Boy Fries Himself with Hot Hot Xbox 360

Dumb, dumb, dumb. Apparently, a 14 year-old North Carolina boy was almost killed trying to keep his Xbox 360 from overheating. According to local news, the boy's mother found her son unconscious after he attempted to submerge the console in a pan of water.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

that was funny. I wonder what Microsoft has to say. I bet in 10 years we will be watching stuff like this in America's Funniest Home Videos

[edit] of course only sick people will find it funny if the kid wasn't okay

[secret]

Disappointing. But I suppose everyone can be a bit more cheerful now because we know he's safe and sound now, to some degree. It's okay to kid around, I guess, as a sigh of relief that he's okay.

[Skynetone]

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[marinelife9]

I'm glad the kids okay but he shouldn't of slept through science class. I wonder if the mom will sue Microsoft.

[SlappyMcTaint]

Typical Xbot IQ there: put the electric item in some water to cool it off.

Can you say Natural Selection? The genepool needs chlorination

[Sangheili85]

You mean like the PS3 fanboy who put black electrical tape on all the vents so dust doesn't get in there?

[Tackle990]

lol, all I have to say is:

WTF?!?!?

[Mr Murda]

1. Natural

2. Selection

[DruePhoenix]

damn, if it had been fatal we may have had the 2007 Darwin Award Winner!

[doncorleone7]

He's 14 he should know electronics and water don't mix!!!

[ShiftyLookingCow]

a kid spending 400+ bucks on a console only to find widespread hardware failures, desperation sets in faster than in an adult

[MoonDust]

Next thing he will do is replace the brakes on his car with a walls. 150-0 in 0 secs.

[Dr Pepper]

"Thankfully, when the ambulance arrived, the boy had regained his senses."

Does that include common sense?

[nix]

that was a good one... (((:

[ktchong]

Seriously. He should have been taken out of the human gene pool.

[beavis4play]

yep, he should have been culled out of the herd.

[Bloodmask]

But I had to try posting it.

[Zhuk]

this is what happens when you combine all the stupidity and the paranoia of the internet with an impressionable young mind.

[beavis4play]

his level of stupidity didn't help the situation.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

Lets just been thankful the guy don't take any stupid tips of making a circle of salt around the console (yes, I already have heard this one... pathetic, don't you think?).

Can you see it? Water, salt and electricity... This remembers me July 4th!

[RyuCloudStrife]

Apparently, a 14 year-old North Carolina boy was almost killed trying to keep his Xbox 360 from overheating. According to local news, the boy's mother found her son unconscious after he attempted to submerge the console in a pan of water.

lolzz nice try :P

[beavis4play]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahhhahahah ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.. ....now, that kid IS a gamer!

[dachiefsman]

A Dwarwin award!

[ALIEN]

Guys you better watch out! your 360 might burn you alive.

[pilotpistolpete]

I guess We won't be hearing the TheMart for some time now

I just had to

[Ignorant Fanboy]

What happens when you drop a PS3 in the water? Same thing.

[Tabasco]

I think he is trying to say the Mart is the 14 year old boy. loosen up dude.

[P1MPDADDY]

Really fallen this far? I thought we learned about safety when we were like 5 years old. I know I learned safety at that age. Wow!

[bluegoblin]

I think that it's just plain stupidity. Next thing you he'll masturbate with a vacuum cleaner LOL.

[stunt213]

lmao hahahahahaha

[bung tickler]

well you cant fix stupid... i miss the good old day of "survival of the fittest"

[JokesOnYou]

damm that is just too funny, I hope this post gets 200 comments because if you cant laugh at this shiii then you are just plain dead inside, Dr Pepper your comment was so f-kin funny I nearly fell out of my chair, this is good stuff= I'll be checkin back here to see some of you sony kids best one liners, Wow that NPD study is starting to sound more and more believable.

[Fighter]

I wonder if bladestar or THE MART are feeling all right. Hang in there guys, you live you learn.

[mikeslemonade]

Blame the 360 for being an electronic device. It wasn't the boys fault. First the red rings, the scratch discs, and now this. Not buying the 360 ever.

