Girl Dies Tweeting in The Tub
Dying sucks. Dying because you were making a Twitter post…while you were in the bathtub is even worse. Darwin approves this news post.
A teenage girl was discovered dead this weekend, electrocuted after dropping her laptop in the bathtub. Why did she need a computer in the tub? So she could update Twitter. About what she was tweeting remains unclear, but it was hopefully something more meaningful than the soap she was using.
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Publish Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:06:00 CDT Read more...
buzzmong wrote:While the loss of life is a shame, candidate for darwin award?
Shame it may be, I'd rather call it cleansing the gene pool. They should just remove all warning labels from everything ('cept medicine maybe) and let the problem handle itself.
Baliame wrote:
Shame it may be, I'd rather call it cleansing the gene pool. They should just remove all warning labels from everything ('cept medicine maybe) and let the problem handle itself.
This. Fool can't be bothered to rtfm or do a course on working a spangly tool o' death then they can suffer for it. Fool can't be bothered to switch brain into think mode? Suffer! 'Tard can't fire neurons to not start/stop an in progress dangerous thing? Suffer!
The only problem is a lot of non-foolish people could be wiped away by an increase in violent and spectacular idiot based death.
Eg - the guy who thought cruise control on his Winnebago meant it drove itself. It crashed, hurt a bunch of people and his suing of the manufacturer was successful. This is not how it should have finished. He should have his licence taken off him, he should receive a shrink report in case of mentalism and he should be supervised in re-learning to drive after a big fine and/or a short jail term with compensation those those he hurt.
Social networking has made a lot of trouble as well. I think its time that people should be reminded that they should not be addicted to the internet because its not healthy as well.
mischa.porter wrote:Social networking has made a lot of trouble as well. I think its time that people should be reminded that they should not be addicted to the internet because its not healthy as well. Dentists Flower MoundDentist Flower Mound
YES! Renounce the internets! Seek dentist based salvation!
My knowledge of electrics may be shaky. But it's the bit after the mains & transformer at low wattage? 12/19V and fuck all amps.
So she sat in the bath, tweeting, with a laptop, plugged in , in a bathroom, with the transformer or bit before the transformer sat near enough to water that this accident occurred?
OK, so she's not a tard, she's a fucking genius to have managed this....
You only need in the region of 50 milliamps to stop your heart and I think (haven't got one near me) but laptop power supplies supply an amp or two to the laptop. There is enough current to kill you.
Ever stuck a 9v battery on your tongue and it tingles like a bastard? Enough voltage to pass over the skin due to the saliva being conductive.
I think bathwater would be a good enough conductor of 12 volts to overcome the skin's natural resistance, I don't know on the path that electricity would take, if skims over the skin or if it penetrates and goes through your organs is something that I just don't know enough about.
Deffo would die if she managed to drop the power brick in though, enough voltage to transfer it throughout the body without the water, and a big enough amp spike from the short circuit before tripping to kill anyone.
I've not got a modern power brick to hand that I'm willing to toast/dismantle, but I'd bet they've got short protection built in, so if you just put the LV end in water, you'd have no issues.
My bet is that she plugged/unplugged the laptop while wet, possibly while holding onto something like a radiator/tap with the other hand*, which would've made the circuit cross her heart.
A 1 handed death isn't impossible, but given the amount of people I know who've fucked up with mains 1 handed, I'm betting 2 were involved.
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*or even if she was still in the bath, the drain would work nicely.
buzzmong wrote:You only need in the region of 50 milliamps to stop your heart and I think (haven't got one near me) but laptop power supplies supply an amp or two to the laptop. There is enough current to kill you.
While it is true that you need just 50 milliamps, that has to be directly across your heart. You need much more than 50 milliamps for the current get through all your skin and such to reach the your heart. I forget what the resistance of the human body is, but 50 milliamps on its own is not going to do shit.
Girl Dies Tweeting in The Tub
More air for me. 
This. Fool can't be bothered to rtfm or do a course on working a spangly tool o' death then they can suffer for it. Fool can't be bothered to switch brain into think mode? Suffer! 'Tard can't fire neurons to not start/stop an in progress dangerous thing? Suffer!
