Romanian Teens Dies Twitting In Tub

All Headline News ^ | June 22, 2009 | Shannon McGregor

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Brasov, Romania (AHN) - Electricy and water don't mix!

A Romanian teen died of electrocution while Twittering in her bathtub, after she dropped her laptop in the water.

Found by her parents with her laptop lying next to her, Maria Barbu, 17, of Brasov in central Romania, died in her bathtub at home, the Croatian Times reported.

Police believe she may have tried to plug in the laptop with her wet hands after her battery died during a long Twitter session.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Just thinning the herd...

[GQuagmire]

ping

[cripplecreek]

He’s a twitter fritter.

[LiberConservative]

So sad. But Darwin trumps Twitter.

[jakerobins]

Sad. Darwin award.....Twitted their life away....

[max americana]

Well, at least she died doing the thing that she loves...

[Julia H.]

Was she seeking a Darwin Award nomination?

*So insensitive, I know.

[Arthur McGowan]

Probably 220 volts there, as in most countries.

I doubt the cause was dropping the laptop—since they all run off wall-warts, no?

[Viking2002]

I wuz just thinking: Give Darwinism a chance. It's the worst enemy of it's biggest proponents.

[smokingfrog]

What a way to twit.

[OCC]

Twitting In Tub

My parents warned me about that... long before we owned a computer.

[Ev Reeman]

Shocking, positibely shocking.

[ConservaTexan]

Sometimes natural selection wins.

[Shadow44]

Some people really do take twitter too far. I have some friends of mine who seem to tweet every single thing they do. It’s not necessary!

[libh8er]

It’s the price you pay for having a 220V system. I am assuming the power adapter fell into the water as well.

[Hildy]

I have to say that after all the years of following technology, trying to be on the cutting edge of all new technologies and crazes...I just REFUSE TO DO THIS TWITTER THING. It just seems so self-serving. I don’t understand the need to put every little thought you have out there...it drives me crazy on FACEBOOK..I think it’s kind of sad.

[El Cid]

Condolences and prayers to the family. It must have been horrific for the parents to come home to that scene.
Yes it was 'dumb' ... but still sad.

[cyborg]

I’m ashamed that I laughed at that comment!

[big'ol_freeper]

What a twit!!

Darwin Award nominee.

[BradyLS]

Tragic! By 17, I would have guessed that they would know that water and electricity are a deadly combo.

Doesn’t anyone want to take a break from Twittering their My Linked-In Space FaceBook???

[JRandomFreeper]

PARENTING FAIL!

You can't childproof the world, but you can world-proof your child.

And obviously, you can't waterproof a laptop brick....

/johnny

[RatsDawg]

How do we know she was on Twitter and not DU?

[SamAdams76]

Hi, I'm sittN n d bathtub takN a bath bt i'm nt letN dat kip me frm keepn my twitter F? frm noing evry Dtail of my lyf. poo, i jst dropD my hairbrush n d H2O, B r B...

[Hilltop]

This was a young girl.

I don’t think you’d be posting such shallow comments if this young person was blood of your blood and bone of your bone.

Moderator, such posts, in my opinion, disparage the credibility and moral compass of FR.

[big'ol_freeper]

Give me a break. Go take a Xanex.

[big'ol_freeper]

I’m just glad she had not reproduced another idiot yet.

[AlexW]

I have been through Brasov, a nice mountain city.

Romanian teens make up an unusually high volume of internet users, and I have had chats with many.
I have only recently gotten rid of a sizable group that
kept calling me on Yahoo Messenger.
In this case, they did not speak English, and I do not know Romanian.

I gather this girl reached to plug in the wall cube (220 v).

Because most all electronic devices now run on very low voltage, young people have lost respect for high and dangerous AC voltage of the wall sockets.
Sad for the girl and her family.

[JRandomFreeper]

disparage the credibility and moral compass of FR.

We've always been tarred with the same broad brush by liberals no matter how sensitive or caring we truly are.

So, What the Hell! May as well be hanged for goats as sheep.

