There was a kid from my high school who actually died from alcohol poisoning because he drank way, way too much....
He died.
Student volunteers to take 40 shots and ends up in critical condition. We never made pledges drink. We made them stay sober enough so we could drink.
When idiots would do this stuff at the house, the last shot they took was Syrup of Ipecac.
I’m having a little trouble finding that little violin of mine. These “rent-a-friend” outfits are pernicious and destroy lives in many more ways than this. He was 20, and an adult making decisions. They are like the Mafia.
I am in a college town and it gets crazy at times. Good looking, respectable kids all over. That is... until the sun goes down on Friday night. I was pretty much the same 40+ years ago. Now, haha, I’d love to wring the necks of some of these idiots...
Proof that today’s colleges produce many idiots.
“I hope the parents hire a good lawyer and take take every penny from the frat including the house.”
That’s one way to look at it. It’s sorta like suing the gun shop if the kid blew his brains out.
There’s a thing called individual responsibility. If the kid croaks off due to his own stupidity, then the Darwin effect claimed another that’s unfit to survive, which sets an example for others.
Sorry, I just have zero sympathy. At age 20 I knew better. Anyone reading this post over the age of 20 also knew better. This brainless kid should have known better.
About 17 shots to a typical bottle of liquor (fifth)........
A typical bottle is 80 proof (40% alcohol)
Depending on his weight and timeline for the shots.....He had 40 shots, you do the math....
He was dead before he took his 30th shot, he just didn’t know it yet.....
We need to ban this dangerous drug.
But alcohol consumption by anyone under 21 is illegal! /sarc
The frat house is generally owned by a separate entity just for that reason.
The frat itself probably has nothing.
Just think of it as evolution in action.
He’s no longer critical...he’s now in the morgue and his parents have their attorney at hand. Poor kid.
When I was a teenager, a group of us was drinking at a camp-out. We had 151 rum. Someone dared a kinda crazy kid to chug a 24 oz cup of the rum. When he poured the cup and raised it to his lips, we all screamed for him not to chug it. He chugged it. Within minutes, he was vomitting with copious amounts of blood. We carried him out of the woods and called his mother (who was a nurse and was at work at the hospital) we brought him to the hospital...he survived....It still gives me chills when I see someone chugging alcohol.
Tis a tragedy.
On the bright side, no debilitating hang-over to wake up to.
40oz=1.187liters. man o man. And i know college shots are heavy...probably closer to 2oz. When i used to drink my limit was 750ml in any 24 hour period. i just couldnt tolerate any more than that. And you know that they were keeping count. Geezus....even Cool Hand Luke wouldnt go that far.
He’s no longer critical...he’s now in the morgue and his parents have their attorney at hand. Poor kid.
When I was a teenager, a group of us was drinking at a camp-out. We had 151 rum. Someone dared a kinda crazy kid to chug a 24 oz cup of the rum. When he poured the cup and raised it to his lips, we all screamed for him not to chug it. He chugged it. Within minutes, he was vomitting with copious amounts of blood. We carried him out of the woods and called his mother (who was a nurse and was at work at the hospital) we brought him to the hospital...he survived....It still gives me chills when I see someone chugging alcohol.
He wasn’t forced to take the drinks. He did it to himself. There is no one else to blame, or sue. He suffered the consequences. Unfortunately, this will happen again and again as young kids off to college throw off the shackles of parental discipline and get blinding drunk and copulate like rabbits with their new-found freedom from mom and dad.
The attitude is favored by colleges because they want kids to reject any and all moral imperatives they learned from their parents, especially those ones that mention God, and to do anything they want like barnyard animals.
Donating his organs? What good are they going to be after this?
Darwin Award candidate.