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Wow. This is truly sad. How is she supposed to eat and/or pass waste? 

I wonder if the place that served her this drink will be held responsible. 

Am I the only one that caught the part said she’s only 18?

why is she being served at a bar if she isn’t 21? and why is the bar serving drinks that can kill people?

@voodoo_flower_child@xanga - @TequilaKisses@xanga - She lives in England I believe the legal drinking age is 18.  

I feel for this girl. It is said she was celebrating her birthday when her friends bought her two cocktails called Nitro Jagermeister. Liquid nitrogen was added to the cocktails to give it a vapor-ish look. Unfortunately, it cost her most of her stomach.

@voodoo_flower_child@xanga - because 18 is the legal drinking age in some countries other than America/Canada.

To everyone else who has just read this article, before you comment about the age see the above comment ^^^^

This is truly awful and so unlucky. I feel sorry for her and I’m glad that it’s out there now so hopefully it won’t happen to anyone else.

That is terrible and I feel so bad for her.

It’s a sad story…but I should show this to all my students that claim they don’t need to understand science.

Why on Earth would you drink liquid nitrogen when it is still vaporizing?  Ummm yea…I am going to drink the stuff they use to shatter things in my physics classes because it won’t affect my body.  Call me whatever you want, but she deserves a Darwin even though she isn’t dead.

very sad. i hope she will recover and live. now i know to never fall prey to these trendy looking nitrogen concoctions.

Is she going to get a stomach transplant? Feed through a tube in her veins?? WHAT? That is a horror story. She is in God’s hands.

Depending on the situation, I think it’s much more the responsibility of the server; if you’re being served a drink at a reputable bar, venue or restaurant, there’s a natural expectation that you’ll be receiving something along national health guidelines. However, if it was at some party with nonprofessional bartenders, then it’s the responsibility of both the drinker and the person mixing the drinks to know what’s in them.

That is crazy. Poor girl. 

Poor girl, but that’s indeed a good story to illustrate to all the teens out there just how dangerous and maybe even lethal if you don’t watch what you are putting into your stomach :/

Wow, how sad. I hope they hold the bartender responsible for serving something dangerous.

She looks old for 18!

Oh gosh, this is horrible! 

this is heartbreaking. we ALL make dumbass decisions when we’re young, the consequence for her particular dumb decision is so extreme. I hurt for her.

1) Who the fuck puts liquid nitrogen into drinks?

2) She’s not 21.

3) If she did it herself, it’s her own damn fault. An 18 year old should know not to go near that stuff. If someone else did it, then I hope they get the idiot who did it.

@SexyTall@xanga - I know plenty of people who do – it’s really popular amongst students at Cal Tech, and other nerdy schools. Also, she’s from the UK where the legal drinking age is 18 not 21….I looked it up and she was celebrating her birthday that night, she was at a wine bar so the drink was served to her. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect that a drink served to you straight from the bartender is safe to drink. 

@SexyTall@xanga -  the drinking age is 18 in England, so it’s perfectly legal for her to drink. And I don’t think it’s fair to blame her. If I go to a bar and order a drink, I expect it to be safe to consume.

Are these bartenders high or something. 

Chemistry, awesome knowledge to have. Honestly, bar tenders shouldn’t be allowed to handle LN. It’s difficult enough for us to use in in labs to school, we have to prepare so many precautions, and WE’RE the ones in the best chemical setting.

If people want to take risks and play with chemicals like LN2, go for it sure. But it’s another thing when your action can effect those around you, as was the case with the bartender and who ever allowed that “gimmicky effect”.
There are enough potentially dangerous chemicals all around us, lets not add to that fire, mkay?

Where are the facts?

Where is the linked article? You cannot simply state these things as if they were true, hard facts because this is now a criminal matter and concern via the justice system.

As a “writer” (stated in your bio) you should know this.

You can’t SHOW your audience things, you need to TELL them (explain, give background information, other links, quotations). 

THIS:
 ”…she was rushed to the hospital where surgeons were forced to remove the girl’s stomach in order to save her life” is incredibly poorly written. You can’t switch between she, and then put ‘the girl’s’ in the same sentence. Ugh.
Who edits Lovelyish articles? No, I’m not a grammar nazi (a term which is extremely offensive, for many reasons) and no I don’t know everything when it comes to writing. I’m simply a university student who is flabbergasted that no one has edited this or caught on to the obvious mistakes in the article. I’m only in second year of my undergrad and I see them… I don’t think it’s that difficult. 

