In science news, did you know that if you play Call of Duty for four days straight without drinking, you're ten times more likely to be hospitalized with dehydration? A teenager in Columbus, Ohio found that out just this week!

The 15-year-old boy collapsed after the four-day gaming binge, and had to be taken to hospital after getting himself severely dehydrated. His mother reported that the teen only briefly emerged from his room during the session in order to obtain the occasional snack or use the bathroom. 

Dr. Mike Patrick has issued some helpful advice to kids around the world -- don't do this shit. He put it a bit more eloquently than that, but it was more or less the gist of things. If you don't want videogames to kill you, don't do this shit. 

The mother, for her part, has confiscated the Xbox. A sound idea in theory, but now the kid'll probably just go back to wanking for days on end.

Ohio teen collapses after 4-day Xbox marathon [Chron, thanks Junebug!]

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fetusmilk

sounds like neglect, that kid could have been shooting up in there, she never went in to check on him? or tell him to take a break? nice fuckin parenting. no wonder kids these days are fuckin stupid beyond belief.

SeymourDuncan17

"... but now the kid'll probably just go back to wanking for days on end."

http://www.atlnightspots.com/boy-dies-after-masturbating-42-times/

Aw oh!

DrManik

How can you play a game that long and not get sick of it before you freaking pass out?

PrinceHeir

that's fucked up :P

some parenting huh

UncleReg

Once I almost died from wanking for 4 days in a row. True story.

HandsomeBeast

What a noob.

tekbunny

Saw that on the news within the past hour. I chuckled to myself imagining how ridiculous I would look chucking an Xbox at that kids head while calmly stating "idiot" aloud as I did so. No yelling or rage, just "idiot," smash, then walk away.

Wrath and Pride

Yup neglect, the mom was aware the kid was doing this "marathon", yet she didn't do anything, he also apparently "fell over" three times, I guess after the third time she finally decided to do something. That being said the kid's 15 years old, I'm pretty slim but when I get hungry or thirsty I eat and drink, it's common sense, and a 15 year old has that, so the fault lies on both parties.

hushlorentz

It can save your life.

Everyday Legend

Fetusmilk is 100% correct.

Gundy

What the mother should have done was take a shit inside the xbox instead of taking it away.

Excel-2011

In fairness, blindness is preferable to dehydration.

tmak94

Bwahahaha!! Dumb little shithead.

CookieSlayer666

Well he'll go blind from wanking for 4 days straight so what the fuck is he supposed to do?

king kong five

@DrManik

RIGHT???

Captain Brokaw

Silly CoD 'gamers'

BalloonFighter

Ha,ha , that's a cute story. I remember when my kid almost died from gaming.

tmak94

Dang it Sterling, your headline is misleading. You need to be clear that he didn't actually die so that I can know how hard I should laugh.

Noir Trilby

Ban this sick filth!

mix

She hadn't seen him in 4 days besides the odd time...does this mother not know how parenting works?

VolksONER

SeymourDuncan17: "... but now the kid'll probably just go back to wanking for days on end."

http://www.atlnightspots.com/boy-dies-after-masturbating-42-times/


Interesting story...
Who was there keeping track?

Syn

You could possibly die from lack of nourishment for 4 days?

YA DONT SAY?

So its clear natural selection is comin for this moron. Im amazed his mother has managed to remember to keep breathing long enough to kill him.

Freakydemon

@VolksONER
Holy shit I never thought about how they know the number.... wut.

Michael Ramos

That's just awful parenting, I'm sorry

Kiwamu

[sarcasm]See how bad Call of Duty is! We should ban this ip and we will never have that kind of problem![/sarcasm]

Really - I mean I did crazy shit like stayed awake for about a week, but as soon as I realized my body was not ready for that task I quit...

Yeah, don't judge me it sounded awesome as a teenager ...but I was at least clever enough to stop that shit before I was to weary and get two days of rest... only being awake to quinch my thirst or my hunger... Don't blame my parents, I pulled that off at a friends house... it was a dare :7

qlum

I guess those kids thought trying to solve their thirst for virtual blood quelled the thirst irl, seems they where wrong.

molamolacolacake

Four days? Damn.
My mom would have dragged me out of my room well before that, assuming I'd ever be inclined to game for that long. Seriously, I love me some video games, and ive had my share of power gaming sessions over the years, but how can someone sit still that long?

Arch649

Who plays a single game for that long?! Seriously, 4 HOURS on one game is a marathon to for me.

Syn

@Kiwamu: welcome to the Darwin Awards. You make gamers and your parents look bad.

Because of a dare. Arent we lucky to share a hobby with you.

SuperMonk4Ever

Staying up for FOUR DAYS? Hell, I can barely stay up for twenty four hours. I feel like an old man now.

PhilKenSebben

Way to pay attention to your kid lady. Gotta love those videogame babysitters.

PhilKenSebben

@Syn: Heh. You get onetoo. Reread the comment.

Franky Wid

i can play a good fps for like 12hrs... how in the fuck could anyone play a cod that much is crazy

Kiwamu

@Syn Wooooah, step back. This had been done in my childhood and I never associated it to video games, you are doing that part. Also as written, I quit the dare as soon as I realized, it was too dumb to pull through.

GREENGUY

I just
I just can't play one game for that long
He must have been is some kind of trance

ShotgunDiplom4t

How hard is it to remember to drink tucking water? If you're this stupid you kind of don't deserve to survive.

arglactable

A dip-shit with an incompetent mother. Cool.

LiquidBear

@DrManik You've obviously never played a Civilization game

Zepinephrine

@fetusmilk
Kids have always been stupid beyond belief and always will. Each generation finds fun and unique ways to be fucking stupid.

SignumCross

And the Darwin Award goes to...

kid23455

Natural selection at it's finest.

Sir Legendhead

How the hell would you play that much CoD without dri-

Oh. You meant water.

Qreg

Parenting: try it!

Konnery

Apparently his parents fail at everything. How do you possibly not notice your son being stationary doing nothing but CoD for 4 days. Is she a single-mom hooker or something?

Bnoob

Is it wrong of me to see this as totally the kid's fault? I mean, he's 15 years old for god's sake, he should be able to take care of himself, I mean, I'm pretty sure 12 is when we start expecting kids to be able to take care of other kids.

flea friend

For me, the most surprising part of the story is that it didn't end with the mother trying to pin this on gaming in general.

Dancing Mad

I can't play games for more than a couple hours without gazing outside and thinking I should go out there at some point. And I fucking love my video games.

That Silly Black Guy

The kid didnt die. this is not funny. Enough said.

qliqQLAQ

10 years ago, kids locked in their room for four days to make a masturbation-marathon...

And now...? Wicked kids....

Glitchmaster8

Somehow I can't imagine someone doing this. It is literally so stupid that they deserve to be accidentally self-removed from the gene pool. Water people, drink that shit. It tends to keep you and your bloodline alive. Considering the parents makes this slightly more believable though.