[00]

are people that stupid.

[BloodySinner]

Just. Damn. Funny.

[ALIEN]

i guess his at his girlfriend crib.

[ALIEN]

my PS3 is doing my loundry, my 360 is doing the cooking.

[crck]

Hardcore.... Stupid and electronics dont mix. They should restrict the kid to building blocks and legos.

[Ri0tSquad]

really

[ps3FTW]

Lol dumbass.

[PS360PCROCKS]

I don't think I have laughed so hard in my entire life!!! By the end of that story my stomach was tight and harder than a rock from laughing, I could barely breathe and I was crying. This is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen someone do. He's FOURTEEN! Didn't you learn when you were 5 that sticking forks in sockets is bad? Seriously are you MENTAL!?

[mikeslemonade]

Now if the kid bought a PS3 and attempted to throw it in water, the PS3 would rise above like it does in the commercial. PS3 is smart and 360 is not. 360 just jumps into the water like nothing and nearly kills the owner.

[darkvenom]

this kid is 14 years old,and should have common sense WATER+ELECTRICITY= DISASTER.what a num nut.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

this thread is full of brilliant people. none of you did anything stupid when you were 14? This kid was desperate for some reason(maybe his 360 red ringed) and lost his common sense.

[edit] nope that is no excuse, then again at least I have done inexcusable stupid things when I was that age not the same magnitude

[FormidableOne]

Color me stupid, but when I was 14 I knew common sense. This kid shows stupidity at its finest. I only wonder WHERE this kid lived. I'd like to pull some stats on their edjumication system and see how them youngins be teached.

In all seriousness it's good that he didn't die, maybe now he'll learn what stupidity is and not do anything this stupid again. Then again, could be wishful thinking.

[Why_So_Serious]

next to your tv keep your 360 cool

[nix]

"Console may over-heat. DO NOT dip in water, even if it's not connected."

but what a stupid thing to do... thank god he didn't die and all. now we can all laugh over the incident without guilt! q:

ha ha ha!

[sumfood4u]

A easy baked Oven! plain an simple, his parent(s) neglected him with common sense!

[tmatte]

Only in NC.

[JokesOnYou]

I guess when the towel trick didn't work so he got a lil desperate!

[PiTCHBLaCK]

Was the 360 plugged into an outlet?...LOL
That guy is Just Stupid, He shouldn't be playing
with Game systems, I Think building blocks
and Legos will work for him.

[Universal 08]

How freaking slow can you be to mix plugged in electronics into water. Thats like asking to get yourself killed, its common sense.

[sYs Ghost Lethal]

not tha sharpest knife n tha drawer now lol kids these days no common sense

[7ero H3LL]

..... he is from Carolina that should ring bells. :)

[CNIVEK]

Re-pruh-zint!!

[solidt12]

If this kid didn't know not to do that but can play video games then something is seriously wrong with him.

[redmamoth]

.. sums up your typical 360 owner really. He probably thought the reason you had to wrap it in a towel was to dry it after you dip it in water!!!!

[god4bid]

his properly a retard who's in special needs haha

they shouldn't be playing on any games consoles at all

[WilliamRLBaker]

yep and this pretty much proves microsofts statement that a good ammount of ""broken"" 360's they get work just fine, cause of the retard histeria and lies going around about the 360....

I've got 2, pro, and elite. Pro red lighted once turned it off back on adn its never happend again, Elite purrs like a kitten.

[sak500]

Hope he doesnt try to dry his mom's hair when she's in her tub.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

This is why 360 fails stupid people break them. Keep your freaking hands off it while it is running. I know it is cute and slightly curvy but it isn't supposed to be moved while running. And stop imbreading it creating level 9 retards like this kid.

[Foliage]

That's the target audience, it's bound to happen.

[Joystick Radio]

that kid is in idiot

[Mike]

I bet the ps3 is water proof !!i!i!!i!!i!!

[occamsrazor]

He'd probably heard about the towel trick, but didn't realise that giving it a bath first really wasn't necessary.

[TheXgamerLive]

I've heard nothing about it.

