Death from working too hard.

[pmv]

There's also evidence that regularly getting insufficient sleep is as much of a risk factor for diabetes as is being overweight.

 

[nCred]

there's a genetic decease that will stop you sleeping and will eventually kill you.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160118-the-tragic-fate-of-the-people-who-stop-sleeping

That's one creepy disease.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_familial_insomnia

 

[rh71]

Surprised nobody is mentioning asians at internet cafes who die from playing for days straight.

 

[shortylickens]

Surprised nobody is mentioning asians at internet cafes who die from playing for days straight.

they dont have to be at internet cafes. they can die at home, too.

The one that first jumps to mind is the chinese boy who died on WoW. He was off for about a week for some epic chinese holiday. Spent pretty much the whole time gaming. Died, slumped back in his chair, family didnt touch him. They thought he was still alive.

 

[BurnItDwn]

There is the common adage 'hard work never killed anyone', but it's always struck me as being silly because it's so obviously not true. History is full of people who were either worked to death (as slaves or in gulags or prison camps), or who just had shorter lifespans because they were "low status" workers who had a life of hard labour. In almost every society, the people at the top with leisurely lives live longer than those who do hard manual work.

Though then there are those guys who keel over dead after playing computer games for days on end - not really sure where they fit in. But then, I suppose 'work' is not a perfectly-defined concept either. I mean, what does it actually mean other than 'something you wouldn't do if you didn't have to in order to get something else you want''?

You missed the most important part of that saying, the beginning .... . "A LITTLE hard work never killed anyone"
Too much hard work kills a hell of a lot of people

 

[rh71]

they dont have to be at internet cafes. they can die at home, too.

The one that first jumps to mind is the chinese boy who died on WoW. He was off for about a week for some epic chinese holiday. Spent pretty much the whole time gaming. Died, slumped back in his chair, family didnt touch him. They thought he was still alive.

well of course not all of them. Here's the article on this guy. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1544131/Man-dies-after-7-day-computer-game-session.html