Anthony Miner’s night out at the Copasetic Lounge ended up anything but after his dead body was found frozen in a nearby parking lot. A known alcoholic, the troubled young man apparently died of hypothermia. My guess is he laid down to rest or just passed out in the below zero weather, too drunk to go on after nearly a nine hour stint in the bar. A sympathetic write-up was headlined by DL-Online as Duluth man who froze to death struggled with alcoholism, but in one of the worst ad placements I’ve seen in a good while they embedded in the story an advertisement for a cocktail happy hour. I’m sure it was random (my site has had less than suitable ads pop up), but once again it is anything but copasetic that the ad also features a bar room ice sculpture considering the topic of the story is a frozen alcoholic.
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My first thought was to notify the site owner of the incongruity (I did), but upon second thought I wish I hadn’t. While doing a little research on my recent post about alcohol and cold weather it became clear that intoxication is the principal culprit in most exposure deaths. Maybe the goof will draw more attention to the story, its a much more common event than most believe. So my condolences to the family for what must be a trying time, but I hope this story gets out there regardless of why it becomes widely distributed.
