and what type of job credentials are there?! the dude said "drownding" for crying out loud.

so fucked up

I feel bad for everyone involved, family and the radio station, everyones life is pretty much ruined for quite some time. But man that DJ is retarded "If the body gets to the point where they are gonna throw up then they will throw up before they die" If that was true how has anyone ever died of water intoxication? Thats like saying someone won't die of Alcohol poisoning because they will always throw up first, well sometimes people don't throw up, thats why people have died of alcohol poisoning

That's really disturbing. Listening to her complain about the pain and them joking about contestants dying is sick.

Johnny: I would have agreed with you if didn't hear the audio. But the DJ's admitted that they should have researched it more and one of them even referenced another case where something like this happened and they just brushed it off. So any sympathy I had for the DJ's is gone now. Both the Station and DJ's should be held accountable for what happened.

I do agree that the contestants are at fault as well. But they weren't the ones running this contest...

don't forget Justin Timberlake

@Johnny Wadd:

Water intoxication has nothing to do with not going to the bathroom. Drinking too much water causes your body's electrolytes to become diluted. That's why sports drinks and Pedialyte include sodium and potassium.

The people holding this contest had a responsibility to make sure their contestants were not placed in physical danger. Saying it's all the woman's fault is just ignorant. The radio station didn't do their research, gave the participants the impression this stunt wouldn't be dangerous, and as a result this woman died. They deserve to be sued. Putting Nintendo into the lawsuit is probably just a case of the lawyers trying to go after the deepest pockets.

seriously

mother fuckin a like

i'm so pissed off listening to this

It's all fun and games until someone dies of water intoxication, I guess.

Everyone involved in this was flat out retarded. If Nintendo and/or Justin Timberlake's people knowingly endorsed this crap (which I personally kind of doubt, but wouldn't bet against it), then yes, they should indeed be a part of any lawsuit as well.

But, on the other hand, like Orcist said, it depends on what the waiver said. If it explicitly said something along the lines of "BEWARE AND FEAR FOR THY LIFE, FOR YEA VERILY, WHILST THOU MAYEST WIN YON NINTENDO WII, THOU MAYEST ALSO CERTAINLY DIE LIKE A STUPID FUCKING RETARD BECAUSE, HONESTLY, DRINKING AN ASS-TON OF WATER IS AN INCREDIBLY BAD IDEA" and they still went along with it anyway, then what can you do? However, after listening to that audio, and the DJs talking about how they should have done more research first, and such bullshit, I'll go out on a limb and guess that the waiver probably wasn't all that detailed.

@Orcist

Oh just so you know, You can be held accountable for telling someone to jump off a bridge. If you tell them it's totally ok to do so. Don't believe me? Look up lawsuits involing bungee jumping. Here's just one http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3898/is_199908/ai_n8853411

ANYONE who says that the DJ's and radio station shouldn't be held accountable for this is a horrible person (I've written waaaay too much on one of the wired blogs about this regard).

The fact the contestant willingly chose to drink that water is irrelevant; the radio station provided both the water AND the incentive to drink it. It wasn't the victims choice alone, it was very much also the individuals at the radio station's choice as well.

- Eddie

there is no waiver on earth that lets someone legally kill you. somebody is probably going to jail

I'm on the waiver bandwagon. If the waiver said something to the effect of "Danger of death due to water poisoning" then I think the station is responsible.

Some people gotta show a teeny bit of sympathy sometimes. Shit, this was just some young mom that wanted to win a Wii for her kids. Now she's gone. That's fucking sad, and the lack of humility of those douche dj's and tons of peeps and the internet sucks ass.

DJs are dumb.

A normal person knows this.

Lezbro, take it easy. I know you are perfect. You never make mistakes, never had a drink and drove your car, never smoked pot, never had unprotected sex. I know, you probably never did ANYTHING that involved any type of negative consequence.

Like in the America bashing, 1000 post topic, you're taking it too far. Do you go outside your fucking house? Do you live your life? People, every day, do far worse things than drink too much water. And live. This woman drank water and died.

I'm sure you could tell us exactly what the limit is for water intake for a human right Lezbro? What is the water to body weight threshold? Sure if you intake too much of anything, you could die. But unless someone told me, I probably wouldn't believe that I could die from drinking the amount of water they were giving me. I'd probably suspect that I would have to drink ten times that amount before I died.

I mean, you keep coming off like such a know it all. "Don't listen to these people....." Who the fuck are you? Why should we listen to anything you have to say? Christ man, not everyone in this world is as knowledgeable and perfect a human as you. They make mistakes, they enter contests to drink water. God forbid someone I love dies of cancer. Would I say to myself "Well, they deserved it because they chose to eat all those processed foods when they were a teen , and that eventually formed the nucleus of the cancer that killed them." No.

A person made a choice to enter this contest. Did she know the dangers of water poisoning? Probably not. Should they have warned her? Yes.

It's people like Lezbro who are so far out of touch with reality they make me want to cry.

The bottom line is that the most important thing in life/society/love/etc. ISN'T being responsible for yourself; it's about being responsible for others.

The radio station is and should be responsible for it's guests. The fact the victim willingly participated is irrelevent; the radio station handed her a lethal amount of water and told her to drink it if her kids wanted that Wii so damn badly.

They (the radio station, to make it clear to Lezbro) failed in their responsibility. They (still the radio station Lezbro) should be punished for this.

- Eddie

Fucking clowns...

Im in favor of Lezbro, only because he gave me a free KFC gift card, and Im a fat greasy american pig.

So I'm going to catch the clap from KFC chicken? Fuck this is more risky than I thought.

"I can barely move"

"Hahah it looks like she's three months pregnant!"

"HAHAHA She's about to pass out!!"

That is probably the most horrible thing I've ever heard. But why is there 30 seconds of nothing at the end?

@Yuphrum


even more reason not to do something stupid to your body...you have children/a family. common sense anyone??