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Girl Electrocuted and Dies Tweeting In the Tub

Posted by samzenpus on from the soap-and-tweets-don't-mix dept.

Jeff Shantz writes "A 17-year-old Romanian girl is dead after being electrocuted while tweeting in the bath tub. Apparently, she plugged in her laptop after her battery started to die, and it is unclear as to whether or not she dropped the laptop in the water, or simply dripped enough water on the device to cause the shock. Needless to say, it is probably good advice not to tweet in the tub."

3 of 27 comments (clear)

  1. Darwin Award! by Q-Hack! · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is definitely a candidate... Nothing like a little chlorine in the gene pool.

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    Some days I get the sinking feeling Orwell was an optimist.
  2. Re:It's not the laptop by DanJ_UK · · Score: 2, Informative

    Volts don't kill you, amps do.

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    - Dan
  3. Re:It's not the laptop by sakdoctor · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From my laptop power brick:

    Input: 240v at 1 amp
    Output: 12v at 3 amps

    I wouldn't like either of these earthing though me.