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psychoBrew on 31 October 2009
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ph4nt said:
psychoBrew said:
ph4nt said:
Wow, 16 million for some idiot not knowing when to go to the bathroom.

It was her own stupidity that led to her death, not the radio contest. She should of stopped when she couldn't go any longer.

If I died in a "see how long can stay burried in snow" contest because I was too stupid to get out when I couldn't handle it, I wouldn't expect 16 million dollars, I would expect to be called an idiot, just like this woman.


Drinking too much water will kill you even if you do use the bathroom.  It's called water poisoning.  Basically, your water to salt/electrolyte ratio drops so much that your brain can't send electrical signals needed to keep you going. 

You wouldn't have a contest where whoever can take the most cyanide wins.

They do have those contests, and they are called cults. And those people are also idiots!

And I know what water poisoning is, your body has failsafes to prevent you from doing something stupid like that to kill yourself. It's funny. huamns are so "smart" that they can ignore there body telling them to STOP, thus being stupid, how ironic. so smart you are stupid! When you get cramps your body is telling you you are workign too hard, and your body thinks "hey, I'm going to make this part of you hurt like hell so you stop doing it!" and usually it works, unless you are a dumbass and keep pushing yourself. That lady knew when she had drank too much, you will start to feel terrible, and she didn't stop. Maybe the radio should have had medical staff ready, for all we know there could have been, I don't know, but even if there weren't any I still think the lawsuit is dumb.

Kind of like a fat person with heart problems riding a rollercoaster and geting a heart attack and the family sueing the park because he died on their ride. HELLO you have heart problems! don't go on the intense stuff! not the theme parks problem, they even have those little warning signs before you get on.

The only time I see a lawsuit being perfectly ok is when the company / organization is clearly at fault. For example a train derailing (unless it's caused by something like an earthquake), a latter breaking, a support failing, etc. But when it's your own damn fault, I don't care at all.


And the leaders of those cults are arrested and sued.  Are you saying the leaders should get off scott free?  Runners experience intense pain, their bodies tell them to stop, but they keep going.  Do you think they are idiots?  And even if they are idiots, people who have below average intelligence are a fact of life and shouldn't be manipulated by an idiotic contest that attracts idiotic people.  Don't tell me you've never had a momentary lapse of judgement where you do something idiotic either -- it happens to everyone.  Add to that the spirit of competition, and you have a recipe for disaster.

There are normally warnings for people with heart conditions wherever there are rollercoasters.  There weren't any warnings for the contest.