teh wii iz teh deathly

[MarkG]

teh wii iz teh greatezt conzole evar!

[Proteus_MST]

Originally posted by Elok


But basically, drinking that much water supposedly throws off the water-salt balance of the blood. As the blood circulates, the balance is automatically corrected by osmosis--the body's tissues will absorb water until the ratio of salt to water is the same in both blood and body cells. This, obviously, causes problems in many ways, but it causes the worst problems the fastest in the brain, where your grey/white matter will rapidly swell up, causing headaches and other nasty stuff. In at least some cases (iirc), the victim dies when the swelling forces his or her medulla down into the spinal column, wiping out all automated body processes in one fell swoop. Nasty, huh?

Yep, if you drink too much water the body cells contain more salts than the blood and try to compensate by taking in water causing this swelling. (well, actually they don´t do it actively as it is just a passive physical process)
You can reproduce the reverse by taking blood and mixing it with a solution that contains a lot of salt. The erythrocytes in the blood will turn into echinocytes, where they contain lots of spikes, because the surrounding fluid (which has a higher salinity than the fluid within the erythrocytes) drains the water out of them.

I wonder if drinking too much water would be the prfect method for commiting suicide. I don´t thing that any insurance agency would see such a thing as suicide (as long as you don´t leave farewell letters) and therefore refuse to pay

[Victor Galis]

Dihydrogen Monoxide claims yet another life. How much longer until we ban this deadly menace?

[The Mad Monk]

Jan 16, 10:11 PM EST

Radio Show Pulled After Woman's Death

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A radio station fired three morning disc jockeys and seven other employees Tuesday after a woman died from drinking nearly two gallons of water in a contest.

The hosts of KDND-FM's "Morning Rave" were fired a day after the station announced it was suspending the show and investigating the death of 28-year-old Jennifer Lea Strange.

She died Friday after drinking the water in an attempt to win a Nintendo Wii, competing to see who could drink the most water without going to the bathroom.

John Geary, vice president and general manager of KDND's parent company, Entercom/Sacramento, announced that 10 employees were fired.

Strange died of water intoxication, according to a preliminary autopsy. Drinking large quantities of water rapidly can cause brain swelling and lead to seizures, coma and death.

The county sheriff's office said it was not investigating.

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[asleepathewheel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-MBtZXpjY

enjoy!

edit: actually, this is pretty disturbing, the a**holes are actually discussing death by water intox early on.

And they interview the deceased-she was in the final 2.

apparently an intern told her that her head was hurting due to the water, she would throw it up and be fine....