17 year old dies in bathtub...from having laptop there so they could Twitter.

[RobAce]

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/19856092/detail.html

17-Year-Old Dies Tweeting In Tub
Parents Find Teen Next To Laptop In Bathtub

Posted: 10:15 am EDT June 25, 2009Updated: 10:33 am EDT June 25, 2009
Police said a Romanian teen died of electrocution while Twittering in her bathtub, after she dropped her laptop in the water.

Found by her parents with her laptop lying next to her, Maria Barbu, 17, of Brasov in central Romania, died in her bathtub at home, the Croatian Times reported.

Police believe she may have tried to plug in the laptop with her wet hands after her battery died during a long Twitter session.

To quote one of my bestest friends here on the forum....

really......really. REALLY? Really. REALLY!?! Seriously? Really.

Wow, is the urge to tweet or whatever that much, you have to do it in the bathtub? Must some really keep that up to date that you can not take a break even to bathe?

WOW.

Rob

 

[Marquis De Sade]

So wrong on so many levels. So many jokes. So wrong that there are so many jokes.

*bites his tongue*

 

[BlackestLily]

Oh dear...poor thing.

 

[rhiannon]

Call me mean and distasteful, but I call this natural selection!

 

[c7_assassin]

Oops, should I not have this laptop with me in the shower right now? 😛

 

[Adam]

So wrong on so many levels. So many jokes. So wrong that there are so many jokes.

*bites his tongue*

Indeed. Wow, this just speaks to the addictive power of popular trends like this.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

That's just sad.

 

[Marquis De Sade]

Indeed. Wow, this just speaks to the addictive power of popular trends like this.

I'm guilty of over-checking accounts on the Internet no matter where I am or what I'm doing...but not in the freaking shower!!

COME ON!!

 

[drewskee]

Call me mean and distasteful, but I call this natural selection!

This.

 

[Bugman]

It is sad,but geesh 17 is old enough to understand that water and electricity don't mix.

 

[kis123]

What the hell is this world coming to?? You can't wash your body without having to play on your computer? Simply insane!

 

[rhiannon]

Here's proof that internet addiction can be just as lethal as any other addiction! 🙂

 

[maniactickler]

Oh well.

 

[Marquis De Sade]

It is sad,but geesh 17 is old enough to understand that water and electricity don't mix.

At this point though, does anything surprise you? I'm numb.

 

[Bugman]

At this point though, does anything surprise you?

Not much Marquis,not much..

 

[Marquis De Sade]

Not much Marquis,not much..

 

[paracarl44]

Apparently the word hasn't got around.

It is sad,but geesh 17 is old enough to understand that water and electricity don't mix.

^My thoughts come to an Old James Bond movie, where Bond throws a turned on radio into the bathtub while the villian was bathing.^😱

 

[Jackalx33]

This is crazy. I must post this twitter. I will do it while i am in the shower cause i wast no time!

 

[Aimee]

That has got to be one of the worst ways to die ... ever.

 

[Marquis De Sade]

Okay...I'm sorry. I'm going to say it.

Wait.

No, I won't.

 

[MrMacphisto]

Who knew that twittering could be fatal? I used to twitter all the time in the bathroom.

 

[Dário F]

People often underestimate the power of possibilities...
That's a really sad way to go, no doubt.

 

[P[a]pi]

That sucks that, that happened. I feel bad for her family/friends and her.

 

[jm157]

Okay...I'm sorry. I'm going to say it.

Wait.

No, I won't.

But you really must!

 

[Sanhael]

Twitter = eStalking

"I'm getting ready to take the bus to [insert destination here]."

"I'm about to sit down with my family and eat [dinner of choice]."

"I'm at home, at [insert address here]."

Of course, there's the all-time favorite, at least my personal preference:

"I'm taking a [#1 or #2] right now!"

(they actually refer to those who provide that last update as "Shitters," which is disgusting, in that it happens so often it's a Site-specific subculture with its own freakin' name).

I'm very much torn, with regards to said "child," between "Darwin Award-worthy, natural selection at its best" and "societal/parental uber-fail."