Jury awards $16.6 Million for death in Wii Radio contest

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psychoBrew said:

scruffybunny said:

Red4ADevil said:
Finaly the family can get the justice they deserve.

Finally the family can afford the Wii they deserve.

Insensitive joke aside, this woman, not a big brain in her head, but man she was willing to go through *anything* to get that Wii, which I assume was for her children that she loved dearly.

@phychoBrew
Its scary to think that between the radio station personnel and all the participants, nobody knew the dangers of holding back ones pee for that long. What happened to common sense?

To a degree.  I don't think it's common sense to think something as natural and needed as water could kill you.  Besides, there are eating contests all the time, so why not drinking contests (and I've been in my fair share of those, but it wasn't water we were drinking).  She didn't die from holding in her pee.

When you start puking, that's where the common sense should kick in, but between the water intoxication which was affecting her brain and the spirit of the competition, I can see this happening.  Some people hate to lose, and that's a natural emotion.  This isn't the first time somebody has died from a drinking (water) contest, and when there's a sponsored event, people are generally going to think it's safe.  If it were a group of friends that decided to do this on their own, I have a feeling the outcome would be different, but everything changes when strangers are watching you and you're in a competition.  Also, no doubt she psyched herself up for the contested and became determined to win no matter what.  That's what most people do before competing.  She was probably encouraged to kick some ass by those that are close to her as well, and unfortunately, got caught up in the moment.  Sometimes, that's human.

Besides, puking would take you out of the contet, so she didn't even puke.