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>Back in 2005 I was at school when a local radio station had a water drinking contest. A woman died. You're really oversimplifying this, the contest was to dri
by chipperyman573 8y ago
>Back in 2005 I was at school when a local radio station had a water drinking contest. A woman died.
You're really oversimplifying this, the contest was to drink as much water without peeing so you could win a Nintendo Wii ("Don't pee for a wii"). If you don't pee you offset your body's electrolyte balance and can die. It's not reasonable to expect most people would know this, and the woman that died obviously did not.
- rft34g4e3t 8y agoIt's totally reasonable to expect someone to know that not peeing for an extended amount of time is not healthy. It's common sense that most bodily functions happen for a reason, and stopping the function could be dangerous. It's even more reasonable to expect that a business running a contest would do their due diligence in assessing the safety of their contestants.
- schwap 8y ago> It's totally reasonable to expect someone to know that not peeing for an extended amount of time is not healthy. 'Not healthy' and 'cause immediate death' are vastly different.
- rft34g4e3t 8y agoDoesn't matter. Just knowing that something could be very harmful should give any business pause before including it in a contest. This business acted recklessly.