The ‘choking game’ is believed to have existed for decades in the US and the American Academy of Pediatrics say reports of deaths being recorded as a result of stunt go as far back as 1934.
Social media has allowed the craze to spread more freely in recent years and it has become a growing problem in the UK.
It is believed this may be because of a trend for youngsters to film themselves taking part before sharing footage among their friends.
The game involves intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain with the intention of creating a temporary high or moment of euphoria…
At least eight youths are believed to have died as a result of the choking game in the UK since 2010.
Other kids are setting themselves on fire:
A boy has been left severely scalded after he was dared to try a sick internet craze where youngsters are setting fire to themselves on purpose.
The 11-year-old needed a skin graft after getting involved in the dangerous ‘challenge’ which involves timing how long it takes to put out the flames.
The schoolboy set fire to his t-shirt and had managed to put it out once but after trying it a second time he went up in flames….
Social media is being blamed for the craze, which is thought to have started in the States with fatal results.
Millions of young people have viewed videos of the dare on the internet.
They have used accelerants such as nail polish remover or hand sanitizer and ignited themselves, posting the footage online.
Somehow I have a feeling that if we were under a real Apocalyptic siege, and these kids were out there trying to kill a genuinely evil enemy, none of them would be seeking out these stupid things. My own feeling is these acts are a byproduct of kids being evolved for a more dangerous, daring time, yet living in a time so boring that setting themselves on fire is actually preferable to just sitting around doing nothing.
I suspect that if the Apocalypse went full on Apocalypse, a lot of people would actually find it relieving to finally live under the conditions they evolved to see. Suddenly a lot of the forces driving what is presently seemingly stupid behavior would make a lot more sense, we’d all have a lot less stress, and we would learn an awful lot about the people we were meant to be.
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I’ve heard tell that at the start of WW2, when the news came that the country was at war, many people in the UK who were in mental asylums suddenly came right and went home.