Girl dies Tweeting in the tub

June 24, 2009

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By Null

People, people, people. Web 2.0 can do a lot of things, but it doesn't change

the laws of physics, particularly in regards to the transmission of electricity.

To wit: 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.

Barbu, 17, of Brasov, Romania, is said to have been plugging her laptop

into wall current at the time, after " the battery died during a long session on

social networking site Twitter as she took a soak. "

Additional details are lacking, and are unlikely to be forthcoming anytime soon.

And it's unclear whether the laptop slipped from her hands or if she was so wet

that the water dripping off of her closed the circuit and caused the shock.

Either way, any technology user should know by now that computers and bathrooms

simply don't mix. (If you aren't worried about electrocution, think of the

germs, won't you?) While GFCI circuits were designed to prevent tragedies such

as the all-too-common hair-dryer-in-the-tub accident, they aren't perfect, and

they aren't universal, especially overseas.

And seriously, can't Twitter wait until you get out of the bathtub?

Remember: They tried to warn you.

June 24, 2009

Article states: " Girl dies Tweeting in the tub. "

What is it with people these days that everything has to be done immediately

and, what's worse, every detail of one's private life has to be shared with

thousands of faceless people one will never meet?

I can't imagine what is so all-fired important that one needs to 'tweet'

immediately that can't wait for a more appropriate time for one to do so.

Raven

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