Kid Dies From A....GameBoy.

[Drake14]

haha....real nice Linux XD

Way to almost kill yourself! haha

[diablo]

uh oh, games can kill u now? well that sux only north america uses 110 volt i think, asia and europe is all 220 volt, much higher, i was actually shocked once when i was really little, i still remember, i was sitting and i put my finger in the wall socket lol, it was a little zap, but it hurt, i never did it again cuz my parents did yell at me later on when i told them lol

lol ur gonna get critisized for that now on the forum lol, do you remember how old you were? lol, but this kid here, wow, ewll he was young too, but that sux, pleasure can kill u i guess

[Stephie]

That's really a sad story. You would think there would be some kind of saftey feature considering it's a toy

[Drake14]

Well i'm sure they don't expect it to be plugged into a European outlet. And they should know that American things won't work in European outlets and the parents should have warned the child.

[aosmallan]

Well i'm sure they don't expect it to be plugged into a European outlet. And they should know that American things won't work in European outlets and the parents should have warned the child.

Eh, it didn't look like the parents knew either, seeing as how the mom was expecting a "warning" about the different voltages. It "would not have happened in England"? Duh. I can say the same thing about the country I'm from...

"Well if I was in the US instead of Lebanon then I wouldn't get electricuted when I try to plug in a US plug into a Lebanese socket."

no way! lol

uh oh, games can kill u now? well that sux only north america uses 110 volt i think, asia and europe is all 220 volt, much higher, i was actually shocked once when i was really little, i still remember, i was sitting and i put my finger in the wall socket lol, it was a little zap, but it hurt, i never did it again cuz my parents did yell at me later on when i told them lol

haha nice. As far as voltages go, US and Canada are both 120V. Most other countries around the world use either 110, 220, or both depending where you are in that country. (And then sometimes you get the offbeat ones like 115V in the Philippines lol) Not only that but even though output is the same... certain countries have different types of sockets.

She wanted a warning?

Well here's are the two types of plugs used in Thailand (the first one is one of the ones we use here in the US):




Here's the type of plug used in England:



Need any more warning that the voltages MIGHT be different?

[LiNuX]

yea i've seen them all, my dad has this big light that has a plug like ur third one lol, need 2 different types of adapters to plug into the american one, but it works

[Eric]

Must have been a pretty big shock to kill him, because I have been shocked numerous times doing stupid things with electricity, and haven't died yet .

Pretty sad though

[LiNuX]

Must have been a pretty big shock to kill him, because I have been shocked numerous times doing stupid things with electricity, and haven't died yet .

Pretty sad though

key word -- "yet" lol, i know someone that was shocked by batteries lol, all 1.5 volt AA batteries lol, he connected like 500 of them trying to run a motor, batteries didnt last long so he was safe, his hand got a little burned, i laughed after he said he was ok hehe

back to story, it is sad