# Guy dies online from a dare. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-dies-online-from-a-dare/153264 "2003-02-06T18:27:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Extrovertive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Extrovertive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extrovertive)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-dies-online-from-a-dare/153264/1 "2003-02-06T18:27:29Z")
> **[Breaking News, World News, US and Local News - NY Daily News - New York Daily...](https://www.nydailynews.com/)** > > Find breaking US news, local New York news coverage, sports, entertainment news, celebrity gossip, autos, videos and photos at nydailynews.com. How far would you go online to be hardcore? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-dies-online-from-a-dare/153264/2 "2003-02-06T18:51:06Z")
Further information in this previous, now closed, [BBQ Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=158648) on Brandon’s death. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-dies-online-from-a-dare/153264/3 "2003-02-06T18:51:06Z")
There’s a doper around here who knew this guy personally. Here’s the [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=158648&highlight=brandon) to a thread in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-dies-online-from-a-dare/153264/4 "2003-02-06T18:55:29Z")
Not that far. ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@Keith\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith_Berry)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-dies-online-from-a-dare/153264/5 "2003-02-06T19:02:13Z")
Seems like it might have been a deliberate suicide as opposed to accidental…who eats pills online as a dare? ---
**Author:** ![xenothrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7ab992/32.png) [@xenothrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenothrope)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-dies-online-from-a-dare/153264/6 "2003-02-06T19:11:05Z")
Not to be insensitive but could this be darwinism at work? Never the less, tragic perhaps this will help others realize how life and death works. RIP -x out ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-dies-online-from-a-dare/153264/7 "2003-02-06T19:22:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Keith Berry \* > \*\*Seems like it might have been a deliberate suicide as opposed to accidental…who eats pills online as a dare? \*\* I agree. This isn’t normal behavior, I think it was a combination between depression and the need for human contact (I can’t think of a better term). ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-dies-online-from-a-dare/153264/8 "2003-02-07T16:33:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xenothrope \* > \*\*Not to be insensitive but could this be darwinism at work? Never the less, tragic perhaps this will help others realize how life and death works. > > RIP > > -x out \*\* If it is Darwinism’s doing a bad job, seeing as how the people who egged him on are still alive. I hope the people who cheered him on are prosecuted.