagine they signed a waiver… crazy that you could die from this… how much water did the contestant consume… over what period of time? ---
**Author:** ![AndyB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@AndyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AndyB)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/9 "2007-01-18T15:59:17Z")
you think they would have learned from the college kids that all got sued for the same thing. About 4 years ago a frat in upstate NY had one of their pledges die from water intoxication. They made the pledges drink as much water as possible and one died, same story, same ending. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/10 "2007-01-18T16:18:38Z")
What actually happens to the body to make you die? I saw “heart failure” but, why? What does the water do? ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/11 "2007-01-18T16:23:07Z")
same way alky kills you instead of “blood - alcohol content”, you have a high “blood -water content” water, just like alcohol, cannot carry oxygen like blood does, leading to the same drunk feeling, and after a certian point your blood cant carry enough oxygen to support life, and you life functions start to fail ---
**Author:** ![dreid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dreid/32/7388_2.png) [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/12 "2007-01-18T16:24:30Z")
i was just watching something, i guess she drunk 2 full gallons no idea how long tho. the 3 dj’s and 10 of the radio station employees are gone. the sad thing is that trich the head dj is cracking jokes and shit ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/13 "2007-01-18T16:27:52Z")
Yeah its a pretty shitty deal. Callers were warning the DJ’s of the risks prior to them starting the contest but they just brushed it off. They may be facing some pretty heavy charges now. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/14 "2007-01-18T17:49:53Z")
Just plain crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Samsara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Samsara](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Samsara)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/15 "2007-01-18T18:38:55Z")
> [@fastandcheap](#): > > i wonder how the winner feels. Id feel like million bucks, gotta hang with the big dogs if yur gonna win a wii, beeatch. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/16 "2007-01-18T18:50:23Z")
so, did anyone buy her kids a Wii? ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/17 "2007-01-18T19:03:06Z")
![http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1845000/images/_1845794_bootsy_300.jpg](http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1845000/images/_1845794_bootsy_300.jpg) uncle bootsy just don’t give a damn ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/18 "2007-01-18T19:09:48Z")
same thing happened to that kid adn the farternity a few years ago. they had to drink jugs of water and he ended up dying from too much water ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/19 "2007-01-18T19:13:58Z")
> [@AndyB](#): > > you think they would have learned from the college kids that all got sued for the same thing. About 4 years ago a frat in upstate NY had one of their pledges die from water intoxication. They made the pledges drink as much water as possible and one died, same story, same ending. uncle bootsy says ‘too layzie to read tha thread’ EDIT: ‘DAMN.’ ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254/20 "2007-01-18T19:17:33Z")
> [@HotRodKid](#): > > same way alky kills you > > instead of “blood - alcohol content”, you have a high “blood -water content” > > water, just like alcohol, cannot carry oxygen like blood does, leading to the same drunk feeling, and after a certian point your blood cant carry enough oxygen to support life, and you life functions start to fail Uh… not quite. Warning… SCIENCE AHEAD. When you drink to much water it lowers the electrolytes (particularly sodium) in your blood. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water\_intoxication](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication) Pretty scary that if you’re on a low sodium diet it can happen with as little as 1.8 liters of water. Gatoraid FTW. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wii-causes-one-death/23254.md?page=2)