No Wee Wee For a Wii
I'm not a "toy" person and I don't have kids so have no clue what would drive someone to
do this:
I know everyone isn't up on every danger but what would possess someone to initiate a contest like this? It's stupid! It's ignorant! It's dumb! I'm sorry this woman is dead and that her children no longer have a mommy ... but, come on! EVERYONE who participated in this bears responsibility. That includes the deceased. These video games are going to be the death of society! (Is this the thing that people are playing so hard that the remotes become projectiles that break TVs)?
do this:
A U.S. sheriff opened an investigation Wednesday into the death of a 28-year-old woman who died after taking part in a California radio contest in which contestants had to drink as much water as possible.
Sacramento station KDND-FM has fired 10 staff members over Friday's competition, called "Hold your wee for a Wii," in which about 20 people tried to out-drink each other without going to the toilet to win a Nintendo Wii games console.
Jennifer Strange, 28, a mother of three, died from suspected water intoxication after coming second. She was reported to have drunk about seven quarts of water in a bid to win the Wii for her children.
After the contest she called in sick at work and was found dead at her home about five hours later.
Water intoxication, also known as hyperhydration or water poisoning, is potentially fatal and can cause irregular heartbeat, fluid in the lungs and swelling of the brain.
A spokesman for the station's parent company, Entercom/Sacramento, said 10 staff members, including several on-air DJs, had been fired over the incident.
I know everyone isn't up on every danger but what would possess someone to initiate a contest like this? It's stupid! It's ignorant! It's dumb! I'm sorry this woman is dead and that her children no longer have a mommy ... but, come on! EVERYONE who participated in this bears responsibility. That includes the deceased. These video games are going to be the death of society! (Is this the thing that people are playing so hard that the remotes become projectiles that break TVs)?
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I don't really understand why she did it - especially when there have been reports on the news that detail similar deaths in recent years.
No video game is worth dying over - and yes, these are the ones that people have been breaking their TVs playing!
It was a handful of TVs, not people all over the place. And the Wii is a lot of fun and is in high demand...it's very hard to find. I can understand why someone would be willing to try a stunt to win one...and she probably trusted that the radio station had done its homework on the safety issues.
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