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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You know trouble is right around the corner when your best friend tells you to hold his beer!!

Excellent first post on that article:

 

So, do we blame energy drinks, caffeine, sugar, inattentive parents, video games or a simply a stupid teen?

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Hey I do this all the time he just needs to give it a few years. 

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Excellent first post on that article:

 

yep, and to answer, a stupid teen mostly, with a side of inattentive parents. 

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yep, and to answer, a stupid teen mostly, with a side of inattentive parents. 

 

You're a little late on this, aren't you? I predicted a "get off my lawn" type post within six hours of the original post.

 

You're getting slow - but I guess that's ok, considering that you are 85 years old.

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