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Water Intoxication
Professor Melon:
:( :( The bit about the contestant who drank herself to death on water is not funny. The wretched woman was so desperate for 15 minutes of fame and glory that she violated not only common sense but the reactions of her body. Get a grip, America! Natural things--such as baldness--are defensible, hair-brained stunts are not. Professor Melon
spaceape48:
--- Quote from: RazorX on January 17, 2007, 08:56:18 PM ---I find it amazing that a person can physically fit enough liquid in his/her stomach to cause this type of toxicity. It seems to me that after a certain amount is ingested, you just can't take in any more or it will all come back up. I've often wondered the same thing whenever there's a death due to binge drinking.
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The stomach only holds liquids for a short amount of time. From there it's sent into the small intestines to be absorbed. Too much water causes cells in the body to swell, eventually causing the brain to swell. The pressure is what will usually do someone in, if not the shutting down of the organs.
And all that for a gaming system!?! What happened to people having brains and caring about one another? People are too materialistic.
Robmeister:
--- Quote from: Professor Melon on January 18, 2007, 04:32:26 PM --- :( :( The bit about the contestant who drank herself to death on water is not funny. The wretched woman was so desperate for 15 minutes of fame and glory that she violated not only common sense but the reactions of her body. Get a grip, America! Natural things--such as baldness--are defensible, hair-brained stunts are not. Professor Melon
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Here....Here
Robmeister:
--- Quote from: spaceape48 on January 18, 2007, 06:32:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: RazorX on January 17, 2007, 08:56:18 PM ---I find it amazing that a person can physically fit enough liquid in his/her stomach to cause this type of toxicity. It seems to me that after a certain amount is ingested, you just can't take in any more or it will all come back up. I've often wondered the same thing whenever there's a death due to binge drinking.
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The stomach only holds liquids for a short amount of time. From there it's sent into the small intestines to be absorbed. Too much water causes cells in the body to swell, eventually causing the brain to swell. The pressure is what will usually do someone in, if not the shutting down of the organs.
And all that for a gaming system!?! What happened to people having brains and caring about one another? People are too materialistic.
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As Professor alluded to above....it's America's sick voyeurism that helps foster stuff like that.....look at movies like "Jackass" or whatever those are that have those pellet heads doing ridiculous stunts.
wpruitt:
The stupidity of some people for a few moments of fame.
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