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Vinyl · Jul 3rd, 2009, 10:55 PM

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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.

Maria 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?

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Ellie Mae · Jul 3rd, 2009, 11:01 PM

O....M....G.....

Swanky Mama Of Three · Jul 3rd, 2009, 11:02 PM

wow, deep breath . . . that's UNBELIEVABLE

Vinyl · Jul 3rd, 2009, 11:04 PM

I know... I still can't wrap my head around this!!

redney · Jul 3rd, 2009, 11:11 PM

yikes!!!

PurseXaXholic · Jul 3rd, 2009, 11:15 PM

I'm sorry, but doesn't she know better? And is twitter that important?

Swanky Mama Of Three · Jul 3rd, 2009, 11:20 PM

people are positively addicted to their technology

JAN! · Jul 4th, 2009, 12:04 AM

I heard Twitter is super boring.

And yes, that does suck.

Magdeline · Jul 4th, 2009, 12:07 AM

I watch shows on Hulu and ABC on my computer while in my tub!

bnjj · Jul 4th, 2009, 12:08 AM

I heard about this a few days ago and while I feel bad that someone has died, it was due to sheer stupidity.

lorihmatthews · Jul 4th, 2009, 12:17 AM

Sadly, this is familiar to me ... my mom told me that when she was a kid, her friend was accidentally electrocuted when she reached for her blow dryer either when she was in the tub or getting out of the tub. She was only 16. The poor girl's mom had to be committed to an institution.

sesrup · Jul 4th, 2009, 12:39 AM

umm...wow...only 17 rip.

Ellie Mae · Jul 4th, 2009, 12:42 AM

I think that laptops in the bathtub happens alot more than we would guess.

PrettyInPink · Jul 4th, 2009, 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by Magdeline

I watch shows on Hulu and ABC on my computer while in my tub!

Please don't do this anymore!

nathansgirl1908 · Jul 4th, 2009, 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by lorihmatthews

Sadly, this is familiar to me ... my mom told me that when she was a kid, her friend was accidentally electrocuted when she reached for her blow dryer either when she was in the tub or getting out of the tub. She was only 16. The poor girl's mom had to be committed to an institution.

Oh no. That just breaks my heart. So tragic.

This is such a sad situation. It is really unfortunate that this young woman had to die in such a horrible way. I don't even like to blow dry my hair anywhere near water for fear of accidentally electrocuting myself. I can't imagine being in a bathtub and using a laptop. Twitter really isn't that serious.

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