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http://www.livescience.com/59353-tattoo-flesh-eating-bacteria.html
A 31-year-old man died after he went swimming in the Gulf of Mexico and his tattoo became infected with flesh-eating bacteria that live in ocean water, according to a new report.
The man had recently gotten a tattoo on his right calf. Despite the common advice to avoid swimming for a few weeks after getting a new tattoo, the man went for a swim in the ocean just five days after he received the tattoo, according to the report, published [DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220199] [DX] May 27 in the journal BMJ Case Reports.
A few days later, he developed a fever and chills, and his skin became red over his tattoo and on other parts of his legs. Soon after the man arrived at the hospital, the red, painful lesions on his legs turned purple, and he developed large blisters filled with fluid.
Also at CNN:
To make matters worse, the man had chronic liver disease from drinking six 12-ounce beers a day.
Jesus is my life.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Saturday June 03 2017, @11:51AM (7 children)
He's mentioned in the summary but it's not clear what part he played in this particular event.
One day at a time, sweet Jesus?
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Saturday June 03 2017, @12:15PM (6 children)
It's the text of the tattoo that killed this man.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @12:58PM (1 child)
I'd argue it was the man himself who caused the death by going into the sea.
if he'd been captured by muslim terrorists and shot dead because they hated his tattoo, then it would have been the words that killed him.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @01:23AM
You apologist swine.
It still would have been the muslim terrorists that killed him, not some words on his leg.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by lentilla on Saturday June 03 2017, @01:21PM
"Those whom the gods love, die young."
(Score: 1) by purple_cobra on Saturday June 03 2017, @01:31PM
Does that count as punishment for idolatry?
Joking aside, it sounds like a horrible way to go.
(Score: 5, Funny) by RamiK on Saturday June 03 2017, @03:09PM
Should have known not to piss off Poseidon on his home turf.
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(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Sunday June 04 2017, @07:06PM
"Jokes on you!"
-Jesus