Don't know if you watched the young lady in Iran die, who happened to be trying to be free, but the gloves are pretty much off with folks that want "my type" to "not rock the boat"

/johnny

[JRios1968]

Doctor Darwin read about this on Twitter

[martin_fierro]

[WorkingClassFilth]

What . . . being electrocuted?

[Paleo Conservative]

Martin you’re alive! I had heard that you died.

[cripplecreek]

Welcome to the dark side.

[Hilltop]

Your lack of ability to properly spell Xanax speaks further volumes of your shallow thought process.

[raybbr]

I have to say that after all the years of following technology, trying to be on the cutting edge of all new technologies and crazes...I just REFUSE TO DO THIS TWITTER THING. It just seems so self-serving. I don’t understand the need to put every little thought you have out there...it drives me crazy on FACEBOOK..I think it’s kind of sad.

I'm with you. I barely have enough time to spend on FR. Why add to the computer addiction?

[big'ol_freeper]

I’ve never needed a prescription for it, hence no real knowledge of its spelling. Evidently you are an expert on its spelling for some reason. Based on your anal retentive emotionalism I am guessing its because you border on addiction to the drug.

[TheOldLady]

Me too.

[big'ol_freeper]

...and may I inquire as to how much you charge to haunt a house?

[big'ol_freeper]

From another thread: Hillslop: "Your intent is not lost, and I’m not the spelling aparatchik."

Ah but evidently you are.

[reagan_fanatic]

[Hildy]

PERFECT! That so articulated what I think about twitter!

[Hilltop]

You’re exactly right, you have no knowledge.

The original post dealt with the death of a teen girl.

I’ll not do battle with a sophomoric, ill-educated twit.

Be done with you.

[cynwoody]

http://twitter.com/mariabarbu

battery is running low, brb7:52 PM Jun 19th from web

• he's playing a little ditty and meowing! what is this all about?7:50 PM Jun 19th from web
• whoa, there's a cat here with a little piano and his arms stretched out. hi there little kitty!7:50 PM Jun 19th from web
• @Tubgirl Yo, I am tweeting from the bathtub lol #iranelection Please RT7:47 PM Jun 19th from web
• there was a guy walking around town with a scythe today. keep romania weird!!7:47 PM Jun 19th from web
• apparently i'm not the first person to think of doing this.. a great idea! http://tinyurl.com/nlhans7:45 PM Jun 19th from web
• I just saw this on Reddit.. That site is so funny! http://bit.ly/IU7Ml7:36 PM Jun 19th from web
• OH it's nice to sit in the tub after a long day, huh?7:36 PM Jun 19th from web
• lighting some candles and filling the tub7:30 PM Jun 19th from web
• i love this new macbook my parents got me! it's so boss7:26 PM Jun 19th from web
• it's cold, i feel like taking a hot bath, but i love twittering so much i don't really want to stop7:25 PM Jun 19th from web
• I'm so psyched for the new iphone #squarespace #squarespace #squarespace7:24 PM Jun 19th from web
• #dontyouhate people who tell you what to do? #inaperfectworld... well, you know7:23 PM Jun 19th from web
• My cousin in Tomşani says that I shouldn't be on the internet so often7:23 PM Jun 19th from web
• I just love twittering!7:22 PM Jun 19th from web

[Boldface added]

[cynwoody]

It’s the price you pay for having a 220V system. I am assuming the power adapter fell into the water as well.

120v isn't exactly safe, either. Actually, in a bathtub context, anything above, say, 12v should be considered hazardous.

[Moonman62]

Some people really do take twitter too far. I have some friends of mine who seem to tweet every single thing they do. It’s not necessary!

What happened to the good old days when people would call somebody on their cellphone to them every single thing they're doing?

[Slings and Arrows]

She'd have tweeted the electrocution, but "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" is longer than 140 characters.

[Marie2]

I used to shave (in the tub) with an electrical razor as a teen - had no idea it was not ok - and I was not a particularly stupid kid.

Everyone does something stupid now and then. Poor kid.

[Slings and Arrows]

Ah, those wacky /b/tards.

[Centurion2000]

Drop electrical devices in a bathtub, and yes, your heart is going to go a-twitter twitter .... and STOP tweetin.