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Hard Rock in Dominican Republic eliminating liquor dispensers | |
FINGERPRINTS of the GODS
 User ID: 58686169  United States06/24/2019 08:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't see how it could be the liquor unless they are watering it down with tap water. Quoting: Monty Python Another poster said it could be the ice that's the problem, not the liquor. The tap water in DR is not safe for tourists. I heard wrong kind of alcohol. There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. |
| Miss Bunny Swan
User ID: 77700290  Australia06/24/2019 08:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think it’s funny it’s at the hard rock. And how the hell are you gonna have a Hispanic manager?! They don’t have the capability of caring about human lives, not a good person to manage a place where humans stay overnight. Of course she doesn’t give a shit about the deaths and bought fake booze! |
| Rufus Juice
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| Monty Python
User ID: 77726670 United States06/24/2019 08:57 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't see how it could be the liquor unless they are watering it down with tap water. Quoting: Monty Python Another poster said it could be the ice that's the problem, not the liquor. The tap water in DR is not safe for tourists. I heard wrong kind of alcohol. Interesting. If it's wood alcohol (methanol) the symptoms are delayed by 12-18 hours because the poison is the metabolite formic acid, not the alcohol itself. [link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (secure)] Methanol is one of the breakdown products of aspartame (Nutrasweet) Last Edited by Monty Python on 06/24/2019 08:59 PM Monty Python's Flying Circus |
| Just me User ID: 77247696 United States06/24/2019 09:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Q33
User ID: 77573015  Canada06/24/2019 10:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Right ... not as a result of the deaths, they don't care if their guest DIE Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77556714 ... BUT the 50%+ drop in future bookings DID rattle their cage. Come to Canada fuck dominican There is absolutely no reason to go to Canada, except for perhaps the klondike lol |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 28925333 United States06/24/2019 10:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't see how it could be the liquor unless they are watering it down with tap water. Quoting: Monty Python Another poster said it could be the ice that's the problem, not the liquor. The tap water in DR is not safe for tourists. Chinese liquor? The Chinese have been known to sell wine adulterated with antifreeze... Even if the source is local or somewhere in LATAM... if not made correctly, its possible to end up with the wrong type of alcohol, methanol instead of ethanol, which will kill you. I think ingestion of foreign tap water would only result in food poisoning type illness. Not the multi-organ shutdown being described in these deaths. Sounds a lot more like poisoning by antifreeze. |
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| Jeff_43
User ID: 77695521 United States06/25/2019 12:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Right ... not as a result of the deaths, they don't care if their guest DIE Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77556714 ... BUT the 50%+ drop in future bookings DID rattle their cage. Come to Canada fuck dominican There is absolutely no reason to go to Canada, except for perhaps the klondike What about Ricky, Julian and bubbles? |
| Phillip J. Fry
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| Jeff_43
User ID: 77695521 United States06/25/2019 12:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bad voodoo all around the DR. Quoting: **Sloane** There are all these stories from people who have been there on vacation and bad stuff happened to them but they didn't tell anyone, until now. we were there on a Cruise a couple years ago. We got off the ship and planned on just hanging around port but we both thought the place had bad vibes so we went back and hung out on the almost deserted ship |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 40188677 United States06/25/2019 12:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bad voodoo all around the DR. Quoting: **Sloane** There are all these stories from people who have been there on vacation and bad stuff happened to them but they didn't tell anyone, until now. we were there on a Cruise a couple years ago. We got off the ship and planned on just hanging around port but we both thought the place had bad vibes so we went back and hung out on the almost deserted ship Ohhhh! Geez that's scary to even think about. Good thing you listened to your feelings. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72637403 United States06/25/2019 03:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well that or there is a serial killer somwhere on the island, poisoning people. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16762662 Throwing out the booze they have won't help if they use more from the same distributors. Glad I dont drink, stuff happens when you drink booze. Mexico had a similar problem a few years back. Traced it to bootleg booze. There are many reasons not to vacation in a shithole country. . |
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| ~kpm~
User ID: 75950402 United States06/25/2019 07:06 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't see how it could be the liquor unless they are watering it down with tap water. Quoting: Monty Python Another poster said it could be the ice that's the problem, not the liquor. The tap water in DR is not safe for tourists. Bootleg liquor Counterfeit alcohol can sometimes be made or laced with substances such as embalming fluid, battery acid, or methanol, a synthetic chemical that is used in antifreeze and windshield wiper fluid. Even small amounts of methanol can be toxic, if not lethal, to humans, says Bilello. “It can cause a variety of symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, blindness, and even death,” he said. Sometimes, this can happen after just one drink. [link to www.rollingstone.com (secure)] ~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~ |
| ~kpm~
User ID: 75950402 United States06/25/2019 07:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | By removing the liquor are they throwing away evidence? ~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~ |
| ~kpm~
User ID: 75950402 United States06/25/2019 07:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “[Methanol] is absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract, and in the liver, enzymes convert alcohol into formaldehyde, and formaldehyde is subsequently converted to formic acid, which is highly toxic,” Kobilinsky told the Cut. Formic acid will prevent your body from using oxygen, which will cause your blood to become acidified. This, Kobilinsky said, is when your body starts to shut down. “The heart will pump faster, blood pressure will increase, and the victim will breathe more rapidly, trying to acquire more oxygen into their lungs,” he told the Cut. “There are neurological effects as well, and the toxicity will also affect contractility of the heart muscle, causing heart failure. This can result in pulmonary edema and acute respiratory distress.” [link to www.thecut.com (secure)] ~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~ |
| thetrickybigguy
User ID: 56638406 United States06/25/2019 07:31 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | there is an American that owns a hotel somewhere down there and i have friends that go there all the time. i had been thinking about going but that thought is on the back burner for sure. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. ~ Life is about choices, you get to make them each and every day of your life. ~ Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.~ Only in America... do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poloi' in Greek meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.~ “When a government is dependent for money upon the bankers, they and not the government leaders control the nation. This is because the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Financiers are without patriotism and without decency.” If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain. Winston Churchill |
| eekers
(OP) Dreamer of Dreams User ID: 76293992 United States06/25/2019 09:23 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | there is an American that owns a hotel somewhere down there and i have friends that go there all the time. Quoting: thetrickybigguy i had been thinking about going but that thought is on the back burner for sure. Yes please don't go anytime soon!! Even if you don't drink, no telling what other messed up stuff could go awry. "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." - T. S. Eliot |
| Monty Python
User ID: 77726670 United States06/25/2019 09:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “[Methanol] is absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract, and in the liver, enzymes convert alcohol into formaldehyde, and formaldehyde is subsequently converted to formic acid, which is highly toxic,” Kobilinsky told the Cut. Formic acid will prevent your body from using oxygen, which will cause your blood to become acidified. This, Kobilinsky said, is when your body starts to shut down. Quoting: ~kpm~ “The heart will pump faster, blood pressure will increase, and the victim will breathe more rapidly, trying to acquire more oxygen into their lungs,” he told the Cut. “There are neurological effects as well, and the toxicity will also affect contractility of the heart muscle, causing heart failure. This can result in pulmonary edema and acute respiratory distress.” [link to www.thecut.com (secure)] A lot of the sick reported drinking from the minibar. People should never drink from an unsealed bottle unless it's from a reputable saloon. Monty Python's Flying Circus |
