Posted on 05/28/2023 5:14:08 AM PDT by Libloather
A Chinese content creator died last week after livestreaming himself consuming an excessive amount of exceptionally strong alcohol.
The 34-year-old influencer, who goes by “Sanqiange,” was found dead 12 hours after the May 16 livestream on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, according to CNN.
During the stream, he reportedly drank at least seven bottles of Baijiu, a Chinese liquor with an alcohol content of 30% to 60%.
Sanqiange was allegedly involved in an online challenge, called a “PK,” against another creator on the platform.
In a “PK” challenge, two influencers typically compete for gifts or rewards from their audience.
The loser faces punishment.
In this case, it appears Baijiu was a consequence of losing three rounds, BBC reports.
“I don’t know how much he had consumed before I tuned in. But in the latter part of the video, I saw him finish three bottles before starting on a fourth,” a friend of the influencer told local outlet Shangyou News, which reported a funeral was held last week.
“When his family found him, he was already gone, he didn’t even get a chance for emergency treatment,” the friend added.
The influencer’s last name was revealed as Wang by local media, and the friend described him as “decent and straightforward.”
The footage went viral across the country’s social media, but is no longer able to be viewed online.
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And he was not feeling strong.
Darwin Award Winner.
Where is grampa’s automobile?
Let’s hope his shuffling off this mortal coil influences others to be smarter about alcohol and stupid challenges.
Most of us will drink the same poison. . Just not in such excessive quantities.
It doesn’t have to be alcohol either:
“Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old Rancho Cordova, Calif. mother of three, died of acute water intoxication in January, 2007 after the challenge to see which contestant could drink the most water without using the restroom. A Nintendo Wii video game was the prize for winning the “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” contest”
Sooooo Did he win ........
Awesome! A self-cleaning, Tik Tok gene pool. It don’t get no better.
A good number of these “influencers” are doing tremendous damage to a lot of useful idiots that follow their ... idiocy.
I despise this whole trend.
Tik Tok Influencer, etc.
You beat me to the post! Darwin wins again!
I can see a teenager or even someone in their twenties doing something so stupid, but 34? With that mentality, he was bound to die young .
Sad and pathetic. Reminds me of the old cartoon where Daffy Duck blows himself up in his waudeville act to get more applause than Bugs Bunny.
Thoughts and prayers extended to this influencer. May he meet sobriety in the hereafter.
He showed up in a 2-part episode of Star Trek Voyager playing Anorax, captain of a time ship. Kept waiting for him to call Captain Janeway a dumbass...
Not anymore.
They do stupid stuff for clicks and likes.
I’m reminded of people posting selfies and then falling from dangerous heights.
A quest for a moment of fame.
I was thinking Tik Tok is a weapon used against us and our kids and the Chinese kids see videos of math challenges and how to build rockets.
I guess not. Well, if you believe what the Chinese say, that is. I can’t believe they would ever lie or fake video.
Unless it was about Corona virus. They would lie and make fake videos about that.
But not about Tik Tok, their premier weapon for the destruction of the USA, not that.
I can never see Kurtwood Smith without thinking of Clarence Boddicker (RoboCop). Both were great characters, but his portrayal of Clarence was nothing short of ruthlessly brilliant. Very underrated actor.
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