[Owner360-PS3]

Whats sad is some money hungry retard lawyer will prbably try to sue ms over his stupid ass mistake.

[Rooted_Dust]

I here by nominate this child for the Darwin Award.

[Foliage]

I hope it wasn't "TheMART".

[bluegoblin]

i hope it was lol.

[Foliage]

Come to think about it... he hasn't been around much lately...

Let's hope his parents took his internet privileges away for not finishing his homework.

Sorry fanboys, but I have to say it. Not only does the 360 ruin your discs, causes small fires, ruins itself, but now it ruins your children.

[sleepbox]

Wow. That kid was 14 and he did that?

[LOFT316]

probably wanted to experiance bioshock in a more thriling way

[urban bohemian]

Funniest thing I have read on N4g in ages!

[DFresh]

dumb ass
might as well buy yourself a PS3 for all of that crappy hardware MS is delivering
Sony rules
hell a PS3 is so good it could survive a nuclear disaster literally
built to last

[sak500]

LOL Best comment of the thread

[KeMoBLUE]

this all could have een avoided if the 360 wasn't such a POS.

[PimpHandHappy]

PumpDaddy is right! Are ppl really this dumb? Well if u only have one system and ur playing bio shock for 6 hours u might start to look for RROD but this is not a way to stop it from over heating!

Happy the kid didnt die cuz that is never funny!

[Rammstien_DuHast]

i'm a PS3 fan but how stupid can u be putting it in water only a dumb redneck would do something like that all he had to do was TURN THE DAMN THING OFF but that many of the problems with the 360 it was probably gettin the red rings of death

plain stupidity PS3 example of future proof

[GameHero]

It's the PS3 you can put in the Freezer and then in the Oven and it won't hurt it....Sheesh!

All you have to do to overheat a 360 is "turn the power on" and if you want to cool it off you send it to McAllen, Texas for a few months...He..He!

(For those of you that don't own a broken 360, McAllen,TX is where they repair them)

[BrotherNick]

You can do that, but you can't put a ps3 in water. -_-;

[Groo]

Yes it was very stupid, but at least he was playing his 360 and not posting crap on here cause he was bored with playing PS3

[7ero H3LL]

Merely a boys incompetents.

[SJL480]

(For those of you that don't own a broken 360, McAllen,TX is where they repair them)

That guy died. lol

Sorry had to. Usually not a fan boy but I let my best friend play my ps3 yesterday and he couldn't get the joystick to work so he started downing sony and calling it a p.o.s and praising MS. I had to set to analog and give it back to him. Then he said wow this is really unresponsive. I just had to lol.

[BrotherNick]

We'll give him a toaster next time to warm up his bath.

[GameHero]

"I beg your pardon" Talk about a PIECE OF Sh1T!!!Uh...Excuse me...Hello...Are your a freakin brainwashed Micro Muppet..the 360 is the biggest POS on the MARKET!

Hey at least the PS3 works!

Red Ring.....Red Ring!

[FiveShot Bandit]

WOW no that kid was dumb

[fopums]

"No matter what the internet says, electricity and water are NOT friends. They're not even on speaking terms"

ROFLS! that's great, oh this kid is made of fail and stupid

[stonedog]

Wow this kid could be president one day lol

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Ok...if the kid was like 8yr old then I might have a bit of sympathy...but every 14yr old I have EVER met has more common sense than this kid.

and stone dog.....that was funny...and sadly probably true!

[xionpunk]

Edumacation aint what it used to be...

[tonsoffun]

I'm telling ya - it is time to trim the herd a little bit. Starting with that kid - I'm sorry but anyone who submerges a piece of electrical equipment in water while it still is plugged in is beyond all hope.

[RyuCloudStrife]

he aready is... BUSH LOLzzz

[cmrbe]

But i am glad hes ok. I think the good thing that comes out of this is that other like minded people like him should now know that electronics and water don't mix.I think he is actually mentally ill.

[KillJoi99]

Thats the right word for him

[Shaka2K6]

The real grill.
LMAO.

[tomfoolery]

tried to dry his cat off in the microwave.