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"16-hour caffeine, video game binge"

DrLeftover

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20 March

Boy hospitalized with kidney failure after 16-hour caffeine, video game binge
14-year-old Henrik Eide Dahl consumed 8 liters — about 270 ounces — of an energy drink so he could stay awake playing Call of Duty. Expected to make a full recovery, the teen says he now knows ‘it is not good to drink that much energy drink.’

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Flown to hospital in Lillehammer, he fell into a coma as his kidneys started to fail. Placed on a drip, he was kept alive by a respirator.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/boy-hospitalized-caffeine-video-game-binge-article-1.1727889#ixzz2wX313ckn
 
Evil Eye said:
I suppose. I wonder why it had to be learnt in the first place though...

Because 14 year olds don't have the best judgement?
 
Nebulous said:
Evil Eye said:
I suppose. I wonder why it had to be learnt in the first place though...

Because 14 year olds don't have the best judgement?

Neither do his parent/parents either obviously.
 
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