About the article itself:

Our society no longer makes people take personal blame or accept their own actions. It’s always ‘who can we sue?’ Who did wrong to me? Putting blame on someone else. I’m not saying what happened to that girl isn’t horrible, because it is, or that she deserved it – that’s not the point here – but rather to say that she shares some of this responsibility, not just the bartender. Of course we want ‘justice’ to be served – we want someone to pay for what happened to her – to make it feel better… but, 
And perhaps I’m playing devil’s advocate here (I usually do), but why would you CHOSE to ingest a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen? How can you not know that you shouldn’t be ingesting that? Play with fire and you’re going to get burned. 

This is horrible. The bar that served her that drink is going to be in some deep shit. That poor girl.

I’m wondering if there was a display table that showed the drinks and stuff and you weren’t supposed to touch them and she drank one on a dare. Bad things like that happen. And yeah, if it’s poisonous then the guy who poured it should’ve not have done it or been watching out or something. Dares are really stupid. Φ ≡

@kissmycouturex@xanga - “ ”…she was rushed to the hospital where surgeons were forced to remove the girl’s stomach in order to save her life” is incredibly poorly written. You can’t switch between she, and then put ‘the girl’s’ in the same sentence.”

Actually, you can. “She” is simply used to replace “the girl”; they’re interchangeable parts of speech. Nobody’s calling you a grammar nazi, so don’t get prematurely defensive (I also hate the use of “nazi” as part to any title), though you did use incorrect spelling and grammar in your own comment. The writers of Lovelyish do our best to write articles that are interesting for our audiences! It’s fine to offer suggestions, but criticizing this writer isn’t helpful nor is it very nice. Normally I just ignore comments toward my own articles, but I couldn’t stop myself from getting a bit upset when it seems as though you’re attacking her.
Additionally, there’s a reasonable expectation that when you purchase a drink at an establishment, you’re not being poisoned. I don’t recall ever once seeing a person chemical test a drink at a bar, but perhaps I’m just oblivious in the event that somehow people do that. Plus, it is often used by professional chefs safely. I understand your point about taking personal responsibility — as I said, if this was made at a party, there is no expectation to safety and it’s important to pour your own drinks — but I think in this case, it’s significantly more the fault of the business. You wouldn’t blame a person for eating a steak that had been poorly prepared at a restaurant, would you?

Poor girl.. The bartender should get his ass sued!

This needs to corrected, Lovelyish editors. She’s not from Lancaster. There’s a city called Lancaster in California which would have made this story a lot more controversial than it already is if she lived in America, but like other people are saying, she’s from Britain in a city called LANCASHIRE, UK. 

You had me confused with her drinking age like a few other on here.

@pick_my_friggin_nose@xanga - Um, no. Lancashire is a UK county, but Lancaster IS a city in Northern England.

@daydreams_nightmares@xanga - @sincerelySUNKiSSED@xanga - If that author had said it was in a bar in England, I wouldn’t have commented. 

However, I still think that anyone who puts liquid nitrogen into a drink is a dumbfuck. I can’t believe people do that at your school lol. I really can’t. I was taught not to touch it at age 6. I know not everyone comes into contact with it at age 6, but for Christ’s sake, college students should have a clue.

@SexyTall@xanga - Professional chefs use liquid nitrogen. Although I agree people who aren’t professionally trained with it shouldn’t, it’s definitely done safely.

@SexyTall@xanga - Exactly. Whoever wrote this entry didn’t make it clear to the readers where she was from.

@daydreams_nightmares@xanga - Ummm, yes. There IS a city in California called Lancaster as well. People wouldn’t be confused about the drinking age had it been clear where she was from in the entry, in the first place. Sooo, it still needs to be corrected. Just saying.

@pick_my_friggin_nose@xanga - I know that. I was correcting where you said that Lancashire is a city, because it’s not, lol.

@daydreams_nightmares@xanga - A lot of people who comment here are catty, so I automatically put my guard up. My apologies.

BA HA HA HA HA HA

@pick_my_friggin_nose@xanga - haha, no worries

@UndyingNova@xanga - Actually humans don’t need a stomach to digest food. It plays a very small role. She will just have to eat less at once and less sugary food.

someone’s getting sueeeeeeeeeed

@Paige White@facebook - Yes and that’s what I thought too at first.

I’d sue the place for my medical bills. I feel bad for her, how was she supposed to know a drink a bar was serving would do that to her stomach? There is no way, I’d probably myself be like “oh, cool” and drink it.

@Paige White@facebook - Lancaster in PA is named after Lancaster in England. Like…a lot of places. (York —> New York, for example). So yes, but this Lancaster is not the one in PA.