Teen hospitalised after injecting himself with mercury in attempt to become X-Men hero

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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (16 children)

Mercury?!! Bruh....

"Surprisingly, he had no other psychiatric problems and had a normal IQ."

Average people are actually retarded confirmed

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (14 children)

This is why coffee cups says "warning, hot". People are retarded.

In the guys defence, adamantium is hard to come by 😄

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

No, those genital/thigh burns were atrocious - it was 16% of her body, and 190 degree coffee burns down to muscle/fatty tissue in 3 seconds. In the decade prior, 700 people - adults to infants - were burned by that coffee - sometimes because the server dropped it on them.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (12 children)

And none of them would have been prevented by having a label on it saying 'hot'.

[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It was more than that. I thought the lawsuit was stupid until I heard the details. McDonald's heated the coffee as hot as they could so it would be too hot to drink while you were eating in the dining area. This saved a ton of money on refills. McDonald's knew that their coffee was dangerously hot just to make a bigger profit.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yup, the other coffee sellers were all selling at least 20 degrees cooler, which is a drinkable temperature.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Hmm. I always assumed a hot drink would be made with boiling water, as we all do at home or at work using a kettle every single day. Common sense suggests that a hot drink would be hot, as in likely above 60 degrees Celsius but up to 90 degrees, these would obviously cause burns if spilt.

Wait...US McDonald's do refills??? Maybe that's where they've been going wrong. Never seen a refill anywhere in Europe.

[–]KyleIsThisTall 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Free refills of any drink was common at restaurants in the USA at the time.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

How many have been burned since they put that on? Perhaps the stupid teenagers handing it to you are more cautious with it because of that label.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

If you need to be taught that a hot drink is hot, perhaps even low skilled server work is too risky, they'd be better off in a facility for learning disabilities.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

It feels like you're arguing with me, and I don't understand why - they burned people, changed the labels, turned it down 20 degrees, and probably had some training with their new hires, and now the problem is gone. The hot drink is hot label is a legal reminder of their own corporate stupidity, but it also makes people more careful with what they are handling.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I don't feel that we should pander to foolishness.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Who pandered to anything? A company got into legal trouble and stopped burning their customers.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Placing excessively common-sense warnings on every arbitrary task is ridiculous. It's a very American answer to something which isn't even a problem in the rest of the world. It's not stopping people from being burned, it's stopping companies being sued by customers who are incapable of existing without hurting themselves or others.

So what do you suggest next? Labelling mercury "do not inject to become Wolverine"?

[–]QueenBread 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Define "normal IQ". Perhaps nowadays an IQ of 90 is considered the "normal" average, given how stupid the majority of people is.

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    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    It's progress at least 🤷

    [–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Somebody irradiated a spider in an attempt to become Peter Parker. Stan Lee invented this shit. Now he's dead.

    [–]GuyWhite 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Darwin at work.

    [–]Brewdabier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    If you heat mercury in a enclosed room well was nice knowing you.

    [–]filbs111 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Something that people say: "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."